Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	27 September 2000 (qualifications 28 September 2000 (finals)
Competitors	25 from 18 nations
Winning distance	20.56
Medalists
Yanina Korolchik  Belarus Larisa Peleshenko  Russia Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

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.^[1]

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

Gold	Yanina Korolchik  Belarus
Silver	Larisa Peleshenko  Russia
Bronze	Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	7 June 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	24 July 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	4	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	Poland	18.32	18.42	18.93	18.93 m
2	5	Astrid Kumbernuss	Germany	18.90	—	—	18.90 m
3	6	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia	18.48	18.56	—	18.56 m
4	7	Kalliopi Ouzouni	Greece	17.35	18.56	—	18.56 m
5	8	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	X	18.02	18.42	18.42 m
6	10	Cheng Xiaoyan	China	17.67	18.23	X	18.23 m
7	11	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	17.43	17.99	17.35	17.99 m
8	14	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	X	17.33	17.47	17.47 m
9	15	Lee Myung-Sun	South Korea	17.25	17.40	17.44	17.44 m
10	16	Connie Price-Smith	United States	17.38	16.70	17.42	17.42 m
11	20	Laurence Manfredi	France	16.57	16.38	X	16.57 m
12	23	Martina de la Puente	Spain	X	16.30	X	16.30 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	1	Yanina Korolchik	Belarus	19.36	—	—	19.36 m
2	2	Olga Ryabinkina	Russia	17.32	18.04	19.20	19.20 m	PB
3	4	Larisa Peleshenko	Russia	19.08	—	—	19.08 m
4	9	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	Germany	17.75	X	18.39	18.39 m
5	12	Valentina Fedjuschina	Austria	16.95	17.84	17.45	17.84 m
6	13	Judy Oakes	Great Britain	16.96	X	17.81	17.81 m
7	17	Jesseca Cross	United States	17.15	17.27	16.91	17.27 m
8	18	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland	16.49	16.74	16.95	16.95 m
9	19	Mara Rosolen	Italy	16.13	X	16.66	16.66 m
10	21	Iolanta Ulyeva	Kazakhstan	16.38	15.11	16.31	16.38 m
11	22	Teri Tunks	United States	X	15.30	16.34	16.34 m
12	24	Yu Xin	China	15.68	16.18	—	16.18 m
13	25	Nada Kawar	Jordan	X	15.67	X	15.67 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yanina Korolchik (BLR)	19.43	X	18.76	19.11	X	20.56	20.56 m	NR
	Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)	19.16	19.92	19.79	X	X	19.60	19.92 m
	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	19.38	19.24	18.73	18.76	18.89	19.62	19.62 m
4	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	18.84	18.60	19.04	19.12	19.37	19.36	19.37 m
5	Krystyna Zabawska (POL)	18.61	17.93	19.18	18.39	X	17.16	19.18 m	SB
6	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	18.33	18.30	18.70	X	X	X	18.70 m
7	Kalliopi Ouzouni (GRE)	18.45	X	18.63	18.34	X	17.09	18.63 m	NR
8	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt (GER)	X	18.49	18.33	X	X	X	18.49 m
9	Lieja Koeman (NED)	X	17.56	17.96				17.96 m
10	Olga Ryabinkina (RUS)	17.33	17.85	17.66				17.85 m
11	Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)	17.30	17.85	X				17.85 m
12	Valentina Fedjuschina (AUT)	16.70	17.14	16.75				17.14 m

References

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• todor66
• sports-reference