2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates2 March
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Winning distance19.62
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2016
2022  

The women's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

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

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

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Márton Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.2918.3019.48x18.9619.6219.62 NR , WL
Silver medal icon.svg Danniel Thomas-Dodd Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 18.9218.9519.22x18.8619.0719.22 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Gong Lijiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x18.98x18.8318.8119.0819.08SB
4 Gao Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18.4518.7718.4118.7018.2018.5118.77PB
5 Paulina Guba Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18.53x18.1618.3118.5418.54
6 Aliona Dubitskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus xx18.21xx18.21SB
7 Yaniuvis López Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.8118.05x18.0418.1918.19PB
8 Jeneva Stevens Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 15.9018.1818.0017.64x18.18
9 Cleopatra Borel Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 17.3317.8017.4917.80
10 Brittany Crew Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x17.6116.1317.61
11 Yuliya Leantsiuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus x17.4417.1517.44
12 Daniella Hill Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 17.2217.26x17.26
13 Fanny Roos Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17.1917.23x17.23
14 Dimitriana Surdu Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 17.1517.22x17.22
15 Radoslava Mavrodieva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.33xx16.33

References

  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