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Shot Put, Women

Date30 July – 1 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationJapan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants32 from 22 countries

The top two putters over the last decade had been Kiwi Valerie Adams and China’s Gong Lijiao. Adams had by far the better of the all-time marks, but those had been set years ago, and Gong had the better marks in 2021, and had won the World Championships in 2017 and 2019. Adams had two Olympic golds, from 2008 and 2012, and four World titles, consecutively from 2007-13. Gong had won silver at London in 2012 and bronze in Beijing in 2008, but sadly, neither came at the Games themselves as she was advanced to those medals later after doping disqualifications.

American Raven Saunders was the first thrower in the final and her 19.65 would have been good for the silver medal, although she improved it in round five with 19.79. Four throwers later, Gong recorded 19.95, which settled the competition for gold, although she would have three better marks – with 19.98 in round three, 20.53 in round five, and 20.58 in round six.

Adams rounded out the podium, throwing 19.62 in round three, giving her a fourth Olympic medal and a full set with two golds, a silver, and a bronze. Gong’s gold also completed her set of Olympic medals. Saunders stood out during the competition, competing in a mask in both qualifying and final, with her hair dyed green on the left side and purple on the right.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
11472Gong LijiaoCHN19.46 (1)20.58 (1)Gold
23888Raven SaundersUSA19.22 (3)19.79 (2)Silver
33096Valerie AdamsNZL18.83 (6)19.62 (3)Bronze
43226Auriol DongmoPOR18.80 (8)19.57 (4)
51483Song JiayuanCHN19.23 (2)19.14 (5)
63100Maddi WescheNZL18.65 (11)18.98 (6)
73556Fanny RoosSWE19.01 (4)18.91 (7)
82101Sara GambettaGER18.57 (12)18.88 (8)
91231Alena DubitskayaBLR18.89 (5)18.73 (9)
101470Gao YangCHN18.80 (7)18.67 (10)
113623Portious WarrenTTO18.75 (9)18.32 (11)
AC r2/23885Jessica RamseyUSA18.75 (10)– (NM)
13 r1/22519Danniel Thomas-DoddJAM18.37 (13)
14 r1/22138Christina SchwanitzGER18.08 (14)
15 r1/22120Katharina MaischGER17.89 (15)
16 r1/23659Emel DereliTUR17.81 (16)
17 r1/22014Sophie McKinnaGBR17.81 (17)
18 r1/23165Klaudia KardaszPOL17.76 (18)
19 r1/23000Jessica SchilderNED17.74 (19)
20 r1/23825Adelaide AquillaUSA17.68 (20)
21 r1/22268Anita MártonHUN17.59 (21)
22 r1/22465Lloydricia CameronJAM17.43 (22)
23 r1/21780María Belén ToimilESP17.38 (23)
24 r1/21617Markéta ČervenkováCZE17.33 (24)
25 r1/24003Ahymará EspinozaVEN17.17 (25)
26 r1/23731Olha HolodnaUKR17.15 (26)
27 r1/23160Paulina GubaPOL16.98 (27)
28 r1/21401Sarah MittonCAN16.62 (28)
29 r1/22908Dimitriana BezedeMDA16.55 (29)
30 r1/21284Geisa ArcanjoBRA16.46 (30)
31 r1/22081Sopo ShatirishviliGEO15.31 (31)
AC r1/21389Brittany CrewCAN– (NM)

Qualifying Round

Date30 July 2021 — 19:23
FormatTop 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.80 metres advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark Distance
11472Gong LijiaoCHN19.46Q
21483Song JiayuanCHN19.23Q
33888Raven SaundersUSA19.22Q
43556Fanny RoosSWE19.01Q
51231Alena DubitskayaBLR18.89Q
63096Valerie AdamsNZL18.83Q
71470Gao YangCHN18.8018.51Q
83226Auriol DongmoPOR18.80Q
93623Portious WarrenTTO18.7518.23q
103885Jessica RamseyUSA18.75q
113100Maddi WescheNZL18.65q
122101Sara GambettaGER18.57q
132519Danniel Thomas-DoddJAM18.37
142138Christina SchwanitzGER18.08
152120Katharina MaischGER17.89
163659Emel DereliTUR17.8117.69
172014Sophie McKinnaGBR17.8117.60
183165Klaudia KardaszPOL17.76
193000Jessica SchilderNED17.74
203825Adelaide AquillaUSA17.68
212268Anita MártonHUN17.59
222465Lloydricia CameronJAM17.43
231780María Belén ToimilESP17.38
241617Markéta ČervenkováCZE17.33
254003Ahymará EspinozaVEN17.17
263731Olha HolodnaUKR17.15
273160Paulina GubaPOL16.98
281401Sarah MittonCAN16.62
292908Dimitriana BezedeMDA16.55
301284Geisa ArcanjoBRA16.46
312081Sopo ShatirishviliGEO15.31
NM1389Brittany CrewCAN

