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

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
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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
	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	17.66	16.56	16.56	16.55	x	16.85	17.66
	Denise Hinrichs	Germany	16.47	17.35	17.13	x	17.18	x	17.35
	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		China	16.21	16.71	x	16.73	16.62	16.47	16.73
6		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		Russia	15.35	14.95	15.48				15.48
10		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		Russia	14.79	15.81	-	15.81	Q
3		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		Germany	14.69	14.39	15.15	15.15
8		Belarus	14.37	14.42	14.17	14.42
9		United States	14.34	x	13.65	14.34
10		Finland	x	x	13.87	13.87
11		Italy	13.12	13.78	13.85	13.85
12		Croatia	x	13.61	13.73	13.73
13		Chinese Taipei	x	13.15	13.63	13.63
14		Serbia	12.15	12.45	12.37	12.45

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		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		Trinidad and Tobago	x	14.33	15.87	15.87	Q
6	Natalia Ducó	Chile	14.60	x	15.48	15.48	Q
7		Ukraine	15.17	14.90	15.08	15.17
8	Anita Márton	Hungary	14.87	12.46	14.59	14.87
9		United States	14.68	13.05	14.83	14.83
10	Alena Kopets	Belarus	x	14.77	12.39	14.77
11		Finland	13.92	14.02	13.89	14.02
12		Canada	12.66	13.04	13.99	13.99
13		Uzbekistan	x	13.04	13.82	13.82
14		Cyprus	13.78	13.62	13.21	13.78
15		Mexico	13.59	12.87	x	13.59

Participation[]

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

References[]