2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
Final
Key: PB = Personal best

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: PB = Personal best

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes

Valerie Vili	New Zealand (NZL)	19.40	x	20.25	20.16	20.44	20.25	20.44

Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	20.06	19.52	20.20	19.61	x	x	20.20	PB

Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.69	19.89	19.68	19.75	x	x	19.89	PB

4	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	19.66	X	19.27	19.51	x	x	19.66

5	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia (RUS)	18.66	18.78	19.48	19.66	x	x	19.66

6	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	x	18.93	18.96	x	18.30	x	18.96

7	Li Meiju	China (CHN)	18.76	18.35	18.66	x	x	x	18.76

8	Misleydis González	Cuba (CUB)	18.73	18.57	x	18.60	18.74	18.43	18.74

9	Mailín Vargas	Cuba (CUB)	18.67	18.10	18.11	18.67

10	Liu Xiangrong	China (CHN)	18.52	x	16.79	18.52

11	Denise Hinrichs	Germany (GER)	18.30	18.39	x	18.39

12	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	17.84	x	x	17.84

Sentence(s)

Vili threw 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert improved to 20.20 m in the Women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

final_sentence: Vili threw 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert improved to 20.20 m in the Women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.