2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

Throwing in the morning preliminary round, seven women got the big Q on their first attempt by exceeding 19.10m. The finals were held later that same evening. Maggie Ewen got off a 19.51m on her first attempt. There throws later, defending champion Chase Ealey launched a 20.35m to announce her intent to hold onto her title. Only four women in this field had ever thrown that far. A couple of throwers later Danniel Thomas-Dodd tossed a 19.38 to grab third place. That lasted until the beginning of the second round when Indoor Champion Auriol Dongmo put out a 19.63m to move into second. Near the beginning of the third round, Sarah Mitton took over second place with a 19.90m. After establishing a new order, Olympic Champion Gong Lijiao threw 19.69m to advance to third place. Four throwers later, Dongmo also threw a 19.69m. With the 19.63m, Dongmo held the tiebreaker and was in third place. With her fifth round throw, Gong threw 19.67m to reverse the tiebreaker and take over third. Mitton then improved to 20.08m. Then Ealey launched another one. {{T&Fcalc|20.43}} for the win. Nobody was able to improve in the final round. Dongmo thought she had a throw that could get her a medal, but it was ruled foul. She protested and it was measured, but we will never what it was. The protest was denied.

Before the competition records were as follows:{{cite web |title=Shot Put Women − Records |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/shot-put/outdoor/women |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605231717/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/shot-put/outdoor/women |url-status=live }}

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.80 m.{{cite web |title=Qualification System and Entry Standards |url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf |url-status=live }}

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 19.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.{{Cite web |date=25 August 2023 |title=Start List Shot Put Women - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.SL2.pdf |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826101818/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.SL2.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=26 August 2023 |title=Results Shot Put Women - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.RS6.pdf |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828124649/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.RS6.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=26 August 2023 |title=Summary Shot Put Women - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.RS4.pdf |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826101815/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-q----.RS4.pdf |url-status=live }}

The final was started on 26 August at 20:17.{{cite web |date=26 August 2023 |title=Results Shot Put Women - Final |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827092843/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-W-f----.RS6.pdf |url-status=live }}

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