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
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

The Women's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, 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
01 !	Yanina Korolchik (BLR)	X	19.71	20.61	X	19.21	19.61	20.61 m	NR
02 !	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	19.54	18.88	19.45	19.10	X	19.86	19.86 m	PB
03 !	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