The women's shot put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, 28 September, with the Qualification held on Wednesday, 27 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 18.50m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B27 September 2000 – 10:00h27 September 2000 – 10:00hFinal Round28 September 2000 – 20:30h

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

Records Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record 22.63 m 7 June 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union Olympic Record 22.41 m 24 July 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 4 Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska 18.32 18.42 18.93 18.93 m 2 5 Astrid Kumbernuss 18.90 — — 18.90 m 3 6 Svetlana Krivelyova 18.48 18.56 — 18.56 m 4 7 Kalliopi Ouzouni 17.35 18.56 — 18.56 m 5 8 Yumileidi Cumbá X 18.02 18.42 18.42 m 6 10 Cheng Xiaoyan 17.67 18.23 X 18.23 m 7 11 Lieja Koeman 17.43 17.99 17.35 17.99 m 8 14 Vivian Chukwuemeka X 17.33 17.47 17.47 m 9 15 Lee Myung-Sun 17.25 17.40 17.44 17.44 m 10 16 Connie Price-Smith 17.38 16.70 17.42 17.42 m 11 20 Laurence Manfredi 16.57 16.38 X 16.57 m 12 23 Martina de la Puente X 16.30 X 16.30 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Yanina Korolchik 19.36 — — 19.36 m 2 2 Olga Ryabinkina 17.32 18.04 19.20 19.20 m PB 3 4 Larisa Peleshenko 19.08 — —19.08 m 4 9 Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt 17.75 X 18.39 18.39 m 5 12 Valentina Fedjuschina 16.95 17.84 17.45 17.84 m 6 13 Judy Oakes 16.96 X 17.81 17.81 m 7 17 Jesseca Cross 17.15 17.27 16.91 17.27 m 8 18 Katarzyna Żakowicz 16.49 16.74 16.95 16.95 m 9 19 Mara Rosolen 16.13 X 16.66 16.66 m 10 21 Iolanta Ulyeva 16.38 15.11 16.31 16.38 m 11 22 Teri Tunks X 15.30 16.34 16.34 m 12 24 Yu Xin 15.68 16.18 — 16.18 m 13 25 Nada Kawar X 15.67 X 15.67 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 19.43 X 18.76 19.11 X 20.56 20.56 m NR 19.16 19.92 19.79 X X 19.60 19.92 m 19.38 19.24 18.73 18.76 18.89 19.62 19.62 m 4 18.84 18.60 19.04 19.12 19.37 19.36 19.37 m 5 18.61 17.93 19.18 18.39 X 17.16 19.18 m SB 6 18.33 18.30 18.70 X X X 18.70 m 7 18.45 X 18.63 18.34 X 17.09 18.63 m NR 8 X 18.49 18.33 X X X 18.49 m 9 X 17.56 17.96 17.96 m 10 17.33 17.85 17.66 17.85 m 11 17.30 17.85 X 17.85 m 12 16.70 17.14 16.75 17.14 m

References

Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics todor66 sports-reference