The women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili

Valerie Vili

Valerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...

 was a strong favourite and defending champion. The seven best marks of the season all belonged to Vili, and only Anna Avdeyeva

Anna Avdeyeva

Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...

 and Natallia Mikhnevich

Natallia Mikhnevich

Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she...

 had thrown further than twenty metres that season. Former world champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert

Nadine Kleinert

', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...

 and Gong Lijiao

Gong Lijiao

Gong Lijiao is a Chinese shot putter.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut...

 were other athletes who had a chance of reaching the podium.

Home competitor Kleinert took an early lead with a new personal best of 20.06 m. In the second round, Gong moved up into second place with 19.89 m, a personal best that eventually won her the bronze medal. Vili responded with 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert also improved to 20.20 m. Vili proved superior, however, throwing over twenty metres three more times and finishing with a best of 20.44 m. This gave Vili her second World Championships gold medal. Avdeyeva and Mikhnevich rounded out the top five, both with 19.66 m marks.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Records

World record		22.63	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	7 June 1987
Championship record		21.24	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	5 September 1987
World leading		20.69	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	17 May 2009
African record		18.35	Ijebu Ode Ijebu Ode Ijebu Ode is a Local Government Area and city located in south-western Nigeria, close to the A121 highway. The city is located 110 km by road north-east of Lagos; it is within 100 km of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State and possesses a warm tropical climate.With an... , Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...	17 April 2006
Asian record		21.76	Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	23 April 1988
North American record		20.96	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	2 May 1992
South American record		19.30	Tunja Tunja Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	14 July 2001
European Record		22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Oceanian Record		20.69	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17 May 2009

Qualification standards

A standard	B standard
18.20m	17.20m

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 16, 2009	10:05	Qualification
August 16, 2009	20:20	Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Valerie Vili Valerie Vili Valerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...		19.70			19.70	Q
2	B	Nadine Kleinert Nadine Kleinert ', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...		18.38		19.36	19.36	Q
3	A	Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she...		19.12			19.12	Q
4	B	Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao is a Chinese shot putter.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut...		19.08			19.08	Q
5	A	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...		18.45	18.31	18.92	18.92	Q
6	A	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...		18.69			18.69	Q
7	B	Misleydis González Misleydis González Misleydis González Tamayo is a female shot putter from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		18.62			18.62	Q
8	A	Li Meiju Li Meiju Li Meiju is a Chinese shot putter.Her personal best put is 19.19 metres, achieved in the qualifying round of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		18.53			18.53	Q
9	B	Michelle Carter Michelle Carter (athlete) Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter.She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best throw is 18.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene...		17.43	18.07	18.44	18.44	q
10	A	Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Schönebeck. She has 19.68 m on the indoor track, achieved in February 2008 in Chemnitz.- Achievements :- References :...		18.25		18.11	18.25	q
11	A	Mailín Vargas Mailín Vargas Mailín Vargas is a Cuban shot putter. She finished tenth at the 2008 Olympic Games. She achieved a personal best throw of 19.00 metres in July 2008 in Alcalá de Henares. She improved this to 19.02 m in June 2009, winning the Barrientos Memorial in Cuba.-Achievements:-References:...		18.14	17.95	17.98	18.14	q
12	B	Liu Xiangrong			17.97	18.10	18.10	q
13	B	Cleopatra Borel-Brown Cleopatra Borel-Brown Cleopatra Borel-Brown is a female shot putter from Trinidad and Tobago. Her personal best throw is 19.03 metres, achieved in August 2010 at the London Grand Prix in London. She has 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.-Achievements:-External links:...		17.19	17.31	17.99	17.99
14	B	Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam Kevkhishvili Mariam "Marie" Kevkhishvili Machavariani is a Georgian shot putter.Kevkhishvili attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Mike Holloway's Florida Gators track and field team. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in sociology...		17.95	17.68	17.75	17.95
15	A	Anca Heltne Anca Heltne Anca Heltne, née Vilceanu is a Romanian shot putter. She has an indoor personal best of 19.54 metres, achieved in February 2009 in Bucharest....		17.92	17.82	17.69	17.92
16	A	Chiara Rosa Chiara Rosa -Biography:Chiara Rosa is a female shot putter from Italy. Her personal best throw is 19.15 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan.-Carereer:...		17.89			17.89
17	A	Austra Skujytė Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....			17.52	17.86	17.86	PB
18	B	Yaniuvis López		17.71	17.65		17.71
19	B	Natalia Duco Natalia Duco Natalia Ducó Soler is a Chilean shot putter.Ducó finished fourth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, twelfth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...		17.61	17.45	17.43	17.61
20	B	Jessica Cérival Jessica Cérival Jessica Cérival is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put.She began competing internationally in 2005 with appearances at the European Winter Throwing Cup. She attended her first major competition in 2007, the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, and she finished...		17.06	16.90	17.30	17.30
21	A	Laurence Manfredi Laurence Manfredi Laurence Manfredi is a French shot putter.She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...		17.04		17.25	17.25
22	A	Helena Engman Helena Engman Helena Sofia Engman is a Swedish shot putter.She finished sixth at the 2003 Summer Universiade and eighth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the finals...		17.19			17.19
23	A	Jillian Camarena Jillian Camarena Jillian Camarena-Williams is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put...		16.92			16.92
24	B	Anita Márton Anita Márton Anita Márton is a Hungarian shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...		15.99	16.80	16.76	16.80
25	B	Leila Rajabi Leila Rajabi Leila Rajabi is an Iranian shot putter of Belarusian origin. She acquired Iranian and bushehr nationality after marrying an Iranian athlete Peiman Rajabi.-External links:...		16.12	16.60		16.60
26	B	'Ana Po'uhila		15.50		16.09	16.09
27	A	Annie Alexander		16.01	15.82		16.01
28	A	Kristin Heaston Kristin Heaston Kristin L. Heaston is a female shot putter from the United States.Heaston was a participant in the 2008 Olympic Games where she placed 23rd in the qualifying round with a throw of 17.34m...				14.98	14.98

