2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

None May 2026 Women's shot put 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 22 August 24 17 Winning distance 20.37 Christina Schwanitz GER Gong Lijiao CHN Michelle Carter USA 2013 2017 The women's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 11 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The championship suffered a little with the failure of Valerie Adams to return to defend her 2013 title following surgery over the winter. In the run-up to these championships Adams suffered the end of her 57 event winning streak a month earlier.Adams won’t defend world shot put title in Beijing In the finals, home favorite Gong Lijiao assumed the early lead with a 20.30 first put. On the third throw, Christina Schwanitz made 20.37 to take the lead. Gong had no answer and the rest of the field was too far behind, led by Michelle Carter's 19.76. Anita Márton threw a fourth round 19.48m national record to take fourth.http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-womens-shot-put-final REPORT: WOMEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 22 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/throws/shot-put/outdoor/women Records & Lists – Shot Put IAAF 14 August 2015 World recordNatalya Lisovskaya URS22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship recordNatalya Lisovskaya URS21.24Rome, Italy5 September 1987Valerie Adams NZL21.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011World leadingChristina Schwanitz GER20.77Beijing, China20 May 2015African recordVivian Chukwuemeka NGR18.43Walnut, United States19 April 2003Asian recordLi Meisu CHN21.76Shijiazhuang, China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean recordBelsy Laza CUB20.96AMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American recordElisângela Adriano BRA19.30ATunja, Colombia14 July 2001European recordNatalya Lisovskaya URS22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian recordValerie Adams NZL21.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 17.75 Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 10:10 Qualification22 August 2015 20:05 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 A Christina Schwanitz GER 2015 World 19.39 19.39 Q 2 B Michelle Carter USA 2015 World 19.22 19.22 Q 3 B Gong Lijiao CHN 2015 World 19.11 19.11 Q 4 A Anita Márton HUN 2015 World 17.40 18.85 18.85 Q 5 B Natallia Mikhnevich BLR 2015 World 17.97 18.17 18.57 18.57 Q 6 A Cleopatra Borel TTO 2015 World 17.01 18.55 18.55 Q 7 A Aliona Dubitskaya BLR 2015 World 17.95 18.51 18.51 Q 8 B Natalia Ducó CHI 2015 World 17.84 18.29 00.0 x 18.29 q 9 A Gao Yang CHN 2015 World 17.97 18.18 18.21 18.21 q 10 B Jeneva Stevens USA 2015 World 17.81 17.77 18.05 18.05 q 11 B Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR 2015 World 17.58 17.96 00.0 x 17.96 q 12 A Paulina Guba POL 2015 World 17.46 17.55 17.73 17.73 q 13 A Tia Brooks USA 2015 World 17.71 00.0 x 00.0 x 17.71 14 A Chiara Rosa ITA 2015 World 00.0 x 17.54 00.0 x 17.54 15 A Geisa Arcanjo BRA 2015 World 17.26 17.02 17.42 17.42 16 B Guo Tianqian CHN 2015 World 17.10 00.0 x 16.98 17.10 17 B Yaniuvis López CUB 2015 World 16.85 17.10 16.94 17.10 18 B Leila Rajabi IRI 2015 World 17.04 00.0 x 00.0 x 17.04 19 A Halyna Obleshchuk UKR 2015 World 16.97 16.74 16.12 16.97 20 A Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang CMR 2015 World 16.46 16.85 00.0 x 16.85 NR Cameroonian 21 B Ahymara Espinoza VEN 2015 World 16.53 16.76 00.0 x 16.76 22 A Danniel Thomas JAM 2015 World 00.0 x 16.62 00.0 x 16.62 23 B Úrsula Ruiz ESP 2015 World 16.36 16.26 00.0 x 16.36 24 B Keely Medeiros BRA 2015 World 00.0 x 14.69 15.17 15.17 Final The final was held at 20:05.Final results Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Christina Schwanitz GER 2015 World 19.80 20.00 20.37 0.00 x 20.10 0.00 x 20.37 Gong Lijiao CHN 2015 World 20.30 20.05 20.25 0.00 x 0.00 x 19.91 20.30 Michelle Carter USA 2015 World 19.45 19.76 18.57 18.85 19.48 19.71 19.76 04 4 Anita Márton HUN 2015 World 18.02 18.23 18.06 19.48 18.89 19.11 19.48 NR Hungarian 05 5 Gao Yang CHN 2015 World 18.15 18.09 17.84 19.04 0.00 x 0.00 x 19.04 PB 06 6 Aliona Dubitskaya BLR 2015 World 18.21 0.00 x 18.52 17.43 0.00 x 0.00 x 18.52 07 7 Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR 2015 World 17.38 18.25 17.67 17.85 0.00 x 17.85 18.25 08 8 Natallia Mikhnevich BLR 2015 World 17.05 18.09 17.75 18.11 17.79 18.24 18.24 09 9 Natalia Ducó CHI 2015 World 17.94 17.95 17.98 17.98 10 Jeneva Stevens USA 2015 World 16.79 17.44 17.84 17.84 11 Paulina Guba POL 2015 World 17.04 17.52 17.11 17.52 12 Cleopatra Borel TTO 2015 World 17.43 0.00 x 16.85 17.43 References 39.9917 N 116.3906 E source:wikidata title Shot put Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships