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Shot Put, Women

Date	16 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	35 from 22 countries

At the 2007 World Championships, Valerie Vili (NZL) outdueled Belarusian Nadezhda Ostapchuk. They were back for Beijing and expected to repeat their battle. Also expected to contend was the 2006 European Champion, Ostapchuk’s teammate Natalya Mikhnevich. In the opening round, Vili struck first with 20.56 (67-5½), a new PR for her. And that would win the gold medal. Mikhnevich answered in round two with her best mark, 20.28 (66-6½), but that was only good for the silver. Ostapchuk struggled early and barely qualified for the final three throws. In round five, she got off 19.86 (65-2), good for the bronze medal. Vili did not quit after her opening winner, posting an excellent series with 20.40 (66-11¼) in round two, 20.26 (66-5¾) in round three, and 20.52 (67-4) in round five.

That was how the event and the results seemed to have ended. In 2015, however, the IOC began re-testing samples from the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics, using newer, more advanced testing techniques, in an effort to find those who had used performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), but in whom it could not be detected at the time of those Olympics. This was one of the many events affected.

The silver and bronze medals had initially gone to Belarussians Nataliya Mikhnevich and Nadezhda Ostapchuk, respectively. In November 2016 Khoronenko was disqualified for a positive re-test for methandienone and stanozolol, while in January 2017 Ostapchuk was disqualified for a positive re-test for turinabol (dehydrochloromethyltestosterone) and tamoxifen. The medals were re-assigned to Misleydis González (CUB / silver) and Gong Lijiao (CHN / bronze). Ostapchuk was also disqualified from the 2012 Olympics, testing positive during the Games, after seemingly winning a gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2545	Valerie Vili	NZL	19.73 (1)	20.56 (1)	Gold
2	1467	Misleydis González	CUB	18.91 (5)	19.50 (2)	Silver
3	1340	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46 (2)	19.20 (3)	Bronze
4	2838	Anna Omarova	RUS	18.74 (6)	19.08 (4)
5	1907	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.52 (9)	19.01 (5)
6	1341	Li Meiju	CHN	19.18 (3)	19.00 (6)
7	2819	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.46 (13)	18.44 (7)
8	1456	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.47 (12)	18.28 (8)
9	1901	Christina Schwanitz	GER	19.09 (4)	18.27 (9)
10	3144	Jill Camarena	USA	18.51 (10)	18.24 (10)
11	2080	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.74 (7)	18.22 (11)
12	1347	Li Ling	CHN	18.60 (8)	17.94 (12)
13	3273	Michelle Carter	USA	18.49 (11)	17.74 (13)
14 r1/2	1906	Denise Hinrichs	GER	18.36 (14)	–
15 r1/2	3009	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TTO	17.96 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1169	Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk	BLR	17.79 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2076	Assunta Legnante	ITA	17.76 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1473	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	17.60 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2715	Anca Heltne	ROU	17.48 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1324	Natalia Ducó	CHI	17.40 (20)	–
21 r1/2	3181	Kristin Heaston	USA	17.34 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2517	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.15 (22)	–
23 r1/2	2841	Irina Khudoroshkina	RUS	16.84 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1947	Eirini Terzoglou	GRE	16.50 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2977	Ana Po'uhila	TGA	16.42 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3002	Lin Chia-Ying	TPE	16.32 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2866	Zhang Guirong	SGP	16.23 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1855	Marie Kevkhishvili	GEO	15.99 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2143	Zara Northover	JAM	15.85 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2234	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	15.49 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2309	Lee Mi-Yeong	KOR	15.10 (31)	–
AC r1/2	1602	Irache Quintanal	ESP	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2577	Krystyna Zabawska	POL	– (NM)	–
DQ	1176	Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	[19.11] (DQ)	[20.28] (DQ)		1
DQ	1168	Nadzeya Astapchuk	BLR	[19.08] (DQ)	[19.86] (DQ)		2

Qualifying Round (16 August 2008)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.45 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Valerie Vili	NZL	19.73	Q
2	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46	Q
3	Li Meiju	CHN	19.18	Q
4	Christina Schwanitz	GER	19.09	Q
5	Misleydis González	CUB	18.91	Q
6	Anna Omarova	RUS	18.74	Q
7	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.74	Q
8	Li Ling	CHN	18.60	Q
9	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.52	Q
10	Jill Camarena	USA	18.51	Q
11	Michelle Carter	USA	18.49	Q
12	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.47	Q
13	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.46	Q
14	Denise Hinrichs	GER	18.36
15	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TTO	17.96
16	Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk	BLR	17.79
17	Assunta Legnante	ITA	17.76
18	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	17.60
19	Anca Heltne	ROU	17.48
20	Natalia Ducó	CHI	17.40
21	Kristin Heaston	USA	17.34
22	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.15
23	Irina Khudoroshkina	RUS	16.84
24	Eirini Terzoglou	GRE	16.50
25	Ana Po'uhila	TGA	16.42
26	Lin Chia-Ying	TPE	16.32
27	Zhang Guirong	SGP	16.23
28	Marie Kevkhishvili	GEO	15.99
29	Zara Northover	JAM	15.85
30	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	15.49
31	Lee Mi-Yeong	KOR	15.10
NM	Irache Quintanal	ESP	–
NM	Krystyna Zabawska	POL	–
DQ	Nadzeya Astapchuk	BLR	[19.08]	Q	3
DQ	Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	[19.11]	Q	4

