2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987

Championship record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24	Rome, Italy	5 September 1987

World leading	Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)	20.94	Zhukovsky, Russia	3 July 2011

African record	Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR)	18.35	Ijebu Ode, Nigeria	17 April 2006

Asian record	Meisu Li (CHN)	21.76	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988

North, Central American and Caribbean record	Belsy Laza (CUB)	20.96	Mexico City, Mexico	2 May 1992

South American record	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	19.30	Tunja, Colombia	14 July 2001

European record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987

Oceanian record	Valerie Adams (NZL)	21.07	Thessaloniki, Greece	13 September 2009

Sentence(s)

Astapchuk held the world leading mark of 20.94 m.

final_sentence: Astapchuk held the world leading mark of 20.94 m.