1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put
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These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

 event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday August 7, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 19.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold   Astrid Kumbernuss
Astrid Kumbernuss
Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...


Germany
Germany
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 (GER)
Silver   Vita Pavlysh
Vita Pavlysh
Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put....


Ukraine
Ukraine
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 (UKR)
Bronze   Stephanie Storp
Stephanie Storp
Stephanie Storp is a retired female shot putter from Germany. Her best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships, with a throw of 19.22 metres. She also won the silver medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, and represented her country in the Summer Olympics of...


Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (GER)



Schedule

  • All times are Eastern European Time
    Eastern European Time
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     (UTC+2
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    )
    Qualification Round
    Group A Group B
    05.08.1997 – 19:45h 05.08.1997 – 19:45h
    Final Round
    07.08.1997 – 18:30h



Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
    Q automatic qualification
    q qualification by rank
    DNS did not start
    NM no mark
    WR world record
    AR area record
    NR national record
    PB personal best
    SB season best



Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record
World records in athletics
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22.63 m June 7, 1987   Moscow
Moscow
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, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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Event Record  21.24 m September 5, 1987   Rome, Italy



Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 5 18.00 18.35 X 18.35 m
2 6 16.89 17.87 18.26 18.26 m
3 7 18.12 X X 18.12 m
4 12 17.89 17.03 17.36 17.89 m
5 13 16.49 16.84 17.87 17.87 m
6 15 17.82 17.68 17.67 17.82 m
7 16 X X 17.80 17.80 m
8 19 X 17.38 17.71 17.71 m
9 20 17.31 X 17.19 17.31 m
10 21 X 16.92 17.02 17.02 m
11 23 16.38 16.39 X 16.39 m
X X X NM



Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1 20.69 20.69 m
2 2 20.48 20.48 m
3 3 19.05 19.05 m
4 4 X 18.41 X 18.41 m
5 8 17.60 18.07 18.04 18.07 m
6 9 16.37 18.07 X 18.07 m
7 10 X X 18.05 18.05 m
8 11 17.72 X 17.99 17.99 m
9 14 17.78 X 17.84 17.84 m
10 17 17.79 17.79 X 17.79 m
11 18 17.44 17.42 17.75 17.75 m
12 22 16.62 X X 16.62 m
13 24 15.76 15.45 15.14 15.76 m



Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
20.59 20.71 20.52 20.24 X 20.70 20.71 m
X 20.57 X 20.51 20.36 20.66 20.66 m
19.22 18.84 X 18.67 X 18.92 19.22 m
4 18.63 18.64 18.72 19.15 X 19.07 19.15 m
5 19.00 18.17 18.64 X 18.53 X 19.00 m
6 17.30 18.62 18.21 18.58 18.10 18.50 18.62 m
7 18.33 18.42 X 17.91 18.22 X 18.42 m
8 X X 17.83 X 17.55 X 17.83 m
9 17.75 17.51 17.62 17.75 m
10 X 17.08 17.38 17.38 m
11 16.92 X 16.78 16.92 m
12 X 16.48 X 16.48 m

See also

  • 1996 Women's Olympic Shot Put
    Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
    These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, held on July 31, 1996 at the Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 27 competitors, with two non-starters...

  • 1997 Shot Put Year Ranking
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