The Women's shot put event at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

was held at the

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on August 28 and 29. There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander

Valerie Vili Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF ...

(who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and

Nadzeya Astapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk ( be, Надзея Мікалаеўна Астапчук, ''Nadzeya Mikalayeuna Astapchuk''; russian: Надежда Остапчук, ''Nadezhda Ostapchuk;'' born October 28, 1980) is a Belarusian shot putter. She briefly was d ...

of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning

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. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes

Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao (; born 24 January 1989) is a Chinese Olympic shot putter. Career She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she finished fifth but received the bronze medal late ...

and

Li Ling Li Ling (, died 74 BC), courtesy name Shaoqing (少卿), was a Chinese military general of the Han Dynasty who served during the reign of Emperor Wu (汉武帝) and later defected to the Xiongnu after being defeated in an expedition in 99 BC. ...

. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.Shot Put 2011
IAAF (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-28. Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all-time list, it was the best throw since

Larisa Peleshenko Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (russian: Лариса Александровна Пелешенко, née Agapova on 29 February 1964) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career ...

in 2000. It was obviously her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the

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national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader

came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the

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Final

References

External links

Shot put results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Women's shot put Shot put Shot put at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in women's athletics