2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
Introduction The '''women's shot put''' at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics 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 was a strong favourite and defending champion. The seven best marks of the season all belonged to Vili, and only Anna Avdeyeva and Natallia Mikhnevich had thrown further than twenty metres that season. Former world champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert and Gong Lijiao 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, Soviet Union7 June 1987'''Championship record''''''21.24'''Rome, Italy5 September 1987'''World leading''''''20.69'''Rio de Janeiro, Brazil17 May 2009'''African record''''''18.35'''Ijebu Ode, Nigeria17 April 2006'''Asian record''''''21.76'''Shijiazhuang, China23 April 1988'''North American record''''''20.96'''Mexico City, Mexico2 May 1992'''South American record''''''19.30'''Tunja, Colombia14 July 2001'''European Record''''''22.63'''Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987'''Oceanian Record''''''20.69'''Rio de Janeiro, Brazil17 May 2009
Qualification standards A standardB standard 18.20m 17.20m
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 16, 2009  '''10:05'''   '''Qualification'''August 16, 2009  '''20:20'''   '''Final'''
Results ===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     '''19.70'''    '''19.70'''  Q  2  B  Nadine Kleinert    18.38    '''19.36'''  '''19.36'''  Q  3  A  Natallia Mikhnevich    '''19.12'''    '''19.12'''  Q 4   B  Gong Lijiao    '''19.08'''    '''19.08'''  Q 5   A  Anna Avdeyeva    18.45  18.31  '''18.92'''  '''18.92'''  Q 6   A  Denise Hinrichs    '''18.69'''    '''18.69'''  Q 7   B  Misleydis González     '''18.62'''    '''18.62'''  Q 8   A  Li Meiju    '''18.53'''    '''18.53'''  Q 9   B  Michelle Carter     17.43  18.07   '''18.44'''  '''18.44'''  q 10   A  Christina Schwanitz    '''18.25'''    18.11  '''18.25'''   q 11   A  Mailín Vargas    '''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    17.19  17.31  '''17.99'''  '''17.99'''  14   B  Mariam Kevkhishvili    '''17.95'''  17.68   17.75  '''17.95'''   15  A  Anca Heltne    17.92  17.82  17.69  '''17.92'''   16  A  Chiara Rosa    '''17.89'''      '''17.89'''  17   A  Austra Skujytė      17.52  '''17.86'''  '''17.86'''  PB 18   B  Yaniuvis López    '''17.71'''  17.65    '''17.71'''   19  B  Natalia Duco     '''17.61'''  17.45  17.43  '''17.61'''  20   B  Jessica Cérival     17.06   16.90  '''17.30'''  '''17.30'''  21   A  Laurence Manfredi    17.04   ''' 17.25'''   '''17.25'''  22   A  Helena Engman    '''17.19'''       '''17.19'''   23  A  Jillian Camarena     '''16.92'''       '''16.92'''   24   B  Anita Márton    15.99  '''16.80'''  16.76  '''16.80'''  25   B  Leila Rajabi    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         '''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     19.40    20.25  20.16  '''20.44'''  20.25  '''20.44'''     Nadine Kleinert    20.06  19.52  '''20.20'''  19.61      '''20.20'''  PB   Gong Lijiao    19.69  '''19.89'''  19.68  19.75      '''19.89'''  PB   Natallia Mikhnevich    '''19.66'''  X  19.27  19.51      '''19.66'''     Anna Avdeyeva    18.66  18.78  19.48  '''19.66'''      '''19.66'''     Michelle Carter      18.93  '''18.96'''    18.30    '''18.96'''     Li Meiju    '''18.76'''  18.35  18.66      '''18.76'''     Misleydis González    18.73  18.57    18.60  '''18.74'''  18.43  '''18.74'''     Mailín Vargas    '''18.67'''  18.10  18.11     '''18.67'''   10  Liu Xiangrong    '''18.52'''    16.79     '''18.52'''   11  Denise Hinrichs    18.30  '''18.39'''       '''18.39'''   12  Christina Schwanitz    '''17.84'''         '''17.84'''  '''Key''':  PB = Personal best
See also * 2009 Shot Put Year Ranking
References ;General* Shot put results ( Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.:Specific