# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili was a strong favourite and defending champion. The seven best marks of the season all belonged to Vili, and only Anna Avdeyeva and Natallia Mikhnevich had thrown further than twenty metres that season. Former world champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert and Gong Lijiao were other athletes who had a chance of reaching the podium.
Home competitor Kleinert took an early lead with a new personal best of 20.06 m. In the second round, Gong moved up into second place with 19.89 m, a personal best that eventually won her the bronze medal. Vili responded with 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert also improved to 20.20 m. Vili proved superior, however, throwing over twenty metres three more times and finishing with a best of 20.44 m. This gave Vili her second World Championships gold medal. Avdeyeva and Mikhnevich rounded out the top five, both with 19.66 m marks.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL) |
| Silver | Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Gong Lijiao China (CHN) |

## Records

| 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 Vili (NZL) | 20.69 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17 May 2009 |
| African record | Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) | 18.35 | Ijebu Ode, Nigeria | 17 April 2006 |
| Asian record | Li Meisu (CHN) | 21.76 | Shijiazhuang, China | 23 April 1988 |
| North American 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 Vili (NZL) | 20.69 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17 May 2009 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 18.20m | 17.20m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 16, 2009 | 10:05 | Qualification |
| August 16, 2009 | 20:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Valerie Vili | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.70 | | | 19.70 | Q |
| 2 | B | Nadine Kleinert | Germany (GER) | 18.38 | x | 19.36 | 19.36 | Q |
| 3 | A | Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 19.12 | | | 19.12 | Q |
| 4 | B | Gong Lijiao | China (CHN) | 19.08 | | | 19.08 | Q |
| 5 | A | Anna Avdeyeva | Russia (RUS) | 18.45 | 18.31 | 18.92 | 18.92 | Q |
| 6 | A | Denise Hinrichs | Germany (GER) | 18.69 | | | 18.69 | Q |
| 7 | B | Misleydis González | Cuba (CUB) | 18.62 | | | 18.62 | Q |
| 8 | A | Li Meiju | China (CHN) | 18.53 | | | 18.53 | Q |
| 9 | B | Michelle Carter | United States (USA) | 17.43 | 18.07 | 18.44 | 18.44 | q |
| 10 | A | Christina Schwanitz | Germany (GER) | 18.25 | x | 18.11 | 18.25 | q |
| 11 | A | Mailín Vargas | Cuba (CUB) | 18.14 | 17.95 | 17.98 | 18.14 | q |
| 12 | B | Liu Xiangrong | China (CHN) | x | 17.97 | 18.10 | 18.10 | q |
| 13 | B | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 17.19 | 17.31 | 17.99 | 17.99 | |
| 14 | B | Mariam Kevkhishvili | Georgia (GEO) | 17.95 | 17.68 | 17.75 | 17.95 | |
| 15 | A | Anca Heltne | Romania (ROM) | 17.92 | 17.82 | 17.69 | 17.92 | |
| 16 | A | Chiara Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 17.89 | x | x | 17.89 | |
| 17 | A | Austra Skujytė | Lithuania (LTU) | x | 17.52 | 17.86 | 17.86 | PB |
| 18 | B | Yaniuvis López | Cuba (CUB) | 17.71 | 17.65 | x | 17.71 | |
| 19 | B | Natalia Duco | Chile (CHI) | 17.61 | 17.45 | 17.43 | 17.61 | |
| 20 | B | Jessica Cérival | France (FRA) | 17.06 | 16.90 | 17.30 | 17.30 | |
| 21 | A | Laurence Manfredi | France (FRA) | 17.04 | x | 17.25 | 17.25 | |
| 22 | A | Helena Engman | Sweden (SWE) | 17.19 | x | x | 17.19 | |
| 23 | A | Jillian Camarena | United States (USA) | 16.92 | x | x | 16.92 | |
| 24 | B | Anita Márton | Hungary (HUN) | 15.99 | 16.80 | 16.76 | 16.80 | |
| 25 | B | Leila Rajabi | Iran (IRI) | 16.12 | 16.60 | x | 16.60 | |
| 26 | B | 'Ana Po'uhila | Tonga (TGA) | 15.50 | x | 16.09 | 16.09 | |
| 27 | A | Annie Alexander | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 16.01 | 15.82 | x | 16.01 | |
| 28 | A | Kristin Heaston | United States (USA) | x | x | 14.98 | 14.98 | |
Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

### Final

| 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 | |
Key: PB = Personal best