Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put

The women's shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme...

was held on March 22.

Results

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Valerie Vili Valerie Vili Valerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...	18.95	19.66	x	x	19.51	x	19.66	GR
	Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007. She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008...	18.25	x	17.83	x	x	17.98	18.25
	Cleopatra Borel-Brown Cleopatra Borel-Brown Cleopatra Borel-Brown is a female shot putter from Trinidad and Tobago. Her personal best throw is 19.03 metres, achieved in August 2010 at the London Grand Prix in London. She has 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.-Achievements:-External links:...	17.26	x	x	17.54	17.87	17.16	17.87
	Zhang Gui	17.17	16.71	17.39	x	16.77	x	17.39
	Du Xianhui	16.16	16.13	16.63	16.76	16.58	16.41	16.76
	Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit is a South African shot putter.Her personal best throw is 17.13 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Naboomspruit. In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.-Achievements:...	x	16.52	x	15.94	16.14	16.29	16.52
	Ana Po'uhila	16.43	15.89	16.21	16.14	15.80	15.86	16.43
	Joanne Duncan Joanne Duncan Joanne Sharon Angela Duncan is an English shot putter.Her personal best put is 17.13 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Crawley. This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Judy Oakes, Myrtle Augee, Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head, Angela Littlewood and Yvonne...	16.14	16.42	16.30	16.01	15.73	x	16.42
	Marli Knoetze	16.08	15.63	15.92				16.08
10	Julie Dunkley	14.95	15.03	15.98				15.98
11	Eva Massey	14.49	x	14.95				14.95
12	Dani Samuels Dani Samuels Dani Samuels is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event....	14.91	14.27	x				14.91

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