Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put
Introduction The '''women's shot put''' event at the '''2000 Summer Olympics''' as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, 28 September, with the Qualification held on Wednesday, 27 September.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 *''All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)''Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B27 September 2000 – 10:00h27 September 2000 – 10:00hFinal Round28 September 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 ''' 7 June 1987   Moscow, Soviet Union  Olympic Record    '''22.41 m ''' 24 July 1980   Moscow, Soviet Union
Qualification ===Group A===RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1  4   Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska   18.32 18.42 18.93 '''18.93 m '''  2  5   Astrid Kumbernuss   18.90 — — '''18.90 m ''' 3  6   Svetlana Krivelyova   18.48 18.56 — '''18.56 m ''' 4  7   Kalliopi Ouzouni   17.35 18.56 — '''18.56 m ''' 5  8   Yumileidi Cumbá   X 18.02 18.42 '''18.42 m ''' 6  10   Cheng Xiaoyan   17.67 18.23 X '''18.23 m ''' 7  11   Lieja Koeman   17.43 17.99 17.35 '''17.99 m ''' 8  14   Vivian Chukwuemeka   X 17.33 17.47 '''17.47 m '''  9  15   Lee Myung-Sun   17.25 17.40 17.44 '''17.44 m ''' 10  16   Connie Price-Smith   17.38 16.70 17.42 '''17.42 m '''  11  20   Laurence Manfredi   16.57 16.38 X '''16.57 m '''  12  23   Martina de la Puente   X 16.30 X '''16.30 m '''===Group B===RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1  1   Yanina Korolchik   19.36 — — '''19.36 m '''  2  2   Olga Ryabinkina   17.32  18.04  19.20 '''19.20 m ''' PB 3  4   Larisa Peleshenko   19.08  —  —'''19.08 m ''' 4  9   Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt   17.75  X  18.39 '''18.39 m '''  5  12   Valentina Fedjuschina   16.95  17.84  17.45 '''17.84 m '''  6  13   Judy Oakes   16.96  X  17.81 '''17.81 m ''' 7  17   Jesseca Cross   17.15  17.27  16.91 '''17.27 m ''' 8  18   Katarzyna Żakowicz   16.49  16.74  16.95 '''16.95 m '''  9  19   Mara Rosolen   16.13  X  16.66 '''16.66 m ''' 10  21   Iolanta Ulyeva   16.38  15.11  16.31 '''16.38 m ''' 11  22   Teri Tunks   X  15.30  16.34 '''16.34 m '''  12  24   Yu Xin   15.68  16.18  — '''16.18 m '''  13  25   Nada Kawar   X  15.67  X '''15.67 m '''
Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456    19.43 X 18.76 19.11 X 20.56 '''20.56 m ''' NR    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 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 '''
References * Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics* todor66*  sports-reference