2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

At the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Valerie Vili won the women's shot put event with a mark of 20.19 metres.^[1]

Gold
	Valerie Vili [1]	New Zealand
Silver
	Li Meiju [1]	China
Bronze
	Misleydis González [1]	Cuba

18.45 meters or at least best 8 is required to qualify for the final round.^[2]

Pos	Athlete	Country	Mark	Q	Attempts
					1	2	3
1	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	19.72 AR	Q	19.72
2	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	18.97	Q	18.97
3	Anna Omarova	Russia	18.58	Q	X	18.58
4	Li Meiju	China	18.55 SB	Q	18.55
DQ	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus	18.46	Q, doping	X	18.46
5	Chiara Rosa	Italy	18.38	q	18.19	17.86	18.38
6	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	18.34 SB	q	18.20	X	18.34
7	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.32 SB	q	18.32	18.15	18.01
8	Denise Hinrichs	Germany	18.25		X	18.14	18.25
9	Assunta Legnante	Italy	18.24		18.24	X	X
10	Abigail Ruston	United States	17.79		17.42	17.79	X
11	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	17.79		17.19	17.79	X
12	Li Ling	China	17.76		17.35	17.76	17.29
13	Jillian Camarena	United States	17.66		16.41	17.66	17.53
14	Helena Engman	Sweden	16.79		16.79	X	X
15	Lin Chia-Ying	Chinese Taipei	15.77		13.96	X	15.77
	Anca Heltne	Romania	DNS

^[2]

Pos	Athlete	Country	Mark	Attempts
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	20.19 AR	20.19	X	20.07	19.68	X	19.89
DQ	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus	19.74	19.67	19.60	19.74	X	X	X
	Li Meiju	China	19.09 PB	18.25	18.28	18.62	X	X	19.09
	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.75 PB	18.48	18.43	18.75	X	18.59	18.02
4	Chiara Rosa	Italy	18.68 PB	18.68	18.43	X	18.38	X	X
5	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	18.55	18.54	18.04	18.55	X	17.93	18.21
6	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	18.47 SB	18.09	17.56	17.49	18.27	18.47	X
7	Anna Omarova	Russia	17.75	17.07	17.13	17.75	X	X	X

^[1]