The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29. The winning margin was 1.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.2 metres at these championships.

There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili (who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning Olympic champion. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes Gong Lijiao and Li Ling. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Shot Put - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.Shot Put 2011. IAAF (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.

Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all-time list, it was the best throw since Larisa Peleshenko in 2000. It was obviously her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the New Zealand national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader Nadzeya Astapchuk came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeValerie AdamsJillian Camarena-WilliamsGong Lijiao

Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows. World record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24Rome, Italy5 September 1987World leading20.94Zhukovsky, Russia3 July 2011African record18.35Ijebu Ode, Nigeria17 April 2006Asian record21.76Shijiazhuang, China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96Mexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American record19.30Tunja, Colombia14 July 2001European record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian record21.07Thessaloniki, Greece13 September 2009

Qualification standards A standardB standard 18.30 17.30

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 28, 2011 10:20 QualificationAugust 29, 2011 20:40 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Valerie Adams 19.79 19.79 Q 2 B Gong Lijiao 19.21 19.21 Q 3 B Christina Schwanitz 19.20 19.20 Q, SB 4 B Nadzeya Astapchuk 19.11 19.11 Q 5 A Jillian Camarena-Williams 19.09 19.09 Q 6 B Anna Omarova 17.86 18.01 19.03 19.03 Q 7 A Cleopatra Borel-Brown 18.20 18.41 18.95 18.95 Q 8 A Anna Avdeyeva 18.32 18.33 18.92 18.92 Q 9 B Yevgeniya Kolodko 18.58 18.90 18.90 Q 10 A Natallia Mikhnevich 18.88 18.88 Q 11 B Michelle Carter 18.85 18.85 Q 12 A Nadine Kleinert 18.75 18.75 Q 13 A Li Ling 18.67 18.67 Q 14 B Chiara Rosa 17.69 18.27 18.28 18.28 15 B Mailín Vargas 18.27 18.27 16 A Misleydis González 18.24 17.96 17.83 18.24 17 B Liu Xiangrong 17.59 17.96 18.22 18.22 18 A Julie Labonté 17.66 18.04 18.04 19 A Josephine Terlecki 17.85 17.72 17.20 17.85 20 B Natalia Ducó 17.42 17.42 17.42 21 A Sarah Stevens-Walker 16.50 17.20 17.20 22 B Anita Márton 16.33 17.04 17.04 23 B Lee Mi-Young 16.08 16.18 15.96 16.18 24 B Simoné du Toit 15.83 15.83 25 A Radoslava Mavrodieva 15.76 15.76

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Valerie Adams 19.37 20.04 20.72 21.24 21.24 CR, AR, WL Jillian Camarena-Williams 19.63 18.53 19.24 20.02 18.80 19.44 20.02 Gong Lijiao 19.64 19.82 19.97 19.97 Yevgeniya Kolodko 18.42 18.28 19.78 19.26 19.78 PB Li Ling 19.12 19.71 19.23 19.60 19.50 19.49 19.71 Anna Avdeyeva 18.80 18.65 19.16 18.96 19.54 18.51 19.54 SB Nadine Kleinert 19.26 18.83 19.26 SB Michelle Carter 18.76 18.13 18.76 9 Anna Omarova 18.67 18.67 10 Natallia Mikhnevich 18.44 18.47 18.47 11 Christina Schwanitz 17.96 17.96 12 Cleopatra Borel-Brown 17.62 17.53 17.62 Nadezhda Ostapchuk 19.58 19.3419.87 19.8720.0519.60 20.05 m DQ

References

External links Shot put results at IAAF website