The Women's Shot Put

Shot put

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 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, September 28, with the heats held on Wednesday, September 27.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 18.50m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  27.09.2000 – 10:00h	27.09.2000 – 10:00h
  Final Round
  28.09.2000 – 20:30h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  OR	olympic record
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record		22.63 m	June 7, 1987	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....
Olympic Record		22.41 m	July 24, 1980	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....

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	4		18.32	18.42	18.93	18.93 m
2	5		18.90	—	—	18.90 m
3	6		18.48	18.56	—	18.56 m
4	7		17.35	18.56	—	18.56 m
5	8		X	18.02	18.42	18.42 m
6	10		17.67	18.23	X	18.23 m
7	11		17.43	17.99	17.35	17.99 m
8	14		X	17.33	17.47	17.47 m
9	15		17.25	17.40	17.44	17.44 m
10	16		17.38	16.70	17.42	17.42 m
11	20		16.57	16.38	X	16.57 m
12	23		X	16.30	X	16.30 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		19.36	—	—	19.36 m
2	2		17.32	18.04	19.20	19.20 m	PB
3	4		19.08	—	—	19.08 m
4	9		17.75	X	18.39	18.39 m
5	12		16.95	17.84	17.45	17.84 m
6	13		16.96	X	17.81	17.81 m
7	17		17.15	17.27	16.91	17.27 m
8	18		16.49	16.74	16.95	16.95 m
9	19		16.13	X	16.66	16.66 m
10	21		16.38	15.11	16.31	16.38 m
11	22		X	15.30	16.34	16.34 m
12	24		15.68	16.18	—	16.18 m
13	25		X	15.67	X	15.67 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		19.43	X	18.76	19.11	X	20.56	20.56 m	NR Belarusian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Belarus maintained by Belarus Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...
		19.16	19.92	19.79	X	X	19.60	19.92 m
		19.38	19.24	18.73	18.76	18.89	19.62	19.62 m
4		18.84	18.60	19.04	19.12	19.37	19.36	19.37 m
5		18.61	17.93	19.18	18.39	X	17.16	19.18 m	SB
6		18.33	18.30	18.70	X	X	X	18.70 m
7		18.45	X	18.63	18.34	X	17.09	18.63 m	NR Greek records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
8		X	18.49	18.33	X	X	X	18.49 m
9		X	17.56	17.96				17.96 m
10		17.33	17.85	17.66				17.85 m
11		17.30	17.85	X				17.85 m
12		16.70	17.14	16.75				17.14 m