2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

on 27 July.

Medalists

Gold	Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk is a Belarusian shot putter.Born in Stolin, she was initially interested in basketball but the lack of a local team left her unable to pursue the sport further. Astapchuk instead began practising in throwing events and her first international title came at the age of seventeen,... '
Silver	Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she... '
Bronze	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships... '

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	22.63	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	7 June 1987
European record	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record	21.69	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	20 August 1998
World Leading	20.95	Hrodna Hrodna Grodno or Hrodna , is a city in Belarus. It is located on the Neman River , close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania . It has 327,540 inhabitants... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	26 June 2010
European Leading	20.95	Hrodna, Belarus	26 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	10:30	Qualification
27 July 2010	19:35	Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 17.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Nadine Kleinert Nadine Kleinert ', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...	18.98			18.98	Q
2	B	Petra Lammert Petra Lammert Petra Lammert is a former German shot putter. Her personal best throw is 20.04 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Zeven....	18.48			18.48	Q
3	A	Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she...	18.46			18.46	Q
4	B	Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk is a Belarusian shot putter.Born in Stolin, she was initially interested in basketball but the lack of a local team left her unable to pursue the sport further. Astapchuk instead began practising in throwing events and her first international title came at the age of seventeen,...	18.44			18.44	Q
5	A	Chiara Rosa Chiara Rosa -Biography:Chiara Rosa is a female shot putter from Italy. Her personal best throw is 19.15 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan.-Carereer:...	16.35	18.26		18.26	Q
6	B	Olga Ivanova Olga Ivanova (athlete) Olga Viktorovna Ivanova is a Russian shot putter. Her personal best throw is 19.48 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tula.She finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and ninth at the 2008 Olympic Games...	17.93			17.93	Q
7	B	Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman is a Dutch shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...	17.13		17.89	17.89	Q
8	A	Anita Márton Anita Márton Anita Márton is a Hungarian shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...	17.84			17.84	Q
9	B	Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam "Marie" Kevkhishvili Machavariani is a Georgian shot putter.Kevkhishvili attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Mike Holloway's Florida Gators track and field team. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in sociology...	16.62	17.36	17.78	17.78	Q
10	A	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...	17.72			17.72	Q
11	A	Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk	17.68			17.68	Q
12	A	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...	17.66			17.66	Q
13	A	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....	17.30	17.62		17.62	Q,
14	B	Helena Engman Helena Engman Helena Sofia Engman is a Swedish shot putter.She finished sixth at the 2003 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the finals...	17.32	17.55		17.55	Q
15	B	Úrsula Ruiz	15.86	16.79	16.04	16.79
16	A	Maria Antónia Borges	15.42		16.08	16.08
17	A	Irache Quintanal Irache Quintanal Irache Quintanal Franco is a female shot putter from Spain.She finished fifteenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup...		16.01		16.01
18	A	Radoslava Mavrodieva		15.58		15.58
19	B	Jana Kárníková		15.54	15.56	15.56

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk is a Belarusian shot putter.Born in Stolin, she was initially interested in basketball but the lack of a local team left her unable to pursue the sport further. Astapchuk instead began practising in throwing events and her first international title came at the age of seventeen,...	19.67			20.43		20.48	20.48
	Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she...	\| 17.71	19.52	19.27		19.09	19.53	19.53
	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...	18.25		19.25	18.53	18.57	19.39	19.39
	Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk		18.69	19.29		19.19	19.29	19.29
	Olga Ivanova Olga Ivanova (athlete) Olga Viktorovna Ivanova is a Russian shot putter. Her personal best throw is 19.48 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tula.She finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and ninth at the 2008 Olympic Games...	18.04	18.97	18.46	18.74		19.02	19.02
	Petra Lammert Petra Lammert Petra Lammert is a former German shot putter. Her personal best throw is 20.04 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Zeven....	18.84		18.73	18.68	18.94	18.92	18.94
	Nadine Kleinert Nadine Kleinert ', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...	18.94	18.61	18.59	18.71			18.94
	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...	18.13		18.42	18.48	18.19		18.48
	Helena Engman Helena Engman Helena Sofia Engman is a Swedish shot putter.She finished sixth at the 2003 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the finals...	17.60	17.07	18.11				18.11
10	Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam "Marie" Kevkhishvili Machavariani is a Georgian shot putter.Kevkhishvili attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Mike Holloway's Florida Gators track and field team. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in sociology...	17.71		17.87				17.87
11	Anita Márton Anita Márton Anita Márton is a Hungarian shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...	17.28	17.53	17.78				17.78
12	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....	17.72	16.96	17.54				17.72
13	Chiara Rosa Chiara Rosa -Biography:Chiara Rosa is a female shot putter from Italy. Her personal best throw is 19.15 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan.-Carereer:...	17.29	17.49					17.49
14	Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman is a Dutch shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...	17.11		17.32				17.32

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