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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 8 August 2024 (qualification)
    9 August 2024 (final)
Winning distance20.00 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yemisi Ogunleye  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maddi Wesche  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Song Jiayuan  China
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The women's shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024. This was the 20th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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The top two from Tokyo returned; Gong Lijiao and Raven Saunders. Bronze medalist Valerie Adams retired with a complete set of medals including two golds. Gong got silver at the 2022 World Championships and bronze in 2023. Chase Ealey, now married competing as Chase Jackson, won 2022 and 2023. Jessica Schilder won bronze in 2022, Sarah Mitton was silver in 2023 and came to Paris as the 2024 world leader. Mitton, Schilder and Jackson were over 20 metres several times in 2024, Yemisi Ogunleye and Jaida Ross managed it once.

Two-time defending world champion Jackson surprisingly failed to qualify for the final. Jaida Ross with the first throw of the competition started the action off with 19.28m. Only Gong got over 19 with a 19.08m in the first round, Fanny Roos ended the round in third place at 18.47m. Maddi Wesche, whose previous top credential was 4th place at the World Indoor Championships earlier in the year, took the lead with a 19.58m. In the second round, Ogunleye tossed a 19.55m to get close to the lead. The big shock at the end of the third round was world leader Mitton missing out on a spot in the top eight, managing a best throw of only 17.48 m in the second round. World number two Schilder also struggled, with her throw of 18.91 m in the third round being her only legal throw of the entire competition. Nobody was able to beat 19 meters in the third round so when they re-ordered, Wesche had earned the final throw of the subsequent rounds. In the fourth round Song Jiayuan, 5th place at the previous Olympics put her way into third with a 19.32m. In the fifth round, Gong improved to 19.27m but it didn't get her out of fifth place. Ogunleye got off a 19.73m to take the lead. With the last throw of the round, Wesche had an answer, a personal best 19.86m to return to the top. Everyone was down to their last throw, but nobody could improve until Ogunleye. She launched a throw of 20 m (65 ft 7+14 in) to take the lead. Wesche had the opportunity to answer again, but could only manage a 19.68m.[1][2]

Background

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The women's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1948.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63[3] Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Olympic record  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 24 July 1980
World leading  Sarah Mitton (CAN) 20.68[4] Fleetwood, United States 11 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[5]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m)
Africa (records)  Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.43
Asia (records)  Li Meisu (CHN) 21.76
Europe (records)  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 WR
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Belsy Laza (CUB) 20.96
Oceania (records)  Valerie Adams (NZL) 21.24
South America (records)  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 19.30

Qualification

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For the women's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 18.80 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[6][7]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification has been held on 8 August. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[8]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Sarah Mitton  Canada 19.77 19.77 Q
2 A Maddi Wesche  New Zealand 18.59 19.25 19.25 Q
3 B Yemisi Ogunleye  Germany 18.01 17.72 19.24 19.24 Q
4 B Jessica Schilder  Netherlands x 18.86 18.92 18.92 q
5 B Gong Lijiao  China 18.06 18.78 x 18.78 q
6 A Song Jiayuan  China 17.65 18.22 18.73 18.73 q
7 B Raven Saunders  United States x 17.93 18.62 18.62 q
8 A Jaida Ross  United States 18.58 18.21 x 18.58 q
9 A Jessica Inchude  Portugal x 18.36 x 18.36 q
10 B Fanny Roos  Sweden 17.66 18.17 17.69 18.17 q
11 A Alina Kenzel  Germany 18.16 18.09 x 18.16 q
12 A Axelina Johansson  Sweden x 18.16 17.73 18.16 q
13 B Danniel Thomas-Dodd  Jamaica x 18.12 16.87 18.12
14 A Lloydricia Cameron  Jamaica 18.01 17.71 18.02 18.02 SB
15 B Eliana Bandeira  Portugal 16.86 17.97 17.76 17.97
16 B Katharina Maisch  Germany 17.45 17.86 x 17.86
17 A Chase Jackson  United States x x 17.60 17.60
18 A Ivana Xennia Gallardo  Chile 17.47 16.64 16.13 17.47
19 B Klaudia Kardasz  Poland x 17.08 17.45 17.45
20 A Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir  Iceland 17.34 17.39 17.29 17.39
21 A Sun Yue  China x 17.33 x 17.33
22 B Portious Warren  Trinidad and Tobago 17.02 16.28 17.22 17.22
23 B Ana Caroline Silva  Brazil 17.09 x 16.67 17.09
24 A Emel Dereli  Turkey 17.02 x 16.71 17.02
25 B María Belén Toimil  Spain x 16.83 x 16.83
26 B Alida van Daalen  Netherlands 16.25 x 16.53 16.53
27 B Dimitriana Bezede  Moldova 16.30 15.89 16.35 16.35
28 A Jorinde van Klinken  Netherlands 16.35 x x 16.35
29 A Livia Avancini  Brazil 16.26 x 15.85 16.26
30 B Natalia Ducó  Chile x 16.11 x 16.11
31 A Miné de Klerk  South Africa 15.63 x x 15.63

Final

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The final has been held on 9 August.[8]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yemisi Ogunleye  Germany x 19.55 x 18.75 19.73 20.00 20.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maddi Wesche  New Zealand x 19.58 18.54 19.10 19.86 19.68 19.86 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Song Jiayuan  China 16.43 18.88 18.78 19.32 x 19.21 19.32
4 Jaida Ross  United States 19.28 x x x 18.79 18.75 19.28
5 Gong Lijiao  China 19.09 19.06 x x 19.27 19.00 19.27
6 Jessica Schilder  Netherlands x x 18.91 x x x 18.91
7 Fanny Roos  Sweden 18.47 18.78 x 18.48 x 18.13 18.78
8 Jessica Inchude  Portugal 18.16 18.41 x 18.32 x x 18.41
9 Alina Kenzel  Germany 18.19 x 18.29 18.29
10 Axelina Johansson  Sweden 18.03 x x 18.03
11 Raven Saunders  United States x 16.92 17.79 17.79
12 Sarah Mitton  Canada 17.15 17.48 x 17.48

References

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  1. ^ https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_N59A_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL-000100--.pdf
  2. ^ https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73I2_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL-000100--.pdf
  3. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Shot put women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Shot put women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Records – Shot put women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  8. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.