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. ^{[1] [2]}

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)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015