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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

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Valerie Adams putting at Daegu
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The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29. The winning margin was 1.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.2 metres at these championships.

There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili (who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning Olympic champion. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes Gong Lijiao and Li Ling. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.[1][2]

Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all-time list, it was the best throw since Larisa Peleshenko in 2000. It was obviously her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the New Zealand national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader Nadzeya Astapchuk came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Valerie Adams
 New Zealand (NZL)
Jillian Camarena-Williams
 United States (USA)
Gong Lijiao
 China (CHN)

Records

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Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Championship record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.24 Rome, Italy 5 September 1987
World leading  Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.94 Zhukovsky, Russia 3 July 2011
African record  Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.35 Ijebu Ode, Nigeria 17 April 2006
Asian record  Meisu Li (CHN) 21.76 Shijiazhuang, China 23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Belsy Laza (CUB) 20.96 Mexico City, Mexico 2 May 1992
South American record  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 19.30 Tunja, Colombia 14 July 2001
European record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Oceanian record  Valerie Adams (NZL) 21.07 Thessaloniki, Greece 13 September 2009

Qualification standards

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A standard B standard
18.30 17.30

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 28, 2011 10:20 Qualification
August 29, 2011 20:40 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Valerie Adams  New Zealand (NZL) 19.79 19.79 Q
2 B Gong Lijiao  China (CHN) 19.21 19.21 Q
3 B Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER) 19.20 19.20 Q, SB
4 B Nadzeya Astapchuk  Belarus (BLR) 19.11 19.11 Q
5 A Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States (USA) 19.09 19.09 Q
6 B Anna Omarova  Russia (RUS) 17.86 18.01 19.03 19.03 Q
7 A Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 18.20 18.41 18.95 18.95 Q
8 A Anna Avdeyeva  Russia (RUS) 18.32 18.33 18.92 18.92 Q
9 B Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia (RUS) 18.58 18.90 18.90 Q
10 A Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus (BLR) 18.88 18.88 Q
11 B Michelle Carter  United States (USA) 18.85 18.85 Q
12 A Nadine Kleinert  Germany (GER) 18.75 18.75 Q
13 A Li Ling  China (CHN) 18.67 18.67 Q
14 B Chiara Rosa  Italy (ITA) 17.69 18.27 18.28 18.28
15 B Mailín Vargas  Cuba (CUB) x 18.27 x 18.27
16 A Misleydis González  Cuba (CUB) 18.24 17.96 17.83 18.24
17 B Liu Xiangrong  China (CHN) 17.59 17.96 18.22 18.22
18 A Julie Labonté  Canada (CAN) 17.66 18.04 x 18.04
19 A Josephine Terlecki  Germany (GER) 17.85 17.72 17.20 17.85
20 B Natalia Ducó  Chile (CHI) 17.42 x 17.42 17.42
21 A Sarah Stevens-Walker  United States (USA) 16.50 x 17.20 17.20
22 B Anita Márton  Hungary (HUN) x 16.33 17.04 17.04
23 B Lee Mi-Young  South Korea (KOR) 16.08 16.18 15.96 16.18
24 B Simoné du Toit  South Africa (RSA) 15.83 x x 15.83
25 A Radoslava Mavrodieva  Bulgaria (BUL) x 15.76 x 15.76

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valerie Adams  New Zealand (NZL) 19.37 x 20.04 20.72 x 21.24 21.24 CR, AR, WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States (USA) 19.63 18.53 19.24 20.02 18.80 19.44 20.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China (CHN) 19.64 x x 19.82 19.97 x 19.97
4 Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia (RUS) 18.42 18.28 19.78 x x 19.26 19.78 PB
5 Li Ling  China (CHN) 19.12 19.71 19.23 19.60 19.50 19.49 19.71
6 Anna Avdeyeva  Russia (RUS) 18.80 18.65 19.16 18.96 19.54 18.51 19.54 SB
7 Nadine Kleinert  Germany (GER) 19.26 x 18.83 x x - 19.26 SB
8 Michelle Carter  United States (USA) 18.76 x 18.13 18.76
9 Anna Omarova  Russia (RUS) 18.67 x x 18.67
10 Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus (BLR) 18.44 x 18.47 18.47
11 Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER) 17.96 x x 17.96
12 Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) x 17.62 17.53 17.62
Nadezhda Ostapchuk  Belarus (BLR) 19.58 19.34 19.87 19.87 20.05 19.60 20.05 m DQ

References

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  1. ^ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Shot Put - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Shot Put 2011. IAAF (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
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