The women's

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at the

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was held in

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, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024. This was the 20th time that the event was contested at the

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Summary

The top two from Tokyo returned; Gong Lijiao and

Raven Saunders Raven Saunders (born May 15, 1996), also known as "Hulk," is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put. They were the silver medalist in women's shot put at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, throwing a distance of . They won four NCA ...

. Bronze medalist

Valerie Adams 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 IA ...

retired with a complete set of medals including two golds. Gong got silver at the 2022 World Championships and bronze in 2023.

Chase Ealey Chase Foster Jackson (; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2022 and 2023 in women's shot put, which made her the first American woman to win a shot ...

, now married competing as Chase Jackson, won 2022 and 2023.

Jessica Schilder Jessica Schilder (; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put. Her outdoors personal best set in 2025 is 20.47 m, which is a Dutch record, and her indoors personal best is 20.69 m. She is two-time medalist at ...

won bronze in 2022,

Sarah Mitton Sarah Dawn Mitton (born 20 June 1996) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the shot put. She is the 2023 World silver medallist and a two-time World Indoor champion (2024, 2025). The first Canadian woman to medal in the shot put at either Worl ...

was silver in 2023 and came to Paris as the 2024 world leader. Mitton, Schilder and Jackson were over 20 metres several times in 2024,

Yemisi Ogunleye Yemisi Ogunleye (born 3 October 1998) is a German shot putter. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Olympics with 20.00 metres in the last round. Early life Ogunleye was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village ...

and Jaida Ross managed it once. Two-time defending world champion Jackson surprisingly failed to qualify for the final. In the rain, Jaida Ross with the first throw of the competition started the action off with 19.28m. On her first time in the slippery ring, Ogunleye slipped and fell, unable to complete the attempt. Only Gong got over 19 with a 19.08m in the first round,

Fanny Roos Fanny Matilda Charlotta Roos (born 2 January 1995) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put. She won a silver medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, while setting an outright national record of 19.29 meters in the final. In do ...

ended the round in third place at 18.47m.

Maddi Wesche Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she also won a gold medal at the World U20 Championships in Tampere. Her previous pe ...

, whose previous top credential was 4th place at the World Indoor Championships earlier in the year, took the lead with a 19.58m. In the second round, Ogunleye tossed a 19.55m to get close to the lead. The big shock at the end of the third round was world leader Mitton missing out on a spot in the top eight, managing a best throw of only 17.48 m in the second round. World number two Schilder also struggled, with her throw of 18.91 m in the third round being her only legal throw of the entire competition. Nobody was able to beat 19 meters in the third round so when they re-ordered, Wesche had earned the final throw of the subsequent rounds. In the fourth round Song Jiayuan, 5th place at the previous Olympics put her way into third with a 19.32m. In the fifth round, Gong improved to 19.27m but it didn't get her out of fifth place. Ogunleye got off a 19.73m to take the lead. With the last throw of the round, Wesche had an answer, a personal best 19.86m to return to the top. Everyone was down to their last throw, but nobody could improve until Ogunleye. She launched a throw of to take the lead. Wesche had the opportunity to answer again, but could only manage a 19.68m.https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73I2_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL-000100--.pdf

Background

The women's

has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since

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Qualification

For the women's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 18.80 m or further or by their

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for this event.Sean McAlister,
How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained
, '' Olympics.com'', 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Results

Qualification

The qualification has been held on 8 August. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics
, '' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Final

The final has been held on 9 August.

References

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