Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 27–28 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	Valerie Vili New Zealand	Veronica Abrahamse South Africa

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 16.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.63			17.63	Q, NR
2	B	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	17.13			17.13	Q
3	A	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	16.14	16.04	16.90	16.90	Q, NR
4	B	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.44	15.14	16.48	16.48	q
5	A	Myrtle Augee	England	15.93	15.74	16.32	16.32	q
6	B	Joanne Duncan	England	15.53	16.00	15.66	16.00	q
7	A	Julie Dunkley	England	15.59	15.72	15.80	15.80	q
8	B	Michelle Haage	Australia	15.42	15.27	x	15.42	q
9	B	Ana Po'Uhila	Tonga	15.04	14.91	15.25	15.25	q, SB
10	B	Candice Scott	Trinidad and Tobago	14.88	15.05	15.18	15.18	q
11	A	Tina Akowe	Nigeria	15.03	14.43	14.74	15.03	q
12	B	Eleni Teloni	Cyprus	14.58	14.61	14.81	14.81	q
13	B	Mellisa Gibbons	Jamaica	14.76	14.65	14.15	14.76
14	A	Olympia Menelaou	Cyprus	x	14.34	14.38	14.38
15	A	Eva Massey	Northern Ireland	x	13.81	14.27	14.27
16	A	Zeenat Parveen	Pakistan	11.70	11.70	11.92	11.92

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	17.09	17.53	17.09	x	17.48	x	17.53
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	16.87	x	17.45	17.23	17.16	17.13	17.45
	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.32	16.77	16.58	16.37	16.19	16.19	16.77
4	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	16.20	x	15.34	x	16.27	x	16.27
5	Myrtle Augee	England	15.49	16.05	x	x	15.18	15.64	16.05
6	Joanne Duncan	England	14.44	15.70	15.34	15.84	15.76	15.99	15.99
7	Julie Dunkley	England	15.26	x	15.62	15.81	x	x	15.81
8	Candice Scott	Trinidad and Tobago	15.33	15.14	x	14.90	x	15.10	15.33
9	Tina Akowe	Nigeria	15.23	14.52	x				15.23
10	Ana Po'Uhila	Tonga	14.99	15.09	14.61				15.09
11	Michelle Haage	Australia	x	14.83	x				14.83
12	Eleni Teloni	Cyprus	13.88	13.60	13.67				13.88

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC