The women's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.Timetable
Summary
Three weeks after winning the American Championship with a world leading 20.51 m, Chase Ealey returned to the same ring. On the very first throw of the competition, she popped a . Double defending champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Gong Lijiao threw 19.77 m to settle into second place, with Auriol Dongmo at 19.44 m and Gong's Chinese teammate Song Jiayuan at 19.21 m being the only other ones past 19 metres. In the second round, Gong improved her hold on second place with a 19.84 m, which became significant when Dongmo improved to 19.62 m two throws later. Next in the ring, Jessica Schilder took away the bronze medal position with a Dutch record of 19.77 m. By that point in the second round, the medal positions were settled. Gong improved to 20.23 m in the third round and 20.39 m in the fifth round, but still fell 10 cm short of Ealey. Schilder tied her national record in the fifth round, which became the tiebreaker after Sarah Mitton had equalled the 19.77 m three throws earlier.
Records Before the competition, records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24 mRome, Italy5 September 1987Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011World Leading20.51 mEugene, United States26 June 2022African Record18.43 mWalnut, United States19 April 2003Asian Record21.76 mShanghai, China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96 mMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American Record19.30 mTunja, Colombia14 July 2001European Record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian record21.24 mDaegu, South Korea29 August 2011
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.50 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round15 July 17:05 Qualification16 July 18:25 Final
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification start list
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Gong Lijiao 18.74 19.51 19.51 Q, 2 B Sarah Mitton 18.16 19.38 19.38 Q 3 A Auriol Dongmo 19.38 19.38 Q 4 B Jessica Schilder 19.16 19.16 Q 5 B Danniel Thomas-Dodd 19.09 19.09 Q 6 A Song Jiayuan 18.33 19.08 19.08 Q 7 B Jessica Woodard 17.80 17.74 19.08 19.08 Q 8 A Maddison-Lee Wesche 18.64 18.60 18.96 18.96 Q 9 A Maggie Ewen 17.14 17.58 18.96 18.96 Q 10 B Chase Ealey 18.96 18.96 Q 11 A Fanny Roos 18.53 18.72 18.41 18.72 q 12 B Axelina Johansson 17.47 18.57 18.50 18.57 q, 13 B Katharina Maisch 17.84 18.57 18.57 14 A Adelaide Aquilla 18.18 18.33 18.33 15 A Julia Ritter 18.22 18.22 16 A Jorinde van Klinken 18.02 18.19 18.19 17 B Jessica Inchude 17.39 17.65 18.01 18.01 18 A Lloydricia Cameron 17.65 17.65 19 A Zhang Linru 16.73 17.54 17.54 20 A Benthe König 17.30 17.25 17.51 17.51 21 B María Belén Toimil 16.75 17.48 17.48 22 A Amelia Strickler 16.16 16.31 17.40 17.40 23 B Sophie McKinna 17.21 16.77 17.13 17.21 24 A Dimitriana Bezede 16.99 16.99 25 B Portious Warren 16.65 16.65 26 B Ana Caroline Silva 16.58 16.58 27 B Ivana Gallardo 15.64 16.20 15.36 16.20 28 A Livia Avancini 15.87 16.01 16.13 16.13 29 B Ischke Senekal 15.40 15.40
Final
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chase Ealey 20.49 19.82 20.07 19.65 20.49 Gong Lijiao 19.58 19.84 20.23 20.08 20.39 19.89 20.39 Jessica Schilder 19.77 19.53 19.77 19.77 4 Sarah Mitton 18.78 19.18 19.04 19.06 19.77 19.77 5 Auriol Dongmo 19.44 19.62 19.38 19.39 19.54 19.62 6 Song Jiayuan 19.21 19.06 19.49 19.57 19.57 7 Maddison-Lee Wesche 18.32 19.09 18.56 18.81 18.36 19.50 19.50 8 Jessica Woodard 18.67 18.63 18.67 9 Maggie Ewen 18.08 18.26 18.64 18.64 10 Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.29 18.29 11 Fanny Roos 18.27 18.22 18.27 12 Axelina Johansson 17.21 17.60 17.25 17.60
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