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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates2 March
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Winning distance19.62
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    China
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The women's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.[1][2]

Summary

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No qualifying round was needed, so all entrants were finalists. In the first round Danniel Thomas-Dodd took the lead with an 18.92m. Paulina Guba and Gao Yang held the next two positions. Thomas-Dodd improved slightly in the second round but was displaced by the next thrower, Gong Lijiao with an 18.98m. Gao also improved with her best of the day 18.77m. In a vulnerable fifth position after two rounds, Anita Márton saw no challenge to remaining in the competition, then let loose a 19.48m to leapfrog into the lead. Thomas-Dodd wasn't able to answer that, but as the next to step into the ring, she did throw her best of the day 19.22m, good enough to improve her own Jamaican national record and her hold on silver. In the final round, Gong threw a 19.08m to solidify her bronze medal position, almost matched by Thomas-Dodd's final effort of 19.07m, but with gold in hand and the pressure off again, Márton threw a new Hungarian national record 19.62 m (64 ft 4+14 in) to cap off her day.

Márton's gold medal was the first for Hungary in the World Championships.[3] Thomas-Dodd's was the first medal for a Jamaican woman in the shot put.[4]

Results

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The final was started at 20:09.[5]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anita Márton  Hungary 18.29 18.30 19.48 x 18.96 19.62 19.62 NR, WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danniel Thomas-Dodd  Jamaica 18.92 18.95 19.22 x 18.86 19.07 19.22 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China x 18.98 x 18.83 18.81 19.08 19.08 SB
4 Gao Yang  China 18.45 18.77 18.41 18.70 18.20 18.51 18.77 PB
5 Paulina Guba  Poland 18.53 x 18.16 18.31 18.54 18.54
6 Aliona Dubitskaya  Belarus x x 18.21 x x 18.21 SB
7 Yaniuvis López  Cuba 17.81 18.05 x 18.04 18.19 18.19 PB
8 Jeneva Stevens  United States 15.90 18.18 18.00 17.64 x 18.18
9 Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago 17.33 17.80 17.49 17.80
10 Brittany Crew  Canada x 17.61 16.13 17.61
11 Yuliya Leantsiuk  Belarus x 17.44 17.15 17.44
12 Daniella Hill  United States 17.22 17.26 x 17.26
13 Fanny Roos  Sweden 17.19 17.23 x 17.23
14 Dimitriana Surdu  Moldova 17.15 17.22 x 17.22
15 Radoslava Mavrodieva  Bulgaria 16.33 x x 16.33

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Athletics: Marton saves best until last to win Hungary's first-ever gold | News | 1450 99.7 WHTC". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. ^ "Section".
  5. ^ Final results