The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were (A standard) and (B standard).

The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres.

In 2016 it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in doping violations by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics).IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. Shot Put women.

Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSaturday, 16 August 2008 09:1021:10QualificationsFinals

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

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 19.73 19.73 Q 2 B Gong Lijiao 19.46 19.46 Q, PB 3 A Li Meiju 19.18 19.18 Q, PB DSQ A Natallia Mikhnevich 19.11 19.11 Q 5 A Christina Schwanitz x17.97 19.0919.09 Q DSQ B Nadzeya Ostapchuk 19.08 19.08 Q 7 A Misleydis González 18.42 18.91 18.91Q 8 B Anna Omarova 18.26x 18.7418.74 Q 9 A Chiara Rosa 18.74 18.74 Q, SB 10 B Li Ling 18.60 18.60 Q 11 B Nadine Kleinert 18.52 18.52 Q 12 A Jillian Camarena 18.1518.32 18.5118.51 Q, SB 13 B Michelle Carter 18.49 18.49 Q 14 A Mailín Vargas 18.47 18.47 Q 15 A Olga Ivanova 17.6918.27 18.4618.46 Q 16 A Denise Hinrichs 18.3618.27x 18.36 17 B Cleopatra Borel-Brown 17.9617.3217.57 17.96 18 A Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya 17.4417.7717.79 17.79 19 B Assunta Legnante 16.9317.76x 17.76 20 B Yumileidi Cumbá x17.60x17.60 21 A Anca Heltne 17.48x17.40 17.48 22 A Natalia Duco 17.24x17.40 17.40 23 A Kristin Heaston x17.3417.34 17.34 24 B Vivian Chukwuemeka 17.1517.05x 17.15 25 B Irina Khudoroshkina 16.4616.8416.7816.84 26 A Irini Terzoglou 16.0816.1416.50 16.50 27 B Ana Po'uhila 16.2116.4216.35 16.42 28 B Lin Chia-Ying 16.24x 16.3216.32 29 B Zhang Guirong x16.23 16.08 16.23 30 B Mariam Kevkhishvili x 15.99x15.99 31 B Zara Northover 15.7315.8515.64 15.85 32 A Iolanta Ulyeva 15.49x15.06 15.49 33 A Lee Mi-Young 14.76x15.1015.10 A Irache Quintanal xxx B Krystyna Zabawska xxx

Final Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes Valerie Vili 20.56 20.40 20.26 20.01 20.52 - 20.56 AR DSQ Natallia Mikhnevich 19.16 20.28 19.87 19.82 19.94 20.10 20.28 DSQ Nadzeya Ostapchuk x 18.69 18.36 x 19.86 19.36 19.86 Misleydis González 19.30 x 19.01 19.23 19.50 x 19.50 PB Gong Lijiao 18.45 18.75 18.90 18.92 19.04 19.20 19.20 4 Anna Omarova 19.08 18.21 x x x 18.76 19.08 5 Nadine Kleinert 18.30 18.68 19.01 18.99 x 18.81 19.01 6 Li Meiju 18.68 18.99 18.74 x 18.85 19.00 19.00 7 Olga Ivanova 17.96 x 18.44 18.44 8 Mailín Vargas 18.28 17.88 17.74 18.28 9 Christina Schwanitz x 17.96 18.27 18.27 10 Jillian Camarena 18.09 18.24 17.44 18.24 11 Chiara Rosa 18.22 17.98 x 18.22 12 Li Ling 17.94 x 17.81 17.94 13 Michelle Carter 16.97 17.65 17.74 17.74

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