2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's shot put event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Valerie Adams  New Zealand
Silver	Zhang Ying  China
Bronze	Laura Gerraughty  United States

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.73	x	17.58	x	16.94	17.30	17.73
02 !	Zhang Ying	China	15.62	16.44	16.76	16.38	16.19	x	16.76
03 !	Laura Gerraughty	United States	16.56	x	16.62	x	x	16.28	16.62
4	Chiara Rosa	Italy	15.60	15.55	16.53	16.53	16.38	16.25	16.53
5	Tatyana Ilyushchenko	Belarus	15.34	x	15.95	16.05	16.18	15.45	16.18
6	Kristin Marten	Germany	x	15.80	16.07	x	x	15.91	16.07
7	Yuliya Leontyuk	Belarus	x	16.03	15.41	14.98	15.03	14.52	16.03
8	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	15.83	15.66	x	x	15.74	15.22	15.83
9	Claudia Villeneuve	France	15.33	15.03	15.55				15.55
10	Ursula Ruíz	Spain	14.96	x	14.59				14.96
11	Julia Wiechmann	Germany	13.97	14.90	14.80				14.90
12	Briona Reynolds	United States	14.58	x	14.86				14.86

Qualifications

19 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.17	-	-	17.17	Q
2	Laura Gerraughty	United States	17.08	-	-	17.08	Q
3	Kristin Marten	Germany	16.18	-	-	16.18	Q
4	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	15.63	-	-	15.63	Q
5	Tatyana Ilyushchenko	Belarus	15.60	-	-	15.60	Q
6	Chiara Rosa	Italy	14.40	15.49	-	15.49	Q
7	Zhang Ying	China	15.43	-	-	15.43	Q
8	Yuliya Leontyuk	Belarus	x	15.32	-	15.32	Q
9	Claudia Villeneuve	France	14.01	15.07	-	15.07	Q
10	Julia Wiechmann	Germany	14.47	15.02	-	15.02	Q
11	Briona Reynolds	United States	14.57	14.85	14.68	14.85	q
12	Ursula Ruíz	Spain	x	14.16	14.66	14.66	q
13	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	14.04	14.32	14.33	14.33
14	Hrisí Moisídou	Greece	13.76	14.05	13.46	14.05
15	Ahymará Espinoza	Venezuela	13.83	12.64	12.97	13.83
16	Ivana Baršic	Croatia	13.36	13.63	x	13.63
17	Mariam Kevkhishvili	Georgia	13.31	13.48	13.05	13.48
18	Denise Kemkers	Netherlands	13.33	12.39	13.13	13.33
19	Kaia Durrant-Nairne	Jamaica	10.46	x	x	10.46

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References