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Valerie Vili Valerie Vili Valerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...		19.40		20.25	20.16	20.44	20.25	20.44
	Nadine Kleinert Nadine Kleinert ', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...		20.06	19.52	20.20	19.61			20.20	PB
	Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao is a Chinese shot putter.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut...		19.69	19.89	19.68	19.75			19.89	PB
	Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter.She finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but first appeared on the international athletics scene at the 2004 Olympics, where she finished 5th. She repeated this position at the World Athletics Final later that year, and in 2005 she...		19.66	X	19.27	19.51			19.66
	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships...		18.66	18.78	19.48	19.66			19.66
	Michelle Carter Michelle Carter (athlete) Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter.She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best throw is 18.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene...			18.93	18.96		18.30		18.96
	Li Meiju Li Meiju Li Meiju is a Chinese shot putter.Her personal best put is 19.19 metres, achieved in the qualifying round of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		18.76	18.35	18.66				18.76
	Misleydis González Misleydis González Misleydis González Tamayo is a female shot putter from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		18.73	18.57		18.60	18.74	18.43	18.74
	Mailín Vargas Mailín Vargas Mailín Vargas is a Cuban shot putter. She finished tenth at the 2008 Olympic Games. She achieved a personal best throw of 19.00 metres in July 2008 in Alcalá de Henares. She improved this to 19.02 m in June 2009, winning the Barrientos Memorial in Cuba.-Achievements:-References:...		18.67	18.10	18.11				18.67
10	Liu Xiangrong		18.52		16.79				18.52
11	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...		18.30	18.39					18.39
12	Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Schönebeck. She has 19.68 m on the indoor track, achieved in February 2008 in Chemnitz.- Achievements :- References :...		17.84						17.84

Key: PB = Personal best