Qualifying Round, Group A (16 August 2008 — 9:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	15	Valerie Vili	NZL	19.73	19.73	–	–	Q
2	2	Li Meiju	CHN	19.18	19.18	–	–	Q
3	14	Christina Schwanitz	GER	19.09	×	17.97	19.09	Q
4	8	Misleydis González	CUB	18.91	18.42	18.91	–	Q
5	10	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.74	18.74	–	–	Q
6	13	Jill Camarena	USA	18.51	18.15	18.32	18.51	Q
7	18	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.47	18.47	–	–	Q
8	16	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.46	17.69	18.27	18.46	Q
9	1	Denise Hinrichs	GER	18.36	18.36	18.27	×
10	11	Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk	BLR	17.79	17.44	17.77	17.79
11	12	Anca Heltne	ROU	17.48	17.48	×	17.40
12	9	Natalia Ducó	CHI	17.40	17.24	×	17.40
13	5	Kristin Heaston	USA	17.34	×	17.34	17.34
14	7	Eirini Terzoglou	GRE	16.50	16.08	16.14	16.50
15	6	Iolanta Ulyeva	KAZ	15.49	15.49	×	15.06
16	3	Lee Mi-Yeong	KOR	15.10	14.76	×	15.10
NM	17	Irache Quintanal	ESP	–	×	×	×
DQ	4	Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	[19.11]	[19.11]	–	–	Q	5

Qualifying Round, Group B (16 August 2008 — 9:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	6	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.46	19.46	–	–	Q
2	9	Anna Omarova	RUS	18.74	18.26	×	18.74	Q
3	1	Li Ling	CHN	18.60	18.60	–	–	Q
4	13	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.52	18.52	–	–	Q
5	15	Michelle Carter	USA	18.49	18.49	–	–	Q
6	3	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TTO	17.96	17.96	17.32	17.57
7	7	Assunta Legnante	ITA	17.76	16.93	17.76	×
8	14	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	17.60	×	17.60	×
9	8	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.15	17.15	17.05	×
10	2	Irina Khudoroshkina	RUS	16.84	16.46	16.84	16.78
11	10	Ana Po'uhila	TGA	16.42	16.21	16.42	16.35
12	11	Lin Chia-Ying	TPE	16.32	16.24	×	16.32
13	12	Zhang Guirong	SGP	16.23	×	16.23	16.08
14	4	Marie Kevkhishvili	GEO	15.99	×	15.99	×
15	17	Zara Northover	JAM	15.85	15.73	15.85	15.64
NM	5	Krystyna Zabawska	POL	–	×	×	×
DQ	16	Nadzeya Astapchuk	BLR	[19.08]	[19.08]	–	–	Q	6

Final Round (16 August 2008 — 21:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	4/8/8	Valerie Vili	NZL	20.56	20.56	20.40	20.26	20.01	20.52	–
2	15/6/5	Misleydis González	CUB	19.50	19.30	×	19.01	19.23	19.50	×
3	5/2/3	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.20	18.45	18.75	18.90	18.92	19.04	19.20
4	13/5/4	Anna Omarova	RUS	19.08	19.08	18.21	×	×	×	18.76
5	11/4/2	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.01	18.30	18.68	19.01	18.99	×	18.81
6	8/3/1	Li Meiju	CHN	19.00	18.68	18.99	18.74	×	18.85	19.00
7	2	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.44	17.96	×	18.44	–	–	–
8	3	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.28	18.28	17.88	17.74	–	–	–
9	1	Christina Schwanitz	GER	18.27	×	17.96	18.27	–	–	–
10	9	Jill Camarena	USA	18.24	18.09	18.24	17.44	–	–	–
11	12	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.22	18.22	17.98	×	–	–	–
12	6	Li Ling	CHN	17.94	17.94	×	17.81	–	–	–
13	7	Michelle Carter	USA	17.74	16.97	17.65	17.74	–	–	–
DQ	14/1/6	Nadzeya Astapchuk	BLR	[19.86]	[x]	[18.69]	[18.36]	[x]	[19.86]	[19.36]	7
DQ	10/7/7	Natallia Mikhnevich	BLR	[20.28]	[19.16]	[20.28]	[19.87]	[19.82]	[19.94]	[20.10]	8