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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueJapan National Stadium
Dates30 July 2021
(qualifying)
1 August 2021
(final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning distance20.58 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lijiao Gong  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raven Saunders  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valerie Adams  New Zealand
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The women's shot put event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] Approximately 35 athletes are expected to compete; the exact number will depend on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (2 universality places were used in 2016).[2]

Summary

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's shot put podium, from left: silver medalist Raven Saunders, gold medalist Lijao Gong and bronze medalist Valerie Adams

On the first throw of the final Raven Saunders dropped a 19.65m, which proved sufficient to nail down silver. As the fifth thrower, Gong Lijao's 19.95m would prove to be better than anyone else could muster. The only other thrower over 19 metres in the first round was Auriol Dongmo with 19.29m. In the second round, two time Olympic Champion, in her fifth Olympics, Valerie Adams tossed 19.49m to move into third and the medal order had been decided. Adams threw her best in the third round with a 19.62m, followed shortly by Gong improving to 19.98m. In the fourth round, Dongmo made her best effort 19.57m, but not enough to pass Adams. In the fifth round, Saunders threw her best 19.79m, but on the next throw, Gong hit 20.53 to extend her lead. Saunders made one more effort in the final round, her shot landing well beyond the 20 meter tape shortly after her foot landed over the toe board making it a foul. Relaxed as the winner, Gong followed with her best effort, 20.58 m (67 ft 6 in) to take gold.[3]

Background

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This will be the 19th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Summer Olympics since 1948.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's shot put event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 18.50 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached.[2][4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the shot put.[2]

Competition format

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The 2020 competition will continue to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gives each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (not yet set; 2016 used 18.40 metres); if fewer than 12 women do so, the top 12 will advance. The final provides each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers receive an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws are not considered for the final).[6]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records are as follows.

World record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Olympic record  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July 1980
Area Distance (m) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 18.43 Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria
Asia (records) 21.76 Li Meisu  China
Europe (records) 22.63 WR Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union
North, Central America
and the Caribbean
(records)
20.96 Belsy Laza  Cuba
Oceania (records) 21.24 Valerie Adams  New Zealand
South America (records) 19.30 Elisângela Adriano  Brazil

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's shot put will take place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 2021 19:00 Qualifying
Sunday, 1 August 2021 9:10 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 18.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Gong Lijiao  China 19.46 19.46 Q
2 B Song Jiayuan  China x 19.23 19.23 Q
3 A Raven Saunders  United States x 19.22 19.22 Q
4 A Fanny Roos  Sweden 19.01 19.01 Q
5 A Aliona Dubitskaya  Belarus 18.61 x 18.89 18.89 Q
6 B Valerie Adams  New Zealand 18.75 18.59 18.83 18.83 Q
7 A Gao Yang  China 18.51 18.80 18.80 Q, SB
7 B Auriol Dongmo  Portugal 18.80 18.80 Q
9 A Portious Warren  Trinidad and Tobago 18.21 18.23 18.75 18.75 q, PB
9 A Jessica Ramsey  United States x x 18.75 18.75 q
11 A Maddi Wesche  New Zealand 18.65 16.80 18.53 18.65 q, PB
12 B Sara Gambetta  Germany x 18.57 17.35 18.57 q
13 B Danniel Thomas-Dodd  Jamaica x 18.37 18.24 18.37
14 A Christina Schwanitz  Germany 17.51 17.72 18.08 18.08
15 A Katharina Maisch  Germany 16.92 17.89 17.72 17.89
16 B Emel Dereli  Turkey x 17.81 17.69 17.81
16 B Sophie McKinna  Great Britain 17.81 x 17.60 17.81
18 A Klaudia Kardasz  Poland x 17.29 17.76 17.76
19 A Jessica Schilder  Netherlands 16.69 17.74 16.82 17.74
20 B Adelaide Aquilla  United States 17.38 17.68 16.62 17.68
21 B Anita Márton  Hungary 17.42 17.59 x 17.59 SB
22 A Lloydricia Cameron  Jamaica 17.29 x 17.43 17.43
23 A María Belén Toimil  Spain x x 17.38 17.38
24 B Markéta Červenková  Czech Republic 17.33 x 17.05 17.33
25 B Ahymara Espinoza  Venezuela 17.17 16.74 16.50 17.17
26 A Olha Golodna  Ukraine 16.07 17.15 17.08 17.15
27 B Paulina Guba  Poland x 16.98 16.96 16.98
28 B Sarah Mitton  Canada 16.62 x x 16.62
29 A Dimitriana Surdu  Moldova 15.61 16.55 x 16.55
30 B Geisa Arcanjo  Brazil 16.46 x x 16.46
31 B Sopo Shatirishvili  Georgia 14.91 15.31 x 15.31
A Brittany Crew  Canada x x x NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China 19.95 x 19.98 19.80 20.53 20.58 20.58 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raven Saunders  United States 19.65 x 19.62 19.49 19.79 x 19.79
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valerie Adams  New Zealand 18.62 19.49 19.62 x x 18.76 19.62
4 Auriol Dongmo  Portugal 19.29 18.95 19.17 19.57 19.45 19.45 19.57
5 Song Jiayuan  China 18.11 19.14 18.74 x x 18.26 19.14
6 Maddi Wesche  New Zealand 17.45 18.42 18.98 18.18 18.50 18.47 18.98 PB
7 Fanny Roos  Sweden 17.99 18.02 18.91 x 18.72 18.76 18.91
8 Sara Gambetta  Germany 18.37 18.04 18.88 x 18.48 18.38 18.88 PB
9 Aliona Dubitskaya  Belarus 17.76 18.57 18.73 Did not advance 18.73
10 Gao Yang  China 18.45 18.67 18.51 Did not advance 18.67
11 Portious Warren  Trinidad and Tobago 18.01 18.01 18.32 Did not advance 18.32
Jessica Ramsey  United States x x x Did not advance NM

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympics-Athletics-China's Gong Lijiao wins women's shot put gold | Nasdaq". Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletics Explanatory Guide" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. August 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.