2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 2001 World Championships
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
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
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 event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 18.40 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Yanina Korolchik Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)
Bronze	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 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
Season Best	Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)	20.79 m	July 13, 2001	Tula, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Yanina Korolchik (BLR)	19.87	—	—	19.87 m
2	4	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	18.68	—	—	18.68 m
3	6	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	18.64	—	—	18.64 m
4	7	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	17.98	18.54	—	18.54 m
5	8	Krystyna Zabawska (POL)	18.28	X	18.48	18.48 m
6	9	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	18.47	—	—	18.47 m
7	12	Lieja Koeman (NED)	17.93	X	17.82	17.93 m
8	16	Kalliopi Ouzouni (GRE)	X	16.77	16.82	16.82 m
9	18	Elena Hila (ROM)	X	16.57	X	16.57 m
10	19	Iolanta Ulyeva (KAZ)	15.99	16.22	15.83	16.22 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	X	19.35	—	19.35 m
2	3	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	18.96	—	—	18.96 m
3	5	Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)	18.65	—	—	18.65 m
4	10	Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR)	X	18.44	—	18.44 m
5	11	Elisangela Adriano (BRA)	17.66	17.53	18.11	18.11 m
6	13	Katarzyna Żakowicz (POL)	X	17.71	17.51	17.71 m
7	14	Lee Myung-Sun (KOR)	17.66	17.52	17.55	17.66 m
8	15	Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)	17.21	17.32	17.25	17.32 m
9	17	Seilala Sua (USA)	16.61	16.21	16.08	16.61 m
10	20	Georgette Reed (CAN)	15.92	15.61	15.74	15.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yanina Korolchik (BLR)	X	19.71	20.61	X	19.21	19.61	20.61 m	NR
	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	19.54	18.88	19.45	19.10	X	19.86	19.86 m	PB
	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	19.01	19.41	18.80	X	18.98	X	19.41 m
4	Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)	X	19.06	19.37	19.32	19.30	19.15	19.37 m
5	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	19.35	X	X	18.55	18.63	X	19.35 m
6	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	18.77	19.02	18.91	X	19.25	X	19.25 m
7	Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR)	18.65	18.81	18.52	18.71	18.98	X	18.98 m
8	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	18.73	X	18.34	X	17.90	18.56	18.73 m
9	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	X	18.68	18.70				18.70 m
10	Krystyna Zabawska (POL)	18.18	18.49	18.50				18.50 m
11	Elisangela Adriano (BRA)	18.06	17.96	17.95				18.06 m
12	Lieja Koeman (NED)	17.56	17.89	X				17.89 m

See also

• 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 2002 European Championships

References

• Results
• IAAF