# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August.
Over the previous 6 years, Valerie Adams had been virtually unbeatable by any legal thrower. This year was more of the same. From the home of the world record (more than 26 years earlier), she took the lead on her first toss at a distance only one other competitor would equal in the competition. Michelle Carter moved into second place with her first round 19.92, while she improved it slightly in the second round, Gong Lijiao threw one centimeter better. Meanwhile, Adams improved on her second and third attempts, reaching 20.88. m. That would be the competition until the final round, when Christina Schwanitz pulled out at 21 cm personal best improvement to rocket from fifth place into second.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows (in m.):
| 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 | Valerie Adams (NZL) | 20.90 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 |
| African record | Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) | 18.43 | Walnut, United States | 19 April 2003 |
| Asian record | Li Meisu (CHN) | 21.76 | Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China | 23 April 1988 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 20.96A | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 May 1992 |
| South American record | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 19.30A | Tunja, Colombia | 14 July 2001 |
| European record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
| Oceanian record | Valerie Adams (NZL) | 21.24 | Daegu, South Korea | 29 August 2011 |

## Qualification standards

| A result | B result |
| 18.30 | 17.20 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August 2013 | 10:45 | Qualification |
| 12 August 2013 | 20:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Valerie Adams | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.89 | | | 19.89 | Q |
| 2 | B | Michelle Carter | United States (USA) | 18.29 | 19.76 | | 19.76 | Q |
| 3 | A | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia (RUS) | 19.55 | | | 19.55 | Q |
| 4 | B | Christina Schwanitz | Germany (GER) | 18.06 | 19.18 | | 19.18 | Q |
| 5 | A | Gong Lijiao | China (CHN) | 18.88 | | | 18.88 | Q |
| 6 | A | Liu Xiangrong | China (CHN) | 18.54 | 18.11 | 18.68 | 18.68 | q |
| 7 | B | Irina Tarasova | Russia (RUS) | 18.37 | x | 18.19 | 18.37 | q |
| 8 | B | Natalia Ducó | Chile (CHI) | 17.73 | 17.78 | 18.28 | 18.28 | q, SB |
| 9 | B | Li Ling | China (CHN) | 18.13 | x | 18.19 | 18.19 | q |
| 10 | B | Halyna Obleshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 18.04 | x | 17.82 | 18.04 | q |
| 11 | A | Tia Brooks | United States (USA) | 17.92 | 17.68 | 17.75 | 17.92 | q |
| 12 | B | Alena Kopets | Belarus (BLR) | 16.68 | 17.87 | 17.50 | 17.87 | q |
| 13 | A | Josephine Terlecki | Germany (GER) | 17.87 | x | x | 17.87 | |
| 14 | A | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 16.90 | 17.84 | 17.02 | 17.84 | SB |
| 15 | A | Anca Heltne | Romania (ROM) | 17.76 | 17.46 | x | 17.76 | |
| 16 | A | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Belarus (BLR) | 16.93 | 17.09 | 17.73 | 17.73 | |
| 17 | A | Sandra Lemos | Colombia (COL) | 17.55 | 17.48 | x | 17.55 | |
| 18 | B | Geisa Arcanjo | Brazil (BRA) | 17.55 | x | x | 17.55 | |
| 19 | B | Radoslava Mavrodieva Yankova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 17.34 | 17.16 | 17.33 | 17.34 | |
| 20 | A | Anita Márton | Hungary (HUN) | 16.98 | 17.32 | 16.99 | 17.32 | |
| 21 | A | Ol'ha Holodna | Ukraine (UKR) | 17.21 | x | 17.17 | 17.21 | |
| 22 | B | Chiara Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 17.18 | x | 16.71 | 17.18 | |
| 23 | B | Úrsula Ruiz | Spain (ESP) | 16.64 | 16.99 | 17.14 | 17.14 | |
| 24 | B | Ahymara Espinoza | Venezuela (VEN) | 16.24 | 16.86 | 16.39 | 16.86 | |
| 25 | B | Yaniuvis López | Cuba (CUB) | x | 16.82 | 16.56 | 16.82 | |
| 26 | A | Emel Dereli | Turkey (TUR) | 16.58 | 16.03 | 16.60 | 16.60 | |
| 27 | B | Aliona Dubitskaya | Belarus (BLR) | x | 16.37 | 16.53 | 16.53 | |
| 28 | A | Valentina Muzaric | Croatia (CRO) | 16.47 | x | 16.44 | 16.47 | |
| 29 | B | Alyssa Hasslen | United States (USA) | 15.93 | 15.67 | 15.97 | 15.97 | |
| | A | Leila Rajabi | Iran (IRI) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:25.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Valerie Adams | New Zealand (NZL) | 20.41 | 20.46 | 20.88 | x | 20.76 | 20.32 | 20.88 | |
| | Christina Schwanitz | Germany (GER) | 19.22 | 19.72 | 19.61 | 19.42 | 19.74 | 20.41 | 20.41 | PB |
| | Gong Lijiao | China (CHN) | 19.16 | 19.95 | 19.74 | x | 19.37 | 19.77 | 19.95 | |
| 4 | Michelle Carter | United States (USA) | 19.92 | 19.94 | 19.35 | x | 19.67 | 19.57 | 19.94 | |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia (RUS) | 18.97 | 19.49 | 19.40 | 19.81 | x | x | 19.81 | |
| 6 | Li Ling | China (CHN) | 18.30 | 17.97 | 18.18 | 17.68 | 18.39 | 18.32 | 18.39 | |
| 7 | Irina Tarasova | Russia (RUS) | 18.06 | 17.82 | 18.08 | 18.31 | x | 18.37 | 18.37 | |
| 8 | Tia Brooks | United States (USA) | 18.09 | x | 17.94 | 17.73 | x | 17.49 | 18.09 | |
| 9 | Halyna Obleshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 16.84 | 18.08 | 17.92 | | | | 18.08 | |
| 10 | Liu Xiangrong | China (CHN) | x | 18.04 | 17.92 | | | | 18.04 | |
| 11 | Natalia Ducó | Chile (CHI) | 18.58 | x | 18.02 | | | | 18.02 | |
| 12 | Alena Kopets | Belarus (BLR) | x | 17.24 | 17.70 | | | | 17.70 | |