These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday, August 7, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 19.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Astrid KumbernussGermany (GER)Silver Vita PavlyshUkraine (UKR)Bronze Stephanie StorpGermany (GER)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.08.1997 – 19:45h05.08.1997 – 19:45hFinal Round07.08.1997 – 18:30h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record 22.63 m June 7, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union Event Record 21.24 m September 5, 1987 Rome, Italy

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 5 18.00 18.35 X 18.35 m 2 6 16.89 17.87 18.26 18.26 m 3 7 18.12 X X 18.12 m 4 12 17.89 17.03 17.36 17.89 m 5 13 16.49 16.84 17.87 17.87 m 6 15 17.82 17.68 17.67 17.82 m 7 16 X X 17.80 17.80 m 8 19 X 17.38 17.71 17.71 m 9 20 17.31 X 17.19 17.31 m 10 21 X 16.92 17.02 17.02 m 11 23 16.38 16.39 X 16.39 m — — X X X NM

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 20.69 — — 20.69 m 2 2 20.48 — — 20.48 m 3 3 19.05 — — 19.05 m 4 4 X 18.41 X 18.41 m 5 8 17.60 18.07 18.04 18.07 m 6 9 16.37 18.07 X 18.07 m 7 10 X X 18.05 18.05 m 8 11 17.72 X 17.99 17.99 m 9 14 17.78 X 17.84 17.84 m 10 17 17.79 17.79 X 17.79 m 11 18 17.44 17.42 17.75 17.75 m 12 22 16.62 X X 16.62 m 13 24 15.76 15.45 15.14 15.76 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 20.59 20.71 20.52 20.24 X 20.70 20.71 m X 20.57 X 20.51 20.36 20.66 20.66 m 19.22 18.84 X 18.67 X 18.92 19.22 m 4 18.63 18.64 18.72 19.15 X 19.07 19.15 m 5 19.00 18.17 18.64 X 18.53 X 19.00 m 6 17.30 18.62 18.21 18.58 18.10 18.50 18.62 m 7 18.33 18.42 X 17.91 18.22 X 18.42 m 8 X X 17.83 X 17.55 X 17.83 m 9 17.75 17.51 17.62 17.75 m 10 X 17.08 17.38 17.38 m 11 16.92 X 16.78 16.92 m 12 X 16.48 X 16.48 m

See also 1996 Women's Olympic Shot Put 1997 Shot Put Year Ranking

References Results