2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 July.

Medalists

Gold	Alina Kenzel Germany
Silver	Song Jiayuan China
Bronze	Alyssa Wilson United States

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR)	20.54	Orimattila, Finland	1 July 1989
Championship Record	Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)	18.76	Lisbon, Portugal	21 July 1994
World Junior Leading	Alina Kenzel (GER)	17.48	Mannheim, Germany	25 June 2016

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 15.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Song Jiayuan	China	16.17			16.17	Q
2	B	Alina Kenzel	Germany	16.04			16.04	Q
3	A	Sarah Schmidt	Germany	15.18	15.69		15.69	Q
4	A	Anna Niedbała	Poland	15.67			15.67	Q
5	B	Elena Bruckner	United States	15.50			15.50	Q
6	B	Maja Ślepowrońska	Poland	15.37	15.26	x	15.37	q
7	A	Alyssa Wilson	United States	14.44	x	15.37	15.37	q
8	A	Michaela Walsh	Ireland	15.31	14.43	14.79	15.31	q, NU20R
9	A	Gavriella Fella	Cyprus	13.80	15.18	15.26	15.26	q
10	A	Chen Xiarong	China	15.22	x	15.04	15.22	q
11	A	María Fernanda Orozco	Mexico	15.08	14.89	14.87	15.08	q
12	A	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	14.28	14.65	14.01	14.65	q
13	B	Nanaka Kori	Japan	13.70	14.63	14.37	14.63
14	A	Jeong Yu-sun	South Korea	14.01	14.33	14.34	14.34
15	B	Janell Fullerton	Jamaica	14.33	x	x	14.33
16	B	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands	14.31	x	13.82	14.31
17	B	Jessica Molina	Ecuador	13.14	14.02	x	14.02
18	B	Marija Tolj	Croatia	13.87	14.00	13.58	14.00	NU20R
19	A	Eveliina Rouvali	Finland	13.74	13.95	x	13.95
20	A	Maddison-Lee Wesche	New Zealand	13.79	x	x	13.79
21	B	Chelsea James	Trinidad and Tobago	13.31	13.52	13.72	13.72
22	A	Patrícia Slošárová	Slovakia	13.30	13.65	x	13.65
23	B	Lada Cermanová	Czech Republic	13.36	13.61	12.95	13.61
24	B	Martina Carnevale	Italy	12.05	12.58	13.16	13.16
	B	Eucharia Ogbukwo	Nigeria				DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	Result	Note
	Alina Kenzel	Germany	16.91	16.66	17.58	x	17.58
	Song Jiayuan	China	15.77	15.93	16.36	16.14	16.36	PB
	Alyssa Wilson	United States	x	16.33	x	x	16.33
4	Sarah Schmidt	Germany	16.18	15.88	x	15.32	16.18
5	María Fernanda Orozco	Mexico	15.76	15.58	15.91	15.94	15.94
6	Maja Ślepowrońska	Poland	15.10	15.75	15.44	x	15.75	PB
7	Elena Bruckner	United States	x	15.73	x		15.73
8	Anna Niedbała	Poland	x	15.58	x		15.58
9	Chen Xiarong	China	15.11	x	x		15.11
10	Gavriella Fella	Cyprus	15.10	14.75	14.90		15.10
11	Michaela Walsh	Ireland	14.01	14.30	14.73		14.73
12	Jessica Schilder	Netherlands	14.34	14.15	13.82		14.34