Women Shot Put Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN)

Women Shot Put Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN) - Saturday 16.08

Final 16.08 21:10	Team	Dist.	Q.	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Valerie Vili	NZL	20.56m	1.	4	20.56	20.40	20.26	20.01	20.52	-
2. Misleydis Gonzalez	CUB	19.50m	7.	15	19.30	X	19.01	19.23	19.50	X
3. Lijiao Gong	CHN	19.20m	2.	5	18.45	18.75	18.90	18.92	19.04	19.20
4. Anna Omarova	RUS	19.08m	9.	13	19.08	18.21	X	X	X	18.76
5. Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.01m	11.	11	18.30	18.68	19.01	18.99	X	18.81
6. Meiju Li	CHN	19.00m	3.	8	18.68	18.99	18.74	X	18.85	19.00
7. Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.44m	15.	2	17.96	X	18.44
8. Mailin Vargas	CUB	18.28m	14.	3	18.28	17.88	17.74
9. Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.27m	5.	1	X	17.96	18.27
10.Jillian Camarena	USA	18.24m	12.	9	18.09	18.24	17.44
11.Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.22m	8.	12	18.22	17.98	X
12.Ling Li	CHN	17.94m	10.	6	17.94	X	17.81
13.Michelle Carter	USA	17.74m	13.	7	16.97	17.65	17.74
-. Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	20.28m	4.	10	19.16	20.28	19.87	19.82	19.94	20.10
-. Nadzeya Ostapchuk	BLR	19.86m	6.	14	X	18.69	18.36	X	19.86	19.36

Ostapchuk (20.98) and Mikhnevich (20.70) headed the pre-Olympic world list, but World Champion Vili was the favourite having been unbeaten in nine contests during 2008. After leading the qualifying round, the physically imposing (193/123kg) Vili sent her first throw in the final out to an Oceanian record of 20.56, and the gold medal was won. Mikhnevich (née Khoronenko) responded well in the second round, but Vili dominated the competition with the top three throws. Behind these two, González was a surprising third with 19.30, until the under- performing Ostapchuk finally produced a reasonable throw of 19.86 in round 5. To her credit, the Cuban immediately responded with 19.50, which was only good enough for fourth place. For the first time since 1988 the top eight all threw at least 19m.

Qualification - mark 18.40m 15 Athletes

Group A 16.08 09:10	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Valerie Vili	NZL	19.73m	1.	15	19.73
2. Meiju Li	CHN	19.18m	3.	2	19.18
3. Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	19.11m	4.	4	19.11
4. Christina Schwanitz	GER	19.09m	5.	14	X	17.97	19.09
5. Misleydis Gonzalez	CUB	18.91m	7.	8	18.42	18.91
6. Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.74m	9.	10	18.74
7. Jillian Camarena	USA	18.51m	12.	13	18.15	18.32	18.51
8. Mailin Vargas	CUB	18.47m	14.	18	18.47
9. Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.46m	15.	16	17.69	18.27	18.46
10.Denise Hinrichs	GER	18.36m	16.	1	18.36	18.27	X
11.Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk	BLR	17.79m	18.	11	17.44	17.77	17.79
12.Anca Margareta Heltne	ROU	17.48m	21.	12	17.48	X	17.40
13.Natalia Duco	CHI	17.40m	22.	9	17.24	X	17.40
14.Kristin Heaston	USA	17.34m	23.	5	X	17.34	17.34
15.Eirini Chrysovalantou Terzoglou	GRE	16.50m	26.	7	16.08	16.14	16.50
16.Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	15.49m	32.	6	15.49	X	15.06
17.Miyoung Lee	KOR	15.10m	33.	3	14.76	X	15.10
-. Irache Quintanal	ESP	NM		17	X	X	X

Group B 16.08 09:10	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Lijiao Gong	CHN	19.46m	2.	6	19.46
2. Nadzeya Ostapchuk	BLR	19.08m	6.	16	19.08
3. Anna Omarova	RUS	18.74m	8.	9	18.26	X	18.74
4. Ling Li	CHN	18.60m	10.	1	18.60
5. Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.52m	11.	13	18.52
6. Michelle Carter	USA	18.49m	13.	15	18.49
7. Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TRT	17.96m	17.	3	17.96	17.32	17.57
8. Assunta Legnante	ITA	17.76m	19.	7	16.93	17.76	X
9. Yumileidi Cumba	CUB	17.60m	20.	14	X	17.60	X
10.Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.15m	24.	8	17.15	17.05	X
11.Irina Khudoroshkina	RUS	16.84m	25.	2	16.46	16.84	16.78
12.Ana Pouhila	TGA	16.42m	27.	10	16.21	16.42	16.35
13.Chia-Ying Lin	TPE	16.32m	28.	11	16.24	X	16.32
14.Guirong Zhang	SIN	16.23m	29.	12	X	16.23	16.08
15.Mariami Kevkhishvili-M.	GEO	15.99m	30.	4	X	15.99	X
16.Zara Northover	JAM	15.85m	31.	17	15.73	15.85	15.64
-. Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	NM		5	X	X	X