The women's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 3 October 2019.
Summary As the competition was just getting started, defending champion Gong Lijiao put herself into the lead with the only 19 meter throw of the first round 19.07m. Chase Ealey dropped an 18.70m that held up in second until Danniel Thomas-Dodd almost got 19 with her 18.97m. In the second round, Gong improved to 19.42m and Thomas-Dodd also improved to 19.07, 2013 champion Christina Schwanitz took over third with an 18.87m. In the third round, Aliona Dubitskaya tickled the leaders with an 18.86m but that was going to be her best of the day. Re-ordered in the fourth round, Magdalyn Ewen moved into third with an 18.91m, then Gong tossed the winner . Ewen improved 2 cm in the fifth round, but then Schwanitz stepped into the ring to let out 19.17m to jump into second place. In the final round, Thomas-Dodd reclaimed the silver with 19.47m.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld22.63Natalya Lisovskaya7 Jun 1987Moscow, RussiaChampionship21.24Natalya Lisovskaya5 Sep 1987Rome, ItalyValerie Adams29 Aug 2011Daegu, South KoreaWorld leading20.31Gong Lijiao29 Aug 2019Zürich, SwitzerlandAfrican18.43Vivian Chukwuemeka19 Apr 2003Walnut, United StatesAsian21.76Li Meisu23 Apr 1988Shijiazhuang, ChinaNACAC20.96Belsy Laza2 May 1992Mexico City, MexicoEuropean22.63Natalya Lisovskaya7 Jun 1987Moscow, RussiaOceanian21.24Valerie Adams29 Aug 2011Daegu, South Korea
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
Date Time Round2 October 16:45 Qualification3 October 22:35 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Danniel Thomas-Dodd 17.60 18.06 19.32 19.32 2 B Magdalyn Ewen 19.21 19.21 3 B Gong Lijiao 18.96 18.96 4 A Michelle Carter 18.85 18.85 , 5 B Dimitriana Surdu 18.71 18.71 , 6 A Sophie McKinna 17.74 18.05 18.61 18.61 , 7 B Christina Schwanitz 18.52 18.52 8 A Aliona Dubitskaya 18.51 18.51 9 B Anita Márton 18.29 18.44 18.44 10 A Chase Ealey 17.90 18.35 18.35 11 A Brittany Crew 17.35 18.30 18.24 18.30 12 A Paulina Guba 17.36 18.04 18.04 13 A Sara Gambetta 17.59 18.01 17.41 18.01 14 B Fanny Roos 18.01 17.39 18.01 15 B Klaudia Kardasz 16.86 17.79 17.79 16 B Emel Dereli 16.51 17.71 17.71 17 A Zhang Linru 17.06 17.65 17.65 18 B Alena Pasechnik 17.55 17.42 17.55 19 A Portious Warren 17.43 17.46 17.46 20 B Alina Kenzel 16.58 17.46 17.42 17.46 21 A Geisa Arcanjo 17.30 17.45 17.45 22 B Noora Salem Jasim 17.36 16.83 17.36 23 A Song Jiayuan 15.14 17.10 17.24 17.24 24 B Sarah Mitton 16.27 17.24 17.24 25 B Maddi Wesche 16.55 17.22 17.22 26 A Oyesade Olatoye 16.97 16.97 27 A Ahymará Espinoza 16.89 16.89
Final The final was started on 3 October at 22:35.
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gong Lijiao 19.07 19.42 19.21 19.55 19.55 Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.97 19.02 19.36 19.05 19.47 19.47 Christina Schwanitz 18.61 18.87 18.68 18.67 19.17 18.44 19.17 4 Magdalyn Ewen 18.04 18.48 18.79 18.91 18.93 18.93 5 Anita Márton 18.75 18.41 18.37 18.28 18.18 18.86 18.86 6 Aliona Dubitskaya 18.66 18.48 18.86 18.36 18.58 18.55 18.86 7 Chase Ealey 18.70 18.25 18.82 18.61 18.82 8 Brittany Crew 18.46 18.18 18.55 18.40 17.46 18.55 9 Michelle Carter 18.32 18.31 18.41 18.41 10 Paulina Guba 18.02 17.97 18.02 11 Sophie McKinna 17.99 17.85 17.68 17.99 12 Dimitriana Surdu 17.64 17.45 17.64
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