The Women's

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

event at the

2011 European Athletics U23 Championships [] The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion (Ostrava), Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revisi ...

was held in

Ostrava Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 15 July.

Medalists

Results

Final

15 July 2011 / 17:35

Qualifications

Qualified: qualifying perf. 15.50 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) to the advance to the Final

Summary

Details

=Group A

= 15 July 2011 / 10:00

=Group B

= 15 July 2011 / 10:00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2011 European Athletics Championships, Womens shot put

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

Shot put at the European Athletics U23 Championships 2011 in women's athletics