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Shot Put, Women

Date	30 July – 1 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Japan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	32 from 22 countries

The top two putters over the last decade had been Kiwi Valerie Adams and China’s Gong Lijiao. Adams had by far the better of the all-time marks, but those had been set years ago, and Gong had the better marks in 2021, and had won the World Championships in 2017 and 2019. Adams had two Olympic golds, from 2008 and 2012, and four World titles, consecutively from 2007-13. Gong had won silver at London in 2012 and bronze in Beijing in 2008, but sadly, neither came at the Games themselves as she was advanced to those medals later after doping disqualifications.

American Raven Saunders was the first thrower in the final and her 19.65 would have been good for the silver medal, although she improved it in round five with 19.79. Four throwers later, Gong recorded 19.95, which settled the competition for gold, although she would have three better marks – with 19.98 in round three, 20.53 in round five, and 20.58 in round six.

Adams rounded out the podium, throwing 19.62 in round three, giving her a fourth Olympic medal and a full set with two golds, a silver, and a bronze. Gong’s gold also completed her set of Olympic medals. Saunders stood out during the competition, competing in a mask in both qualifying and final, with her hair dyed green on the left side and purple on the right.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1472	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46 (1)	20.58 (1)	Gold
2	3888	Raven Saunders	USA	19.22 (3)	19.79 (2)	Silver
3	3096	Valerie Adams	NZL	18.83 (6)	19.62 (3)	Bronze
4	3226	Auriol Dongmo	POR	18.80 (8)	19.57 (4)
5	1483	Song Jiayuan	CHN	19.23 (2)	19.14 (5)
6	3100	Maddi Wesche	NZL	18.65 (11)	18.98 (6)
7	3556	Fanny Roos	SWE	19.01 (4)	18.91 (7)
8	2101	Sara Gambetta	GER	18.57 (12)	18.88 (8)
9	1231	Alena Dubitskaya	BLR	18.89 (5)	18.73 (9)
10	1470	Gao Yang	CHN	18.80 (7)	18.67 (10)
11	3623	Portious Warren	TTO	18.75 (9)	18.32 (11)
AC r2/2	3885	Jessica Ramsey	USA	18.75 (10)	– (NM)
13 r1/2	2519	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	JAM	18.37 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2138	Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.08 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2120	Katharina Maisch	GER	17.89 (15)	–
16 r1/2	3659	Emel Dereli	TUR	17.81 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2014	Sophie McKinna	GBR	17.81 (17)	–
18 r1/2	3165	Klaudia Kardasz	POL	17.76 (18)	–
19 r1/2	3000	Jessica Schilder	NED	17.74 (19)	–
20 r1/2	3825	Adelaide Aquilla	USA	17.68 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2268	Anita Márton	HUN	17.59 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2465	Lloydricia Cameron	JAM	17.43 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1780	María Belén Toimil	ESP	17.38 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1617	Markéta Červenková	CZE	17.33 (24)	–
25 r1/2	4003	Ahymará Espinoza	VEN	17.17 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3731	Olha Holodna	UKR	17.15 (26)	–
27 r1/2	3160	Paulina Guba	POL	16.98 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1401	Sarah Mitton	CAN	16.62 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2908	Dimitriana Bezede	MDA	16.55 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1284	Geisa Arcanjo	BRA	16.46 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2081	Sopo Shatirishvili	GEO	15.31 (31)	–
AC r1/2	1389	Brittany Crew	CAN	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	30 July 2021 — 19:23
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	1472	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46	–	Q
2	1483	Song Jiayuan	CHN	19.23	–	Q
3	3888	Raven Saunders	USA	19.22	–	Q
4	3556	Fanny Roos	SWE	19.01	–	Q
5	1231	Alena Dubitskaya	BLR	18.89	–	Q
6	3096	Valerie Adams	NZL	18.83	–	Q
7	1470	Gao Yang	CHN	18.80	18.51	Q
8	3226	Auriol Dongmo	POR	18.80	-	Q
9	3623	Portious Warren	TTO	18.75	18.23	q
10	3885	Jessica Ramsey	USA	18.75	x	q
11	3100	Maddi Wesche	NZL	18.65	–	q
12	2101	Sara Gambetta	GER	18.57	–	q
13	2519	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	JAM	18.37	–
14	2138	Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.08	–
15	2120	Katharina Maisch	GER	17.89	–
16	3659	Emel Dereli	TUR	17.81	17.69
17	2014	Sophie McKinna	GBR	17.81	17.60
18	3165	Klaudia Kardasz	POL	17.76	–
19	3000	Jessica Schilder	NED	17.74	–
20	3825	Adelaide Aquilla	USA	17.68	–
21	2268	Anita Márton	HUN	17.59	–
22	2465	Lloydricia Cameron	JAM	17.43	–
23	1780	María Belén Toimil	ESP	17.38	–
24	1617	Markéta Červenková	CZE	17.33	–
25	4003	Ahymará Espinoza	VEN	17.17	–
26	3731	Olha Holodna	UKR	17.15	–
27	3160	Paulina Guba	POL	16.98	–
28	1401	Sarah Mitton	CAN	16.62	–
29	2908	Dimitriana Bezede	MDA	16.55	–
30	1284	Geisa Arcanjo	BRA	16.46	–
31	2081	Sopo Shatirishvili	GEO	15.31	–
NM	1389	Brittany Crew	CAN	–	–

