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Shot Put, Women

Date	27 – 28 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	25 from 18 countries

Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) had won the last three World Championships and was the defending champion, but was not as dominant as she had been in 1996. The 1992 Olympic champion, Svetlana Krivelyova, was also back and was expected to challenge. But the surprise of the competition was Belarussian Yanina Karolchik who led the qualifying and then held on to win the gold medal. Karolchik had no podium finishes at major championships. She led in round one of the final with 19.43 (63-9), but Russian Larisa Peleshenko took the lead with 19.92 (65-4¼) in the second round. That led until the final round when Karolchik threw her personal best of 20.56 (67-5½) to win.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1238	Yanina Karolchyk	BLR	19.36 (1)	20.56 (1)	Gold
2	2963	Larisa Peleshenko	RUS	19.08 (3)	19.92 (2)	Silver
3	1912	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	18.90 (5)	19.62 (3)	Bronze
4	2952	Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	18.56 (6)	19.37 (4)
5	2731	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	18.93 (4)	19.18 (5)
6	1489	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.42 (8)	18.70 (6)
7	1999	Kalliopi Ouzouni	GRE	18.56 (7)	18.63 (7)
8	1911	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	GER	18.39 (9)	18.49 (8)
9	2619	Lieja Koeman	NED	17.99 (11)	17.96 (9)
10	2973	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	19.20 (2)	17.85 (10)
11	1375	Cheng Xiaoyan	CHN	18.23 (10)	17.85 (11)
12	1150	Walentina Fedjuschina	AUT	17.84 (12)	17.14 (12)
13 r1/2	1839	Judy Oakes	GBR	17.81 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2643	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.47 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2425	Lee Myeong-Seon	KOR	17.44 (15)	–
16 r1/2	3370	Connie Price-Smith	USA	17.42 (16)	–
17 r1/2	3339	Jesseca Cross	USA	17.27 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2743	Katarzyna Żakowicz	POL	16.95 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2244	Mara Rosolen	ITA	16.66 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1758	Laurence Manfrédi	FRA	16.57 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2366	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	16.38 (21)	–
22 r1/2	3378	Teri Tunks	USA	16.34 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1644	Martina de la Puente	ESP	16.30 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1391	Yu Xin	CHN	16.18 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2300	Nada Kawar	JOR	15.67 (25)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	27 September 2000
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	1238	Yanina Karolchyk	BLR	19.36	–	Q
2	2973	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	19.20	–	Q
3	2963	Larisa Peleshenko	RUS	19.08	–	Q
4	2731	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	18.93	–	Q
5	1912	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	18.90	–	Q
6	2952	Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	18.56	18.48	Q
7	1999	Kalliopi Ouzouni	GRE	18.56	17.35	Q
8	1489	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.42	–	q
9	1911	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	GER	18.39	–	q
10	1375	Cheng Xiaoyan	CHN	18.23	–	q
11	2619	Lieja Koeman	NED	17.99	–	q
12	1150	Walentina Fedjuschina	AUT	17.84	–	q
13	1839	Judy Oakes	GBR	17.81	–
14	2643	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.47	–
15	2425	Lee Myeong-Seon	KOR	17.44	–
16	3370	Connie Price-Smith	USA	17.42	–
17	3339	Jesseca Cross	USA	17.27	–
18	2743	Katarzyna Żakowicz	POL	16.95	–
19	2244	Mara Rosolen	ITA	16.66	–
20	1758	Laurence Manfrédi	FRA	16.57	–
21	2366	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	16.38	–
22	3378	Teri Tunks	USA	16.34	–
23	1644	Martina de la Puente	ESP	16.30	–
24	1391	Yu Xin	CHN	16.18	–
25	2300	Nada Kawar	JOR	15.67	–

Group A

Date	27 September 2000 — 10:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	2731	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	18.93	–	18.32	18.42	18.93
2	1912	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	18.90	–	18.90	-	-
3	2952	Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	18.56	18.48	18.48	18.56	-
4	1999	Kalliopi Ouzouni	GRE	18.56	17.35	17.35	18.56	-
5	1489	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.42	–	x	18.02	18.42
6	1375	Cheng Xiaoyan	CHN	18.23	–	17.67	18.23	x
7	2619	Lieja Koeman	NED	17.99	–	17.43	17.99	17.35
8	2643	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.47	–	x	17.33	17.47
9	2425	Lee Myeong-Seon	KOR	17.44	–	17.25	17.40	17.44
10	3370	Connie Price-Smith	USA	17.42	–	17.38	16.70	17.42
11	1758	Laurence Manfrédi	FRA	16.57	–	16.57	16.38	x
12	1644	Martina de la Puente	ESP	16.30	–	x	16.30	x

Group B

Date	27 September 2000 — 10:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	1238	Yanina Karolchyk	BLR	19.36	19.36	-	-
2	2973	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	19.20	17.32	18.04	19.20
3	2963	Larisa Peleshenko	RUS	19.08	19.08	-	-
4	1911	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	GER	18.39	17.75	x	18.39
5	1150	Walentina Fedjuschina	AUT	17.84	16.95	17.84	17.45
6	1839	Judy Oakes	GBR	17.81	16.96	x	17.81
7	3339	Jesseca Cross	USA	17.27	17.15	17.27	16.91
8	2743	Katarzyna Żakowicz	POL	16.95	16.49	16.74	16.95
9	2244	Mara Rosolen	ITA	16.66	16.13	x	16.66
10	2366	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	16.38	16.38	15.11	16.31
11	3378	Teri Tunks	USA	16.34	x	15.30	16.34
12	1391	Yu Xin	CHN	16.18	15.68	16.18	-
13	2300	Nada Kawar	JOR	15.67	x	15.67	x

Final Round

Date	28 September 2000 — 20:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	1238	Yanina Karolchyk	BLR	20.56	–	19.43	x	18.76	19.11	x	20.56
2	2963	Larisa Peleshenko	RUS	19.92	–	19.16	19.92	19.79	x	x	19.60
3	1912	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.62	–	19.38	19.24	18.73	18.76	18.89	19.62
4	2952	Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	19.37	–	18.84	18.60	19.04	19.12	19.37	19.36
5	2731	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	19.18	–	18.61	17.93	19.18	18.39	x	17.16
6	1489	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.70	–	18.33	18.30	18.70	x	x	x
7	1999	Kalliopi Ouzouni	GRE	18.63	–	18.45	x	18.63	18.34	x	17.09
8	1911	Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt	GER	18.49	–	x	18.49	18.33	x	x	x
9	2619	Lieja Koeman	NED	17.96	–	x	17.56	17.96	–	–	–
10	2973	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	17.85	17.66	17.33	17.85	17.66	–	–	–
11	1375	Cheng Xiaoyan	CHN	17.85	17.30	17.30	17.85	x	–	–	–
12	1150	Walentina Fedjuschina	AUT	17.14	–	16.70	17.14	16.75	–	–	–