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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 8 August (qualification)
9 August (final)
Competitors 30 from 21 nations
Medalists
gold medal     China
silver medal     Hungary
bronze medal     United States
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Events at the
2017 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–9 August.

The entire final was conducted in rainy conditions. Five throws in, Gong Lijiao took the early lead with a throw of 19.16 metres. Michelle Carter moved into second with 18.82 metres. Near the beginning of the second round, Anita Márton edged ahead with 18.89 metres, Gong improved to 19.35 metres, then Carter improved to 18.86 metres. In the third round, Carter improved to 19.14 metres to go back to second position. The leader board stayed that way until the fifth round when Gong improved to a winning 19.94 metres. In the final round, Márton threw 19.49 metres to take silver.

Before the competition, the records were as follows:

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.75 metres.

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:

The qualification round took place on 8 August, in two groups, both starting at 20:39. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 18.30 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

The final took place on 9 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:


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