2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	20 September
Winning distance	20.29 m
Medalists
Jessica Schilder    Netherlands   Chase Jackson    United States   Maddi Wesche    New Zealand
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The women's shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record		21.24 m	Rome, Italy	5 September 1987
	Valerie Adams  (NZL)		Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011
World Leading	Chase Jackson  (USA)	20.95 m	Rathdrum, United States	28 June 2025
African Record	Vivian Chukwuemeka  (NGR)	18.43 m	Walnut, United States	19 April 2003
Asian Record	Li Meisu  (CHN)	21.76 m	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988
European Record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Belsy Laza  (CUB)	20.96 m	Mexico City, Mexico	2 May 1992
Oceanian record	Valerie Adams  (NZL)	21.24 m	Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011
South American Record	Elisângela Adriano  (BRA)	19.30 m	Tunja, Colombia	14 July 2001

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.80 m. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
20 September	10:00	Qualification
	19:54	Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 19.20 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Yemisi Ogunleye	Germany	19.65			19.65 m	Q
2	Chase Jackson	United States	19.31			19.31 m	Q
3	Maddi Wesche	New Zealand	19.27			19.27 m	Q
4	Fanny Roos	Sweden	19.14	x	19.24	19.24 m	Q
5	Gong Lijiao	China	18.77	18.99	18.81	18.99 m	q
6	Alina Kenzel	Germany	18.18	18.56	18.47	18.56 m	q
7	Jessica Ramsey	United States	17.62	18.28	x	18.28 m
8	Lloydricia Cameron	Jamaica	17.22	17.69	17.77	17.77 m
9	Eliana Bandeira	Portugal	17.75	17.47	17.65	17.75 m
10	Auriol Dongmo	Portugal	17.53	x	17.37	17.53 m
11	Sun Yue  [ de; no ]	China	17.46	x	x	17.46 m
12	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands	16.33	17.45	x	17.45 m
13	Miné de Klerk	South Africa	16.46	17.39	x	17.39 m
14	Senja Mäkitörmä	Finland	x	16.09	17.31	17.31 m
15	Eveliina Rouvali  [ de; fi; no; sv ]	Finland	17.10	17.08	x	17.10 m
16	Ashley Erasmus	South Africa	16.61	16.90	16.70	16.90 m
17	Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir	Iceland	16.42	16.66	16.87	16.87 m
[4]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Sarah Mitton	Canada	x	19.20		19.20 m	Q
2	Jaida Ross	United States	19.13	18.33	-	19.13 m	q
3	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	18.65	18.98	x	18.98 m	q
4	Zhang Linru	China	18.93	x	18.50	18.93 m	q
5	Katharina Maisch	Germany	x	18.33	18.82	18.82 m	q
6	Sara Lennman	Sweden	18.18	18.38	18.13	18.38 m	q
7	Axelina Johansson	Sweden	x	18.06	18.29	18.29 m
8	Emilia Kangas	Finland	17.36	17.49	18.07	18.07 m
9	Jessica Inchude	Portugal	17.69	17.04	17.14	17.69 m
10	Treneese Hamilton	Dominica	17.68	17.32	x	17.68 m
11	Dianelis Delís	Cuba	17.19	17.39	17.17	17.39 m
12	Chiang Ching-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	16.86	15.91	17.37	17.37 m
13	Maggie Ewen	United States	17.20	16.21	17.31	17.31 m
14	Ivana Gallardo	Chile	16.94	16.99	x	16.99 m
15	Colette Uys	South Africa	16.68	x	16.46	16.68 m
16	Miryam Mazenauer  [ de; no ]	Switzerland	16.41	x	15.83	16.41 m
17	Ana Caroline Silva	Brazil	16.40	15.80	x	16.40 m
18	Kelsie Murrel-Ross  [ de ]	Grenada	15.65	16.19	x	16.19 m
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	18.23	18.68	19.24	19.51	18.76	20.29	20.29
	Chase Jackson	United States	19.55	x	19.43	19.67	x	20.21	20.21
	Maddi Wesche	New Zealand	20.06	x	19.90	x	18.87	x	20.06	PB
4	Sarah Mitton	Canada	19.76	19.18	19.81	19.75	19.80	19.62	19.81
5	Fanny Roos	Sweden	19.33	19.07	18.99	18.91	18.83	19.54	19.54
6	Yemisi Ogunleye	Germany	19.33	x	x	18.62	18.73	18.89	19.33
7	Zhang Linru	China	17.88	18.94	18.94	19.16	19.13		19.16
8	Jaida Ross	United States	19.01	x	18.34	18.36	17.56		19.01
9	Gong Lijiao	China	17.70	18.96	18.49	x			18.96
10	Alina Kenzel	Germany	18.08	18.34	18.42	x			18.42
11	Katharina Maisch	Germany	x	18.21	x				18.21
12	Sara Lennman	Sweden	17.78	x	x				17.78
[5]

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women shot put". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "Women's shot put − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Women's shot put - Qualification results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
5. "Women's shot put - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.