1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.

Medalists

Gold	Song Feina China
Silver	Nadine Beckel Germany
Bronze	Yelena Ivanenko Belarus

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Song Feina	China	16.12	15.90	x	16.58	x	x	16.58
	Nadine Beckel	Germany	x	16.11	15.03	x	16.38	16.39	16.39
	Yelena Ivanenko	Belarus	15.39	15.67	16.22	x	x	x	16.22
4	Bai Damei	China	16.02	16.06	16.03	16.01	x	x	16.06
5	Sofia Orfaniotou	Greece	14.46	15.18	15.50	14.47	x	x	15.50
6	Oksana Chibisova	Russia	15.13	15.20	15.20	14.66	15.21	x	15.21
7	Claudia Venghaus	Germany	14.91	15.16	14.96	x	x	14.69	15.16
8	Seilala Sua	United States	15.00	15.03	14.64	x	14.75	15.04	15.04
9	Mari Wahlman	Finland	14.44	14.03	14.82				14.82
10	Jo Jin-Suk	South Korea	14.67	14.21	14.09				14.67
11	Lisa Patterson	Australia	13.98	13.79	14.45				14.45
12	Noria Nesnas	France	14.17	x	14.03				14.17

Qualifications

22 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bai Damei	China	15.88	-	-	15.88	Q
2	Nadine Beckel	Germany	13.72	15.70	-	15.70	Q
3	Song Feina	China	15.54	-	-	15.54	Q
4	Yelena Ivanenko	Belarus	14.81	14.68	15.14	15.14	Q
5	Seilala Sua	United States	15.03	-	-	15.03	Q
6	Sofia Orfaniotou	Greece	15.01	-	-	15.01	Q
7	Oksana Chibisova	Russia	14.34	14.22	14.91	14.91	q
8	Claudia Venghaus	Germany	14.73	14.75	x	14.75	q
9	Lisa Patterson	Australia	14.05	14.24	14.43	14.43	q
10	Jo Jin-Suk	South Korea	13.70	13.91	14.40	14.40	q
11	Mari Wahlman	Finland	12.83	13.97	14.26	14.26	q
12	Noria Nesnas	France	13.85	x	13.84	13.85	q
13	Assunta Legnante	Italy	x	13.44	13.09	13.44
14	Doris Thompson	Bahamas	x	x	13.14	13.14
15	Siniva Marsters	Cook Islands	8.69	x	8.52	8.69

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Bahamas (1)
• Belarus (1)
• China (2)
• Cook Islands (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Italy (1)
• Russia (1)
• South Korea (1)
• United States (1)