Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's shot put F54–56

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Women's Shot Put F54-56
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 8 September
Competitors 15 from 12 nations
Winning distance 6.73
Medalists
Eva Kacanu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Martina Monika Willing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Marianne Buggenhagen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg
F51
Discus throw   men women
Club throw   men
T52/F52
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
Marathon men
Shot put   men women
Discus throw   men women
Javelin throw   men women
T53/F53
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
T54/F54
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1,500 m men women
5,000 m men women
Marathon men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F55/F56
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
F57/F58
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Relay event
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men

The women's shot put F54-56 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:05 on 8 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Eva Kacanu, representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Beijing National Stadium stadium at Beijing, China

Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium (BNS) was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG, which was led by chief architect Li Xinggang. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and will be used again in the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Bird's Nest sometimes has some extra temporary large screens installed at the stands of the stadium.

Eva Kacanu is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54/F56 shot put events.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Cl.123456 Best Pts. Notes
Eva Kacanu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic F54 6.59 6.53 6.45 6.24 6.176.73 6.73 1084WR
Martina Monika Willing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany F56 8.508.61 8.41 8.24 7.98 8.54 8.61 1034WR
Marianne Buggenhagen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany F55 8.44 8.39 8.22 8.47 8.258.54 8.54 1026SB
Hania Aidi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia F546.31 6.11 6.24 5.71 6.19 6.12 6.31 1016SB
Tatjana Majcen Ljubic Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia F546.27 6.00 6.01 6.24 5.87 6.10 6.27 1010
Irena Perminiene Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania F54 5.485.97 5.94 5.59 5.67 5.59 5.97 962SB
Yang Liwan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China F55 7.84 6.017.94 7.36 7.69 7.73 7.94 954SB
Jenni Bryce Flag of Australia.svg  Australia F56 7.467.85 7.78 7.10 7.72 7.65 7.85 943SB
Azucena Saucedo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico F56 7.31 7.347.56 - - - 7.56 908SB
10 Chen Liping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China F54 5.515.58 5.54 - - - 5.58 899
11 Dzenita Klico Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina F54 5.215.39 5.25 - - - 5.39 868SB
12 Zanele Situ Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa F54 4.915.07 4.83 - - - 5.07 817
13 Suely Guimaraes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil F56 6.396.68 6.56 - - - 6.68 803SB
14 Dong Feixia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China F55 5.416.29 5.93 - - - 6.29 756
15 Milka Milinkovic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia F55 5.615.845.84 - - - 5.84 702

WR = World Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

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