2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Natalia Ducó  Chile
Silver	Melissa Boekelman  Netherlands
Bronze	Ma Qiao  China

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Natalia Ducó	Chile	17.23	x	17.01	17.20	x	x	17.23
02 !	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	16.16	16.43	16.36	16.36	16.60	x	16.60
03 !	Ma Qiao	China	16.18	16.41	16.55	15.75	16.33	16.39	16.55
4	Aliona Hryshko	Belarus	16.32	16.27	16.41	16.55	15.87	15.73	16.55
5	Sophie Kleeberg	Germany	15.68	x	16.01	15.73	16.06	x	16.06
6	Sandra Lemus	Colombia	x	15.38	14.74	15.92	15.41	x	15.92
7	Anita Márton	Hungary	15.22	15.74	15.70	15.88	15.70	x	15.88
8	Lina Berends	Germany	15.68	15.54	15.70	15.43	15.46	15.63	15.70
9	Meng Qianqian	China	14.10	15.22	14.62				15.22
10	Chinwe Okoro	United States	15.18	14.23	14.45				15.18
11	Myriam Lixfe	France	14.03	x	13.73				14.03
12	Viktoriya Bolbat	Ukraine	x	x	14.01				14.01

Qualifications

9 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Natalia Ducó	Chile	17.89	-	-	17.89	Q
2	Sophie Kleeberg	Germany	15.24	15.65	16.20	16.20	Q
3	Ma Qiao	China	15.47	15.84	15.76	15.84	q
4	Anita Márton	Hungary	15.59	15.73	15.71	15.73	q
5	Sandra Lemus	Colombia	15.05	15.72	x	15.72	q
6	Myriam Lixfe	France	15.47	x	14.57	15.47	q
7	Sandra Perković	Croatia	14.59	x	15.03	15.03
8	Virmante Vaičekonytė	Lithuania	14.53	14.78	13.11	14.78
9	Rebecca O'Brien	United States	14.32	14.77	13.97	14.77
10	Kimberley Mulhall	Australia	14.42	14.68	14.71	14.71
11	Vera Kunova	Russia	14.13	x	14.57	14.57
12	Walaa Atteya	Egypt	12.79	x	13.75	13.75
13	Allison Liske	Canada	13.45	x	x	13.45

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	16.15	-	-	16.15	Q
2	Aliona Hryshko	Belarus	14.90	14.86	15.92	15.92	q
3	Lina Berends	Germany	15.18	15.71	15.40	15.71	q
4	Chinwe Okoro	United States	14.90	15.31	15.41	15.41	q
5	Viktoriya Bolbat	Ukraine	14.50	15.11	x	15.11	q
6	Meng Qianqian	China	15.04	x	x	15.04	q
7	Julie Labonté	Canada	13.41	14.21	14.96	14.96
8	Gianni Robard	France	14.72	12.95	13.38	14.72
9	Zeynep Uzun	Turkey	13.42	14.06	14.49	14.49
10	Margaret Satupai	Samoa	14.25	14.45	13.38	14.45
11	Spela Hus	Slovenia	12.24	14.06	13.88	14.06
12	Lomana Fagatuai	Australia	14.03	13.14	13.48	14.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References