2020 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Women
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 31 to August 2, 2020

The competition in the shot put women at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place from July 31 to August 2 in the newly built Olympic Stadium instead.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Michelle Carter ( United States )	20.63 m	Rio de Janeiro 2016
world champion	Gong Lijiao ( People's Republic of China )	19.55 m	Doha 2019
European champion	Paulina Guba ( Poland )	19.33 m	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Magdalyn Ewen ( United States )	18.22 m	Toronto 2018
South America Champion	Ahymara Espinoza ( Venezuela )	17.44 m	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Gong Lijiao ( People's Republic of China )	19.18 m	Doha 2019
African champion
Oceania champion	Madison-Lee Wesche ( New Zealand )	18.04	Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record	Natalja Lisovskaya ( Soviet Union )	22.63 m	Moscow , Soviet Union (now Russia )	June 7, 1987
Olympic record	Ilona Slupianek ( GDR )	22.41 m	Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	July 24, 1980

Web links

• Athletics on the Tokyo 2020 official homepage