1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's shot put event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 and 31 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Nadezhda Ostapchuk   Belarus
Silver	Du Xianhui   China
Bronze	Nadine Banse   Germany

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	16.24	16.10	16.02	x	17.45	18.23	18.23
	Du Xianhui	China	16.61	17.20	16.29	16.62	x	17.69	17.69
	Nadine Banse	Germany	16.44	16.49	x	16.67	x	16.94	16.94
4	Lucica Ciobanu	Romania	15.93	15.24	15.85	15.78	15.22	15.60	15.93
5	Kathleen Kluge	Germany	13.46	15.31	15.60	15.47	15.23	15.82	15.82
6	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	x	14.86	14.81	14.98	x	15.24	15.24
7	Mari Wahlman	Finland	15.13	15.16	14.73	14.74	14.62	15.07	15.16
8	Sumi Ichioka	Japan	15.05	13.70	14.07	14.72	14.33	14.83	15.05
9	Alina Frunza	Romania	14.70	x	14.69				14.70
10	Lisa Griebel	United States	14.54	14.27	14.03				14.54
11	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	14.41	14.18	14.36				14.41
12	Nataliya Bessmertnykh	Uzbekistan	13.97	14.23	13.72				14.23

Qualifications

30 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	16.80	-	-	16.80	Q
2	Nadine Banse	Germany	16.07	-	-	16.07	Q
3	Mari Wahlman	Finland	15.01	14.25	15.72	15.72	Q
4	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.42	14.55	x	15.42	q
5	Alina Frunza	Romania	14.87	14.44	15.32	15.32	q
6	Sumi Ichioka	Japan	14.77	14.26	14.11	14.77	q
7	Nataliya Bessmertnykh	Uzbekistan	13.82	14.61	13.75	14.61	q
8	Katrina Steele	Australia	13.89	x	14.17	14.17
9	Julie Dunkley	United Kingdom	x	13.71	13.82	13.82
10	Krista Keir	United States	12.77	13.52	13.57	13.57
11	Amadji Ndiaye	France	x	x	12.85	12.85

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Du Xianhui	China	15.85	-	-	15.85	Q
2	Kathleen Kluge	Germany	15.46	15.56	-	15.56	Q
3	Lucica Ciobanu	Romania	15.08	14.98	15.24	15.24	q
4	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	x	15.13	14.82	15.13	q
5	Lisa Griebel	United States	14.61	14.24	14.21	14.61	q
6	Oksana Gromova	Russia	13.33	14.50	13.24	14.50
7	Martina Lulic	Croatia	13.64	14.44	14.13	14.44
8	Mojca Crnigoj	Slovenia	13.27	14.32	13.95	14.32
9	Iríni Terzóglou	Greece	13.98	14.05	14.27	14.27
10	Debra Turnbull	Australia	13.87	x	13.89	13.89
11	Magnolia Iglesias	Spain	x	12.86	13.88	13.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Belarus (1)
•   China (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015