Women's shot put at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 16 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 20.56 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1] The qualifying standards were 18.35 m (60 ft 2 in) (A standard) and 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in) (B standard). [2]
The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres. [3]
In 2016 it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in doping violations by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics). [4]
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 16 August 2008 | 09:10 21:10 | Qualifications Finals |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 22.63 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 22.41 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place |
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Valerie Vili | ![]() | 20.56 | 20.40 | 20.26 | 20.01 | 20.52 | - | 20.56 | AR |
DSQ [5] | Natallia Mikhnevich | ![]() | 19.16 | 20.28 | 19.87 | 19.82 | 19.94 | 20.10 | 20.28 | |
DSQ [6] | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | ![]() | x | 18.69 | 18.36 | x | 19.86 | 19.36 | 19.86 | |
![]() | Misleydis González | ![]() | 19.30 | x | 19.01 | 19.23 | 19.50 | x | 19.50 | PB |
![]() | Gong Lijiao | ![]() | 18.45 | 18.75 | 18.90 | 18.92 | 19.04 | 19.20 | 19.20 | |
4 | Anna Omarova | ![]() | 19.08 | 18.21 | x | x | x | 18.76 | 19.08 | |
5 | Nadine Kleinert | ![]() | 18.30 | 18.68 | 19.01 | 18.99 | x | 18.81 | 19.01 | |
6 | Li Meiju | ![]() | 18.68 | 18.99 | 18.74 | x | 18.85 | 19.00 | 19.00 | |
7 | Olga Ivanova | ![]() | 17.96 | x | 18.44 | 18.44 | ||||
8 | Mailín Vargas | ![]() | 18.28 | 17.88 | 17.74 | 18.28 | ||||
9 | Christina Schwanitz | ![]() | x | 17.96 | 18.27 | 18.27 | ||||
10 | Jillian Camarena | ![]() | 18.09 | 18.24 | 17.44 | 18.24 | ||||
11 | Chiara Rosa | ![]() | 18.22 | 17.98 | x | 18.22 | ||||
12 | Li Ling | ![]() | 17.94 | x | 17.81 | 17.94 | ||||
13 | Michelle Carter | ![]() | 16.97 | 17.65 | 17.74 | 17.74 |
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place |