1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

None These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday, August 7, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 19.00 metres. Medalists GoldGER Astrid KumbernussGermany (GER)SilverUKR Vita PavlyshUkraine (UKR)BronzeGER Stephanie StorpGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.08.1997 – 19:45h05.08.1997 – 19:45hFinal Round07.08.1997 – 18:30h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Natalya Lisovskaya URS 22.63 m June 7, 1987 URS Moscow, Soviet Union Event Record Natalya Lisovskaya URS 21.24 m September 5, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 5 Connie Price-Smith USA 18.00 18.35 X 18.35 m 2 6 Nadine Kleinert GER 16.89 17.87 18.26 18.26 m 3 7 Stephanie Storp GER 18.12 X X 18.12 m 4 12 Valeyta Althouse USA 17.89 17.03 17.36 17.89 m 5 13 Mara Rosolen ITA 16.49 16.84 17.87 17.87 m 6 15 Zhang Liuhong CHN 17.82 17.68 17.67 17.82 m 7 16 Irina Korzhanenko RUS X X 17.80 17.80 m 8 19 Elisângela Adriano BRA X 17.38 17.71 17.71 m 9 20 Valentina Fedyushina UKR 17.31 X 17.19 17.31 m 10 21 Laurence Manfredi FRA X 16.92 17.02 17.02 m 11 23 Lee Myung-Sun KOR 16.38 16.39 X 16.39 m — — Kalliopi Ouzouni GRE X X X NM Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 20.69 — — 20.69 m 2 2 Vita Pavlysh UKR 20.48 — — 20.48 m 3 3 Huang Zhihong CHN 19.05 — — 19.05 m 4 4 Svetlana Krivelyova RUS X 18.41 X 18.41 m 5 8 Svetla Mitkova BUL 17.60 18.07 18.04 18.07 m 6 9 Tressa Thompson USA 16.37 18.07 X 18.07 m 7 10 Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska POL X X 18.05 18.05 m 8 11 Li Meisu CHN 17.72 X 17.99 17.99 m 9 14 Judy Oakes GBR 17.78 X 17.84 17.84 m 10 17 Anna Romanova RUS 17.79 17.79 X 17.79 m 11 18 Yanina Korolchik BLR 17.44 17.42 17.75 17.75 m 12 22 Eleni Tsentemeidou GRE 16.62 X X 16.62 m 13 24 Nada Kawar JOR 15.76 15.45 15.14 15.76 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Astrid Kumbernuss GER20.59 20.71 20.52 20.24 X 20.70 20.71 m Vita Pavlysh UKRX 20.57 X 20.51 20.36 20.66 20.66 m Stephanie Storp GER19.22 18.84 X 18.67 X 18.92 19.22 m 4 Huang Zhihong CHN18.63 18.64 18.72 19.15 X 19.07 19.15 m 5 Connie Price-Smith USA19.00 18.17 18.64 X 18.53 X 19.00 m 6 Li Meisu CHN17.30 18.62 18.21 18.58 18.10 18.50 18.62 m 7 Nadine Kleinert GER18.33 18.42 X 17.91 18.22 X 18.42 m 8 Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska POLX X 17.83 X 17.55 X 17.83 m 9 Svetla Mitkova BUL17.75 17.51 17.62 17.75 m 10 Svetlana Krivelyova RUSX 17.08 17.38 17.38 m 11 Valeyta Althouse USA16.92 X 16.78 16.92 m 12 Tressa Thompson USAX 16.48 X 16.48 m See also 1996 Women's Olympic Shot Put 1997 Shot Put Year Ranking References Results s Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships