The women's

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at the

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was held at the Hayward Field in

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on 15 and 16 July 2022.

Summary

Three weeks after winning the American Championship with a world leading 20.51 m,

Chase Ealey Chase Foster Jackson (; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete specializing in throwing events. She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in women’s shot put, which made her the first American woman t ...

returned to the same ring. On the very first throw of the competition, she popped a . Double defending champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Gong Lijiao threw 19.77 m to settle into second place, with

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at 19.44 m and Gong's Chinese teammate Song Jiayuan at 19.21 m being the only other ones past 19 metres. In the second round, Gong improved her hold on second place with a 19.84 m, which became significant when Dongmo improved to 19.62 m two throws later. Next in the ring,

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took away the bronze medal position with a Dutch record of 19.77 m. By that point in the second round, the medal positions were settled. Gong improved to 20.23 m in the third round and 20.39 m in the fifth round, but still fell 10 cm short of Ealey. Schilder tied her national record in the fifth round, which became the tiebreaker after

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had equalled the 19.77 m three throws earlier.

Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.50 m.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification start list
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Final

References

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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 World Athletics Championships