2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The Women's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 18.40 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Yanina Korolchik Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)
Bronze	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.2001 – 08:30h	05.08.2001 – 08:30h
Final Round
05.08.2001 – 15:45h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Larisa Peleshenko  (RUS)	20.79 m	July 13, 2001	Tula, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Yanina Korolchik  (BLR)	19.87	—	—	19.87 m
2	4	Vita Pavlysh  (UKR)	18.68	—	—	18.68 m
3	6	Yumileidi Cumbá  (CUB)	18.64	—	—	18.64 m
4	7	Astrid Kumbernuss  (GER)	17.98	18.54	—	18.54 m
5	8	Krystyna Zabawska  (POL)	18.28	X	18.48	18.48 m
6	9	Svetlana Krivelyova  (RUS)	18.47	—	—	18.47 m
7	12	Lieja Koeman  (NED)	17.93	X	17.82	17.93 m
8	16	Kalliopi Ouzouni  (GRE)	X	16.77	16.82	16.82 m
9	18	Elena Hila  (ROM)	X	16.57	X	16.57 m
10	19	Iolanta Ulyeva  (KAZ)	15.99	16.22	15.83	16.22 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Nadine Kleinert  (GER)	X	19.35	—	19.35 m
2	3	Irina Korzhanenko  (RUS)	18.96	—	—	18.96 m
3	5	Larisa Peleshenko  (RUS)	18.65	—	—	18.65 m
4	10	Nadezhda Ostapchuk  (BLR)	X	18.44	—	18.44 m
5	11	Elisangela Adriano  (BRA)	17.66	17.53	18.11	18.11 m
6	13	Katarzyna Żakowicz  (POL)	X	17.71	17.51	17.71 m
7	14	Lee Myung-Sun  (KOR)	17.66	17.52	17.55	17.66 m
8	15	Cheng Xiaoyan  (CHN)	17.21	17.32	17.25	17.32 m
9	17	Seilala Sua  (USA)	16.61	16.21	16.08	16.61 m
10	20	Georgette Reed  (CAN)	15.92	15.61	15.74	15.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yanina Korolchik  (BLR)	X	19.71	20.61	X	19.21	19.61	20.61 m	NR
	Nadine Kleinert  (GER)	19.54	18.88	19.45	19.10	X	19.86	19.86 m	PB
	Vita Pavlysh  (UKR)	19.01	19.41	18.80	X	18.98	X	19.41 m
4	Larisa Peleshenko  (RUS)	X	19.06	19.37	19.32	19.30	19.15	19.37 m
5	Irina Korzhanenko  (RUS)	19.35	X	X	18.55	18.63	X	19.35 m
6	Astrid Kumbernuss  (GER)	18.77	19.02	18.91	X	19.25	X	19.25 m
7	Nadezhda Ostapchuk  (BLR)	18.65	18.81	18.52	18.71	18.98	X	18.98 m
8	Yumileidi Cumbá  (CUB)	18.73	X	18.34	X	17.90	18.56	18.73 m
9	Svetlana Krivelyova  (RUS)	X	18.68	18.70				18.70 m
10	Krystyna Zabawska  (POL)	18.18	18.49	18.50				18.50 m
11	Elisangela Adriano  (BRA)	18.06	17.96	17.95				18.06 m
12	Lieja Koeman  (NED)	17.56	17.89	X				17.89 m

See also

• 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 2002 European Championships

References

• Results
• IAAF