Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Date16 August 2008
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning distance20.56
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Valerie Vili
  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Misleydis González  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China
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The women's

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

Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics).[4]

Schedule

All times are

UTC+8
)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 16 August 2008 09:10
21:10		 Qualifications
Finals

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 m Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Olympic record  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 m Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Result Notes
1 A
Valerie Vili
  New Zealand 19.73 19.73 Q
2 B Gong Lijiao  China 19.46 19.46 Q, PB
3 A Li Meiju  China 19.18 19.18 Q, PB
DSQ[5] A Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus 19.11 19.11 Q
5 A Christina Schwanitz  Germany x 17.97 19.09 19.09 Q
DSQ[6] B
Nadzeya Ostapchuk
  Belarus 19.08 19.08 Q
7 A Misleydis González  Cuba 18.42 18.91 18.91 Q
8 B Anna Omarova  Russia 18.26 x 18.74 18.74 Q
9 A Chiara Rosa  Italy 18.74 18.74 Q, SB
10 B
Li Ling
  China 18.60 18.60 Q
11 B Nadine Kleinert  Germany 18.52 18.52 Q
12 A
Jillian Camarena
  United States 18.15 18.32 18.51 18.51 Q, SB
13 B Michelle Carter  United States 18.49 18.49 Q
14 A Mailín Vargas  Cuba 18.47 18.47 Q
15 A Olga Ivanova  Russia 17.69 18.27 18.46 18.46 Q
16 A Denise Hinrichs  Germany 18.36 18.27 x 18.36
17 B
Cleopatra Borel-Brown
  Trinidad and Tobago 17.96 17.32 17.57 17.96
18 A Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya  Belarus 17.44 17.77 17.79 17.79
19 B Assunta Legnante  Italy 16.93 17.76 x 17.76
20 B Yumileidi Cumbá  Cuba x 17.60 x 17.60
21 A Anca Heltne  Romania 17.48 x 17.40 17.48
22 A Natalia Duco  Chile 17.24 x 17.40 17.40
23 A Kristin Heaston  United States x 17.34 17.34 17.34
24 B Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria 17.15 17.05 x 17.15
25 B Irina Khudoroshkina  Russia 16.46 16.84 16.78 16.84
26 A Irini Terzoglou  Greece 16.08 16.14 16.50 16.50
27 B
Ana Po'uhila
  Tonga 16.21 16.42 16.35 16.42
28 B
Lin Chia-Ying
  Chinese Taipei 16.24 x 16.32 16.32
29 B Zhang Guirong  Singapore x 16.23 16.08 16.23
30 B Mariam Kevkhishvili  Georgia x 15.99 x 15.99
31 B Zara Northover  Jamaica 15.73 15.85 15.64 15.85
32 A Iolanta Ulyeva  Kazakhstan 15.49 x 15.06 15.49
33 A
Lee Mi-Young
  South Korea 14.76 x 15.10 15.10
A Irache Quintanal  Spain x x x NM
B Krystyna Zabawska  Poland x x x NM
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

Final

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Valerie Vili
  New Zealand 20.56 20.40 20.26 20.01 20.52 - 20.56 AR
DSQ[5] Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus 19.16 20.28 19.87 19.82 19.94 20.10 20.28
DSQ[6]
Nadzeya Ostapchuk
  Belarus x 18.69 18.36 x 19.86 19.36 19.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Misleydis González  Cuba 19.30 x 19.01 19.23 19.50 x 19.50 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China 18.45 18.75 18.90 18.92 19.04 19.20 19.20
4 Anna Omarova  Russia 19.08 18.21 x x x 18.76 19.08
5 Nadine Kleinert  Germany 18.30 18.68 19.01 18.99 x 18.81 19.01
6 Li Meiju  China 18.68 18.99 18.74 x 18.85 19.00 19.00
7 Olga Ivanova  Russia 17.96 x 18.44 18.44
8 Mailín Vargas  Cuba 18.28 17.88 17.74 18.28
9 Christina Schwanitz  Germany x 17.96 18.27 18.27
10
Jillian Camarena
  United States 18.09 18.24 17.44 18.24
11 Chiara Rosa  Italy 18.22 17.98 x 18.22
12
Li Ling
  China 17.94 x 17.81 17.94
13 Michelle Carter  United States 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

References
  1. IAAF. Archived from the original
    on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. IAAF. Archived
    from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. IAAF. 2008-08-15. Archived from the original
    on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  4. ^ IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. Shot Put women.
  5. ^ a b "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012". International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  6. ^ a b "Ostapchuk stripped of another Olympic medal". 13 January 2017.
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