2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 2006 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		women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Melissa Boekelman  Netherlands
Silver	Denise Hinrichs  Germany
Bronze	Irina Tarasova  Russia

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	17.66	16.56	16.56	16.55	x	16.85	17.66
02 !	Denise Hinrichs	Germany	16.47	17.35	17.13	x	17.18	x	17.35
03 !	Irina Tarasova	Russia	15.57	17.05	17.11	17.11	16.31	x	17.11
4	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	15.99	16.09	16.82	15.63	16.23	16.95	16.95
5	Liu Yingpan	China	16.21	16.71	x	16.73	16.62	16.47	16.73
6	Li Li	China	16.34	x	16.11	16.17	16.18	x	16.34
7	Dani Samuels	Australia	14.50	15.71	15.48	15.27	15.44	15.12	15.71
8	Rocío Comba	Argentina	15.41	15.55	14.45	15.00	14.68	14.94	15.55
9	Irina Kirichenko	Russia	15.35	14.95	15.48				15.48
10	Annie Alexander	Trinidad and Tobago	15.48	15.05	13.33				15.48
11	Kelly Medeiros	Brazil	13.23	13.89	14.68				14.68
12	Natalia Ducó	Chile	13.90	14.19	14.38				14.38

Qualifications

15 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	16.47	-	-	16.47	Q
2	Irina Kirichenko	Russia	14.79	15.81	-	15.81	Q
3	Li Li	China	15.69	-	-	15.69	Q
4	Rocío Comba	Argentina	10.79	15.10	15.56	15.56	Q
5	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	15.46	-	-	15.46	Q
6	Kelly Medeiros	Brazil	14.89	14.73	15.23	15.23	q
7	Isabell von Loga	Germany	14.69	14.39	15.15	15.15
8	Tatsiana Varabei	Belarus	14.37	14.42	14.17	14.42
9	Jere Summers	United States	14.34	x	13.65	14.34
10	Johanna Pulkkinen	Finland	x	x	13.87	13.87
11	Elena Carini	Italy	13.12	13.78	13.85	13.85
12	Mateja Greguric	Croatia	x	13.61	13.73	13.73
13	Hung Pao-Chu	Chinese Taipei	x	13.15	13.63	13.63
14	Marina Vojinovic	Serbia	12.15	12.45	12.37	12.45

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Liu Yingpan	China	x	16.35	-	16.35	Q
2	Irina Tarasova	Russia	16.25	-	-	16.25	Q
3	Denise Hinrichs	Germany	16.10	-	-	16.10	Q
4	Dani Samuels	Australia	13.73	15.96	-	15.96	Q
5	Annie Alexander	Trinidad and Tobago	x	14.33	15.87	15.87	Q
6	Natalia Ducó	Chile	14.60	x	15.48	15.48	Q
7	Zhanna Samolyuk	Ukraine	15.17	14.90	15.08	15.17
8	Anita Márton	Hungary	14.87	12.46	14.59	14.87
9	Kamorean Hayes	United States	14.68	13.05	14.83	14.83
10	Alena Kopets	Belarus	x	14.77	12.39	14.77
11	Minnamari Kuossari	Finland	13.92	14.02	13.89	14.02
12	Kaitlyn Andrews	Canada	12.66	13.04	13.99	13.99
13	Oksana Kot	Uzbekistan	x	13.04	13.82	13.82
14	Florentia Kappa	Cyprus	13.78	13.62	13.21	13.78
15	Irais Estrada	Mexico	13.59	12.87	x	13.59

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References