2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates21 March 2025
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Winning distance20.48 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2024

The women's shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships was held at the Nanjing's Cube of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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Canadian Sarah Mitton won her second consecutive event title. All three medalists threw a distance of at least twenty metres, the first time that had happened since 1991. [1]

Background

The women's shot put was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record [2] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)22.50 Jablonec, Czechoslovakia19 February 1977
Championship record [3] Flag of New Zealand.svg  Valerie Adams  (NZL)20.67 Sopot, Poland8 March 2014
World leading [4] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jessica Schilder  (NED)20.69 Apeldoorn, Netherlands9 March 2025

Qualification

For the women's shot put, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [5] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 19.50 m. [6] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [5] There was a target number of 16 athletes. [6]

Results

The final was held on 21 March, starting at 19:50 (UTC+8) in the evening. [7]

Results of the final [8] [9]
RankAthleteNation#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sarah Mitton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19.6120.3619.2820.15x20.4820.48
Silver medal icon.svg Jessica Schilder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands x20.0719.2219.67x19.2620.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Chase Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 18.1219.4019.9119.6718.9720.0620.06
4 Fanny Roos Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.4417.8017.9518.7219.28x19.28 SB
5 Gong Lijiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18.6418.84xx18.6818.7018.84
6 Jessica Inchude Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 17.6418.6618.7118.70x18.5018.71
7 Maggie Ewen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 17.0618.63x18.2918.1718.63
8 Auriol Dongmo Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 18.39x18.2718.54x18.54
9 Sara Lennman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17.4618.2918.4518.0118.45 PB
10 Ma Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x17.4118.31x18.31 SB
11 Jessica Ramsey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 17.5717.81x17.81
12 Jorinde van Klinken Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands x17.7216.9117.72
13 Lloydricia Cameron Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 17.4317.14x17.43
14 Ivana Gallardo Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16.6416.3817.0817.08
15 Madison-Lee Wesche Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x16.52x16.52
16 Kaia Topu-South Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16.4516.20x16.45

References

  1. "Canada's Sarah Mitton repeats as world indoor shot put champion". CBC Sports . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. "All time Top lists – Senior – Shot put women", World Athletics . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. "Results Shot Put Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Shot put women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  6. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  7. "Timetable | Nanjing 2025". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  8. "Start List / Shot Put Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  9. "Shot Put Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.