Group A

Date	30 July 2021 — 19:23

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	–	Raven Saunders	USA	19.22	–	x	19.22	-	Q
2	–	Fanny Roos	SWE	19.01	–	19.01	-	-	Q
3	–	Alena Dubitskaya	BLR	18.89	–	18.61	x	18.89	Q
4	–	Gao Yang	CHN	18.80	–	18.51	18.80	-	Q
5	–	Portious Warren	TTO	18.75	18.23	18.21	18.23	18.75	q
6	–	Jessica Ramsey	USA	18.75	x	x	x	18.75	q
7	–	Maddi Wesche	NZL	18.65	–	18.65	16.80	18.53	q
8	–	Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.08	–	17.51	17.72	18.08
9	–	Katharina Maisch	GER	17.89	–	16.92	17.89	17.72
10	–	Klaudia Kardasz	POL	17.76	–	x	17.29	17.76
11	–	Jessica Schilder	NED	17.74	–	16.69	17.74	16.82
12	–	Lloydricia Cameron	JAM	17.43	–	17.29	x	17.43
13	–	María Belén Toimil	ESP	17.38	–	x	x	17.38
14	–	Olha Holodna	UKR	17.15	–	16.07	17.15	17.08
15	–	Dimitriana Bezede	MDA	16.55	–	15.61	16.55	x
NM	–	Brittany Crew	CAN	–	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	30 July 2021 — 19:24

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	–	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46	–	19.46	-	-	Q
2	–	Song Jiayuan	CHN	19.23	–	x	19.23	-	Q
3	–	Valerie Adams	NZL	18.83	–	18.75	18.59	18.83	Q
4	–	Auriol Dongmo	POR	18.80	–	18.80	-	-	Q
5	–	Sara Gambetta	GER	18.57	–	x	18.57	17.35	q
6	–	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	JAM	18.37	–	x	18.37	18.24
7	–	Emel Dereli	TUR	17.81	–	x	17.81	17.69
8	–	Sophie McKinna	GBR	17.81	–	17.81	x	17.60
9	–	Adelaide Aquilla	USA	17.68	–	17.38	17.68	16.62
10	–	Anita Márton	HUN	17.59	–	17.42	17.59	x
11	–	Markéta Červenková	CZE	17.33	–	17.33	x	17.05
12	–	Ahymará Espinoza	VEN	17.17	–	17.17	16.74	16.50
13	–	Paulina Guba	POL	16.98	–	x	16.98	16.96
14	–	Sarah Mitton	CAN	16.62	–	16.62	x	x
15	–	Geisa Arcanjo	BRA	16.46	–	16.46	x	x
16	–	Sopo Shatirishvili	GEO	15.31	–	14.91	15.31	x

Final Round

Date	1 August 2021 — 10:36

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	5-8-8	Gong Lijiao	CHN	20.58	19.95	x	19.98	19.80	20.53	20.58
2	1-7-7	Raven Saunders	USA	19.79	19.65	x	19.62	19.49	19.79	x
3	3-6-6	Valerie Adams	NZL	19.62	18.62	19.49	19.62	x	x	18.76
4	4-5-5	Auriol Dongmo	POR	19.57	19.29	18.95	19.17	19.57	19.45	19.45
5	8-4-4	Song Jiayuan	CHN	19.14	18.11	19.14	18.74	x	x	18.26
6	10-3-3	Maddi Wesche	NZL	18.98	17.45	18.42	18.98	18.18	18.50	18.47
7	12-2-2	Fanny Roos	SWE	18.91	17.99	18.02	18.91	x	18.72	18.76
8	9-1-1	Sara Gambetta	GER	18.88	18.37	18.04	18.88	x	18.48	18.38
9	–	Alena Dubitskaya	BLR	18.73	17.76	18.57	18.73	–	–	–
10	–	Gao Yang	CHN	18.67	18.45	18.67	18.51	–	–	–
11	–	Portious Warren	TTO	18.32	18.01	18.01	18.32	–	–	–
NM	–	Jessica Ramsey	USA	–	x	x	x	–	–	–