2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 3 October 2019.^[1]

Women's shot put at the 2019 World Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	2 October (qualification) 3 October (final)
Competitors	27 from 18 nations
Winning distance	19.55
Medalists
Gong Lijiao    China   Danniel Thomas-Dodd    Jamaica   Christina Schwanitz    Germany
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Summary

As the competition was just getting started, defending champion Gong Lijiao put herself into the lead with the only 19 meter throw of the first round 19.07m. Chase Ealey dropped an 18.70m that held up in second until Danniel Thomas-Dodd almost got 19 with her 18.97m. In the second round, Gong improved to 19.42m and Thomas-Dodd also improved to 19.07, 2013 champion Christina Schwanitz took over third with an 18.87m. In the third round, Aliona Dubitskaya tickled the leaders with an 18.86m but that was going to be her best of the day. Re-ordered in the fourth round, Magdalyn Ewen moved into third with an 18.91m, then Gong tossed the winner 19.55 m (64 ft 1+1⁄2 in). Ewen improved 2 cm in the fifth round, but then Schwanitz stepped into the ring to let out 19.17m to jump into second place. In the final round, Thomas-Dodd reclaimed the silver with 19.47m.

Records

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

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	22.63	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1987	Moscow, Russia
Championship	21.24	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	5 Sep 1987	Rome, Italy
		Valerie Adams	NZL	29 Aug 2011	Daegu, South Korea
World leading	20.31	Gong Lijiao	CHN	29 Aug 2019	Zürich, Switzerland
African	18.43	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGA	19 Apr 2003	Walnut, United States
Asian	21.76	Li Meisu	CHN	23 Apr 1988	Shijiazhuang, China
NACAC	20.96	Belsy Laza	CUB	2 May 1992	Mexico City, Mexico
European	22.63	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1987	Moscow, Russia
Oceanian	21.24	Valerie Adams	NZL	29 Aug 2011	Daegu, South Korea

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:^[3]

Date	Time	Round
2 October	16:45	Qualification
3 October	22:35	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.^[4][5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Jamaica (JAM)	17.60	18.06	19.32	19.32	Q
2	B	Magdalyn Ewen	United States (USA)	19.21			19.21	Q
3	B	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	18.96			18.96	Q
4	A	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	18.85			18.85	Q, SB
5	B	Dimitriana Surdu	Moldova (MDA)	18.71			18.71	Q, SB
6	A	Sophie McKinna	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	17.74	18.05	18.61	18.61	Q, PB
7	B	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	18.52			18.52	Q
8	A	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	18.51			18.51	Q
9	B	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	18.29	18.44		18.44	Q
10	A	Chase Ealey	United States (USA)	17.90	x	18.35	18.35	q
11	A	Brittany Crew	Canada (CAN)	17.35	18.30	18.24	18.30	q
12	A	Paulina Guba	Poland (POL)	17.36	18.04	x	18.04	q
13	A	Sara Gambetta	Germany (GER)	17.59	18.01	17.41	18.01
14	B	Fanny Roos	Sweden (SWE)	x	18.01	17.39	18.01
15	B	Klaudia Kardasz	Poland (POL)	x	16.86	17.79	17.79
16	B	Emel Dereli	Turkey (TUR)	16.51	x	17.71	17.71
17	A	Zhang Linru	China (CHN)	x	17.06	17.65	17.65
18	B	Alena Pasechnik	Belarus (BLR)	17.55	x	17.42	17.55
19	A	Portious Warren	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	17.43	17.46	x	17.46
20	B	Alina Kenzel	Germany (GER)	16.58	17.46	17.42	17.46
21	A	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil (BRA)	17.30	x	17.45	17.45
22	B	Noora Salem Jasim	Bahrain (BHR)	17.36	x	16.83	17.36
23	A	Song Jiayuan	China (CHN)	15.14	17.10	17.24	17.24
24	B	Sarah Mitton	Canada (CAN)	16.27	x	17.24	17.24
25	B	Maddi Wesche	New Zealand (NZL)	16.55	17.22	x	17.22
26	A	Oyesade Olatoye	Nigeria (NGR)	16.97	x	x	16.97
27	A	Ahymará Espinoza	Venezuela (VEN)	x	16.89	x	16.89

Final

The final was started on 3 October at 22:35.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.07	19.42	19.21	19.55	x	x	19.55
	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Jamaica (JAM)	18.97	19.02	19.36	19.05	x	19.47	19.47
	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	18.61	18.87	18.68	18.67	19.17	18.44	19.17
4	Magdalyn Ewen	United States (USA)	18.04	18.48	18.79	18.91	18.93	x	18.93
5	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	18.75	18.41	18.37	18.28	18.18	18.86	18.86
6	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	18.66	18.48	18.86	18.36	18.58	18.55	18.86
7	Chase Ealey	United States (USA)	18.70	18.25	x	x	18.82	18.61	18.82
8	Brittany Crew	Canada (CAN)	18.46	18.18	x	18.55	18.40	17.46	18.55
9	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	18.32	18.31	18.41				18.41
10	Paulina Guba	Poland (POL)	18.02	17.97	x				18.02
11	Sophie McKinna	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	17.99	17.85	17.68				17.99
12	Dimitriana Surdu	Moldova (MDA)	17.64	17.45	x				17.64

References

1. "Shot Put Women − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. "Shot put Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
3. "Women's shot put − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
4. "Shot Put Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
5. "Shot Put Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
6. "Final results" (PDF).