1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

1998 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
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
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
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The women's shot put event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 30 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Nadezhda Ostapchuk  Belarus
Silver	China
Bronze	Germany

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	16.24	16.10	16.02	x	17.45	18.23	18.23
		China	16.61	17.20	16.29	16.62	x	17.69	17.69
		Germany	16.44	16.49	x	16.67	x	16.94	16.94
4		Romania	15.93	15.24	15.85	15.78	15.22	15.60	15.93
5		Germany	13.46	15.31	15.60	15.47	15.23	15.82	15.82
6	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	x	14.86	14.81	14.98	x	15.24	15.24
7		Finland	15.13	15.16	14.73	14.74	14.62	15.07	15.16
8		Japan	15.05	13.70	14.07	14.72	14.33	14.83	15.05
9		Romania	14.70	x	14.69				14.70
10		United States	14.54	14.27	14.03				14.54
11	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	14.41	14.18	14.36				14.41
12		Uzbekistan	13.97	14.23	13.72				14.23

Qualifications[]

30 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	16.80	-	-	16.80	Q
2		Germany	16.07	-	-	16.07	Q
3		Finland	15.01	14.25	15.72	15.72	Q
4	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.42	14.55	x	15.42	q
5		Romania	14.87	14.44	15.32	15.32	q
6		Japan	14.77	14.26	14.11	14.77	q
7		Uzbekistan	13.82	14.61	13.75	14.61	q
8		Australia	13.89	x	14.17	14.17
9	Julie Dunkley	United Kingdom	x	13.71	13.82	13.82
10		United States	12.77	13.52	13.57	13.57
11		France	x	x	12.85	12.85

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		China	15.85	-	-	15.85	Q
2		Germany	15.46	15.56	-	15.56	Q
3		Romania	15.08	14.98	15.24	15.24	q
4	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	x	15.13	14.82	15.13	q
5		United States	14.61	14.24	14.21	14.61	q
6		Russia	13.33	14.50	13.24	14.50
7		Croatia	13.64	14.44	14.13	14.44
8		Slovenia	13.27	14.32	13.95	14.32
9	Iríni Terzóglou	Greece	13.98	14.05	14.27	14.27
10		Australia	13.87	x	13.89	13.89
11		Spain	x	12.86	13.88	13.88

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References[]