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

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

took place on 16 August at the

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. The qualifying standards were (A standard) and (B standard). The event was won by

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 ...

(née Adams) of

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, with a best throw of 20.56 metres. In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in a doping violation by

Natallia Mikhnevich Natallia Mikhnevich ( be, Наталля Міхневіч, née be, Харанэка, Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter. Career Mikhnevich finished third at the 2000 World Junior Championshi ...

and

Nadzeya Ostapchuk 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 ...

. They were disqualified from the competition. Medals of other teams have been reallocated by IAAF.IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. Shot Put women.
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Schedule

All times are

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(

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)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Final

References

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