2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17 October.

Medalists

Gold	Kathleen Kluge Germany
Silver	Li Meiju China
Bronze	Natallia Khoroneko Belarus

Results

Final

17 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kathleen Kluge	Germany	16.46	16.14	x	16.62	16.84	17.37	17.37
	Li Meiju	China	16.30	16.07	16.11	x	15.67	16.57	16.57
	Natallia Khoroneko	Belarus	16.00	15.24	15.83	16.40	16.02	15.78	16.40
4	Laura Gerraughty	United States	14.86	14.40	15.71	15.32	14.70	15.30	15.71
5	Anna Tolokina	Russia	x	15.42	x	x	x	14.92	15.42
6	Lucia Korceková	Slovakia	15.00	x	15.07	15.30	x	x	15.30
7	Claudia Villeneuve	France	15.09	x	14.52	x	x	x	15.09
8	Kamila Hlavácová	Czech Republic	14.73	x	14.98	14.65	14.96	14.92	14.98
9	Jessica Cosby	United States	14.93	13.60	x				14.93
10	Fernanda Resende	Brazil	13.97	13.77	14.87				14.87
11	Ludmila Lisii	Moldova	14.02	14.33	14.83				14.83
12	Chiara Rosa	Italy	14.61	x	14.12				14.61
13	Gaëlle Eleleara	France	12.87	14.14	x				14.14
14	Margaríta Palasiou	Greece	13.91	12.71	12.11				13.91
15	Evaggelía Gávali	Greece	13.00	13.45	12.63				13.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Belarus (1)
• Brazil (1)
• China (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Greece (2)
• Italy (1)
• Moldova (1)
• Russia (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• United States (2)