The women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August.
Over the previous 6 years, Valerie Adams had been virtually unbeatable by any legal thrower. This year was more of the same. From the home of the world record (more than 26 years earlier), she took the lead on her first toss at a distance only one other competitor would equal in the competition. Michelle Carter moved into second place with her first round 19.92, while she improved it slightly in the second round, Gong Lijiao threw one centimeter better. Meanwhile, Adams improved on her second and third attempts, reaching 20.88. m. That would be the competition until the final round, when Christina Schwanitz pulled out at 21 cm personal best improvement to rocket from fifth place into second.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows (in m.):
World record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24Rome, Italy5 September 1987World leading20.90London, United Kingdom27 July 2013African record18.43Walnut, United States19 April 2003Asian record21.76Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96AMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American record19.30ATunja, Colombia14 July 2001European record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian record21.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011
Qualification standards A resultB result 18.30 17.20
Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2013 10:45 Qualification12 August 2013 20:25 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Result Notes 1 A Valerie Adams 19.89 19.89 Q 2 B Michelle Carter 18.29 19.76 19.76 Q 3 A Yevgeniya Kolodko 19.55 19.55 Q 4 B Christina Schwanitz 18.06 19.18 19.18 Q 5 A Gong Lijiao 18.88 18.88 Q 6 A Liu Xiangrong 18.54 18.11 18.68 18.68 q 7 B Irina Tarasova 18.37 x 18.19 18.37 q 8 B Natalia Ducó 17.73 17.78 18.28 18.28 q, SB 9 B Li Ling 18.13 x 18.19 18.19 q 10 B Halyna Obleshchuk 18.04 x 17.82 18.04 q 11 A Tia Brooks 17.92 17.68 17.75 17.92 q 12 B Alena Kopets 16.68 17.87 17.50 17.87 q 13 A Josephine Terlecki 17.87 x x 17.87 14 A Cleopatra Borel-Brown 16.90 17.84 17.02 17.84 SB 15 A Anca Heltne 17.76 17.46 x 17.76 16 A Yuliya Leantsiuk 16.93 17.09 17.73 17.73 17 A Sandra Lemos 17.55 17.48 x 17.55 18 B Geisa Arcanjo 17.55 x x 17.55 19 B Radoslava Mavrodieva Yankova 17.34 17.16 17.33 17.34 20 A Anita Márton 16.98 17.32 16.99 17.32 21 A Ol'ha Holodna 17.21 x 17.17 17.21 22 B Chiara Rosa 17.18 x 16.71 17.18 23 B Úrsula Ruiz 16.64 16.99 17.14 17.14 24 B Ahymara Espinoza 16.24 16.86 16.39 16.86 25 B Yaniuvis López x 16.82 16.56 16.82 26 A Emel Dereli 16.58 16.03 16.60 16.60 27 B Aliona Dubitskaya x 16.37 16.53 16.53 28 A Valentina Muzaric 16.47 x 16.44 16.47 29 B Alyssa Hasslen 15.93 15.67 15.97 15.97 A Leila Rajabi
Final The final was held at 20:25.
Rank Athlete Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Result Notes Valerie Adams 20.41 20.46 20.88 x 20.76 20.32 20.88 Christina Schwanitz 19.22 19.72 19.61 19.42 19.74 20.41 20.41 PB Gong Lijiao 19.16 19.95 19.74 x 19.37 19.77 19.95 Michelle Carter 19.92 19.94 19.35 x 19.67 19.57 19.94 Yevgeniya Kolodko 18.97 19.49 19.40 19.81 x x 19.81 Li Ling 18.30 17.97 18.18 17.68 18.39 18.32 18.39 Irina Tarasova 18.06 17.82 18.08 18.31 x 18.37 18.37 Tia Brooks 18.09 x 17.94 17.73 x 17.49 18.09 Halyna Obleshchuk 16.84 18.08 17.92 18.08 10 Liu Xiangrong x 18.04 17.92 18.04 11 Natalia Ducó 18.58 x 18.02 18.02 12 Alena Kopets x 17.24 17.70 17.70
References
External links Shot put results at IAAF website