2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	8 March 2025 (qualification) 9 March 2025 (final)
Competitors	18 from 11 nations
Winning distance	20.69 m
Medalists
Jessica Schilder    Netherlands   Yemisi Ogunleye    Germany   Auriol Dongmo    Portugal
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The women's shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 8 and 9 March 2025. This will be the 18th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The qualifying round is scheduled for 8 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's shot put was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). ^{[2] [3]} The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. ^[4] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. ^[4]

Helena Fibingerová is the world and European record holder in the event, with a distance of 22.50 m, set at the 1977 championships. ^[5]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
World record [5]	Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)	22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
European record [5]
Championship record [3]
World leading [6]	Sarah Mitton  (CAN)	20.68	Karlsruhe, Germany	7 February 2025
European leading [6]	Yemisi Ogunleye  (GER)	20.27	Dortmund, Germany	21 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's shot put, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. ^[7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 18.90 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. ^[7] There is a target number of 18 athletes. ^[7]

Rounds

Qualification

The qualifying round was held on 8 March, starting at 10:50 (UTC+1) in the morning. ^[8] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard of 18.80 m (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Results of the qualification round ^{[9] [10]}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	PB
1	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	19.92			19.92	Q	20.33
2	Yemisi Ogunleye	Germany	17.10	18.95		18.95	Q	20.27
3	Jessica Inchude	Portugal	18.47	18.85		18.85	Q	19.18
4	Auriol Dongmo	Portugal	18.40	18.64	18.50	18.64	q	20.43
5	Fanny Roos	Sweden	18.56	x	x	18.56	q	19.42
6	Katharina Maisch	Germany	17.58	18.12	18.48	18.48	q	19.10
7	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands	17.78	x	18.33	18.33	q	19.57
8	Alina Kenzel	Germany	18.16	18.31	18.05	18.31	q	18.69
9	Sara Lennman	Sweden	17.57	17.80	x	17.80		18.39
10	Eliana Bandeira	Portugal	17.02	17.44	17.24	17.44		18.49
11	Senja Mäkitörmä	Finland	16.24	17.34	17.08	17.34		17.74
12	Dimitriana Bezede	Moldova	16.48	16.71	17.04	17.04		18.83
13	Miryam Mazenauer	Switzerland	17.04	16.70	x	17.04		17.12
14	Emilia Kangas	Finland	16.63	x	16.93	16.93		17.60
15	Renáta Beregszászi	Hungary	16.69	16.76	x	16.76	=PB	16.76
16	Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir	Iceland	16.60	16.74	x	16.74		17.92
17	Zuzanna Maślana	Poland	15.84	16.49	16.51	16.51		17.40
18	Serena Vincent	Great Britain	16.07	x	15.52	16.07		17.78

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 17:52 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. ^{[8] [11]}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	19.97	19.97	20.24	19.64	20.69	20.37	20.69	WL, NR
	Yemisi Ogunleye	Germany	18.61	19.56	x	x	x	x	19.56
	Auriol Dongmo	Portugal	19.12	19.26	x	x	19.06	18.90	19.26	SB
4	Fanny Roos	Sweden	18.72	18.78	18.74	18.42	18.55	19.11	19.11	SB
5	Jessica Inchude	Portugal	18.87	18.91	x	x	x	x	18.91
6	Alina Kenzel	Germany	18.18	18.18	18.25	18.70	18.60	18.89	18.89	PB
7	Katharina Maisch	Germany	18.11	x	x	18.67	x	x	18.67
8	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands	17.69	x	18.30	x	18.41	x	18.41

References

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2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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4. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "All time Top lists – Senior – shot put women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
6. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Shot put women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
9. "Final Entries - Athletes List by event and SB" (PDF). European Athletics . 27 February 2025. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
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11. "Shot Put Women Final Results". European Athletics . 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.