2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Victory ceremony

Medallists

Gold	Valerie Vili  New Zealand (NZL)
Silver	Nadine Kleinert  Germany (GER)
Bronze	Li Ling  China (CHN)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualification

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Valerie Vili	New Zealand (NZL)	19.45			19.45	Q
2	Li Meiju	China (CHN)	19.05			19.05	Q
3	Chiara Rosa	Italy (ITA)	18.77			18.77	Q
4	Li Ling	China (CHN)	18.76			18.76	Q
5	Petra Lammert	Germany (GER)	18.72			18.72	Q
6	Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Belarus (BLR)	17.34	18.52		18.52	Q
7	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba (CUB)	18.17	18.22	18.29	18.29	q
8	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia (RUS)	17.52	17.42	18.19	18.19
9	Helena Engman	Sweden (SWE)	X	15.27	17.50	17.50
10	Kristin Heaston	United States (USA)	17.14	X	17.40	17.40
11	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil (BRA)	16.92	X	17.07	17.07
12	Sarah Stevens	United States (USA)	16.87	X	16.26	16.87
13	Ana Pouhila	Tonga (TGA)	16.41	16.61	16.62	16.62
14	Lin Chia-Ying	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	16.05	16.20	16.41	16.41

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	19.17			19.17	Q
2	Anna Omarova	Russia (RUS)	18.85			18.85	Q
3	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	X	18.20	18.38	18.38	Q
4	Misleydis González	Cuba (CUB)	18.28	18.17	18.05	18.28	q
5	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus (BLR)	18.23	X	18.11	18.23	q
6	Assunta Legnante	Italy (ITA)	17.26	17.86	18.19	18.19
7	Oksana Gaus	Russia (RUS)	17.58	17.65	17.20	17.65
8	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	16.76	17.29	X	17.29
9	Yoko Toyonaga	Japan (JPN)	16.34	16.52	17.02	17.02	SB
10	Jillian Camarena	United States (USA)	16.95	X	16.89	16.95
11	Irache Quintanal	Spain (ESP)	16.53	X	16.32	16.53
12	Anca Heltne	Romania (ROM)	16.19	16.27	X	16.27
13	Iolanta Ulyeva	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	15.49	15.52	15.01	15.52
—	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria (NGR)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Result	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Valerie Vili	New Zealand (NZL)	19.89	19.74	19.80	X	19.95	20.54	20.54 m	WL
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	18.75	19.45	19.04	X	19.77	19.72	19.77 m	SB
	Li Ling	China (CHN)	18.21	18.88	X	18.92	X	19.38	19.38 m	PB
4	Petra Lammert	Germany (GER)	19.33	X	19.27	18.86	18.92	X	19.33 m
5	Li Meiju	China (CHN)	17.29	18.79	18.83	18.32	18.77	18.62	18.83 m
6	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	17.82	18.66	X	18.34	X	X	18.66 m
7	Chiara Rosa	Italy (ITA)	X	18.35	18.17	18.39	X	X	18.39 m
8	Anna Omarova	Russia (RUS)	18.20	X	X				18.20 m
9	Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Belarus (BLR)	X	18.17	X				18.17 m
10	Misleydis González	Cuba (CUB)	17.36	18.14	17.87				18.14 m
11	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba (CUB)	X	17.93	17.83				17.93 m
—	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus (BLR)	20.04	X	19.17	X	X	20.48	20.48 m	DQ

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
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