The Women's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 18.40 metres.

Medalists Gold Yanina KorolchikBelarus (BLR)Silver Nadine KleinertGermany (GER)Bronze Vita PavlyshUkraine (UKR)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.08.2001 – 08:30h05.08.2001 – 08:30hFinal Round05.08.2001 – 15:45h

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 1999 World Athletics Championships World Record 22.63 m June 7, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union Event Record 21.24 m September 5, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 20.79 m July 13, 2001 Tula, Russia

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 19.87 — — 19.87 m 2 4 18.68 — — 18.68 m 3 6 18.64 — — 18.64 m 4 7 17.98 18.54 — 18.54 m 5 8 18.28 X 18.48 18.48 m 6 9 18.47 — — 18.47 m 7 12 17.93 X 17.82 17.93 m 8 16 X 16.77 16.82 16.82 m 9 18 X 16.57 X 16.57 m 10 19 15.99 16.22 15.83 16.22 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 X 19.35 — 19.35 m 2 3 18.96 — — 18.96 m 3 5 18.65 — — 18.65 m 4 10 X 18.44 — 18.44 m 5 11 17.66 17.53 18.11 18.11 m 6 13 X 17.71 17.51 17.71 m 7 14 17.66 17.52 17.55 17.66 m 8 15 17.21 17.32 17.25 17.32 m 9 17 16.61 16.21 16.08 16.61 m 10 20 15.92 15.61 15.74 15.92 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 X 19.71 20.61 X 19.21 19.61 20.61 m NR 19.54 18.88 19.45 19.10 X 19.86 19.86 m PB 19.01 19.41 18.80 X 18.98 X 19.41 m 4 X 19.06 19.37 19.32 19.30 19.15 19.37 m 5 19.35 X X 18.55 18.63 X 19.35 m 6 18.77 19.02 18.91 X 19.25 X 19.25 m 7 18.65 18.81 18.52 18.71 18.98 X 18.98 m 8 18.73 X 18.34 X 17.90 18.56 18.73 m 9 X 18.68 18.70 18.70 m 10 18.18 18.49 18.50 18.50 m 11 18.06 17.96 17.95 18.06 m 12 17.56 17.89 X 17.89 m

See also 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking 2002 European Championships

References Results IAAF