Group A

Date30 July 2021 — 19:23
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
115Raven SaundersUSA19.22x (NP)19.22 (1)p (DNS)Q
24Fanny RoosSWE19.0119.01 (1)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
316Alena DubitskayaBLR18.8918.61 (3)x (NP)18.89 (1)Q
410Gao YangCHN18.8018.51 (4)18.80 (2)p (DNS)Q
513Portious WarrenTTO18.7518.21 (5)18.23 (3)18.75 (=2)q
66Jessica RamseyUSA18.75x (NP)x (NP)18.75 (=2)q
711Maddi WescheNZL18.6518.65 (2)16.80 (9)18.53 (4)q
89Christina SchwanitzGER18.0817.51 (6)17.72 (6)18.08 (5)
97Katharina MaischGER17.8916.92 (8)17.89 (4)17.72 (7)
1014Klaudia KardaszPOL17.76x (NP)17.29 (7)17.76 (6)
118Jessica SchilderNED17.7416.69 (9)17.74 (5)16.82 (11)
125Lloydricia CameronJAM17.4317.29 (7)x (NP)17.43 (8)
133María Belén ToimilESP17.38x (NP)x (NP)17.38 (9)
1412Olha HolodnaUKR17.1516.07 (10)17.15 (8)17.08 (10)
152Dimitriana BezedeMDA16.5515.61 (11)16.55 (10)x (NP)
NM1Brittany CrewCANx (NP)x (NP)x (NP)

Group B

Date30 July 2021 — 19:24
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
110Gong LijiaoCHN19.4619.46 (1)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
212Song JiayuanCHN19.23x (NP)19.23 (1)p (DNS)Q
37Valerie AdamsNZL18.8318.75 (3)18.59 (2)18.83 (1)Q
415Auriol DongmoPOR18.8018.80 (2)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
513Sara GambettaGER18.57x (NP)18.57 (3)17.35 (5)q
64Danniel Thomas-DoddJAM18.37x (NP)18.37 (4)18.24 (2)
79Emel DereliTUR17.81x (NP)17.81 (5)17.69 (3)
816Sophie McKinnaGBR17.8117.81 (4)x (NP)17.60 (4)
91Adelaide AquillaUSA17.6817.38 (6)17.68 (6)16.62 (8)
102Anita MártonHUN17.5917.42 (5)17.59 (7)x (NP)
1111Markéta ČervenkováCZE17.3317.33 (7)x (NP)17.05 (6)
128Ahymará EspinozaVEN17.1717.17 (8)16.74 (9)16.50 (9)
133Paulina GubaPOL16.98x (NP)16.98 (8)16.96 (7)
1414Sarah MittonCAN16.6216.62 (9)x (NP)x (NP)
156Geisa ArcanjoBRA16.4616.46 (10)x (NP)x (NP)
165Sopo ShatirishviliGEO15.3114.91 (11)15.31 (10)x (NP)

Final Round

Date1 August 2021 — 10:36
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark DistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3Round #4Round #5Round #6
15-8-8Gong LijiaoCHN20.5819.95 (1)x (NP)19.98 (1)19.80 (1)20.53 (1)20.58 (1)
21-7-7Raven SaundersUSA19.7919.65 (2)x (NP)19.62 (=2)19.49 (3)19.79 (2)x (NP)
33-6-6Valerie AdamsNZL19.6218.62 (4)19.49 (1)19.62 (=2)x (NP)x (NP)18.76 (=3)
44-5-5Auriol DongmoPOR19.5719.29 (3)18.95 (3)19.17 (4)19.57 (2)19.45 (3)19.45 (2)
58-4-4Song JiayuanCHN19.1418.11 (7)19.14 (2)18.74 (8)x (NP)x (NP)18.26 (7)
610-3-3Maddi WescheNZL18.9817.45 (11)18.42 (6)18.98 (5)18.18 (4)18.50 (5)18.47 (5)
712-2-2Fanny RoosSWE18.9117.99 (9)18.02 (8)18.91 (6)x (NP)18.72 (4)18.76 (=3)
89-1-1Sara GambettaGER18.8818.37 (6)18.04 (7)18.88 (7)x (NP)18.48 (6)18.38 (6)
96Alena DubitskayaBLR18.7317.76 (10)18.57 (5)18.73 (9)
1011Gao YangCHN18.6718.45 (5)18.67 (4)18.51 (10)
112Portious WarrenTTO18.3218.01 (8)18.01 (9)18.32 (11)
NM7Jessica RamseyUSAx (NP)x (NP)x (NP)