World Rankings — Women’s Shot

Michelle Carter is one of only two Americans ever to reach No. 1

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1956 1957 1...... Tamara Tyshkevich () 1...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 2...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 2...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 3...... Val Young (New Zealand) 4...... (West ) 4...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 5...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 5...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6...... Val Young (New Zealand) 6...... (Soviet Union) 7...... (US) 7...... Marianne Werner () 8...... Johanna Hübner () 8...Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 9...... Nada Kotlušek (Yugoslavia) 9...... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10...Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 10...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1958 1962 1...... Earlene Brown (US) 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 2...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 3...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 4.....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 5...... Marianne Werner (West Germany) 5...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 6...... Val Young (New Zealand) 6...... Val Young (New Zealand) 7...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 7...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 8...... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 8...... (East Germany) 9...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9...... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 10...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 2...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 3...... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 3...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 4...... Val Young (New Zealand) 4...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 5...... Earlene Brown (US) 5...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6...... Judit Bognár (Hungary) 7...... Lyubov Sivtsova (Soviet Union) 7..... Lyudmilla Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 8...... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 8...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 9...... Marianne Werner (West Germany) 9...... Val Young (New Zealand) 10.....Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 1960 1964 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 2...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 3...... Earlene Brown (US) 3...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4...... Val Young (New Zealand) 4...... Val Young (New Zealand) 5...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 6...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 6...... (Soviet Union) 7...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 7...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 8.....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 8...... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 9...... Nancy McCredie () 10.... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 1961 1965 1...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4...... Val Young (New Zealand) 4...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 5.....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 5...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 6...... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 6...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 7...... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 7...... (East Germany) 8...... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8...... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9...... Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 10...... Sigrun Grabert (West Germany) 10...... Hsiehyung Chung ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1966 1970 1...... Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 3...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 4...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 4...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 5...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5...... Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 6...... Val Young (New Zealand) 6...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 7...... Maria Chorbova () 7...... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8...... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8...... (Bulgaria) 9...... Gertrud Schäfer (West Germany) 9...... Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 10...... Hsiehyung Chung (China) 10...... Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 1967 1971 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 2...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 3...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 4...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 4...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 5...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 6...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6...... Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 7...... Judit Bognár (Hungary) 7...... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8...... Maria Chorbova (Bulgaria) 8...... (East Germany) 9...... Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 9...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 10...... Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 10...... (Soviet Union) 1968 1972 1...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 2...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4...... Judit Bognár (Hungary) 4.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 5...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 5...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 6...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 6...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 7...... Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 7. Helena Fibingerová () 8...... Els van Noorduyn (Netherlands) 8...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 9...... Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 9...... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 10...... Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 10...... Raisa Taranda (Soviet Union) 1969 1973 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2...... Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 2....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 3.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 4...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5...... Renate Boy (East Germany) 5...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 6...... Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 6...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 7...... Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 7...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8...... Els van Noorduyn (Netherlands) 8...... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 9...... Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 9...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 10...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Ludwika Chewińska ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1974 1978 1...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2.. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 5...... Marita Lange (East Germany) 5...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 6...... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 6.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 7...... Ludwika Chewińska (Poland) 7...... (West Germany) 8...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 9...... Ivanka Petrova (Bulgaria) 10...... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Tamara Bufetova (Soviet Union) 1975 1979 1...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 3...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Brunhild Loewe (East Germany) 5...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 6...... Ivanka Petrova (Bulgaria) 7...... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 7..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 8...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 8.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 9...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 9...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 10...... Birgit Haarnagel (East Germany) 10...... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 1976 1980 1...... Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 3...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 4...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 5...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 5...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 6...... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 7...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 7...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 8...... Eva Wilms (West Germany) 8...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9...... Natalia Nosyenko (Soviet Union) 9...... (Soviet Union) 10...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 10...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 1977 1981 1. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Eva Wilms (West Germany) 3...... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 4...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 5.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 5...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 6...... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 6...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 7...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 7...... Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 8..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 8...... Maria Sarria () 9...... Vera Tsapkalenko (Soviet Union) 9.... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 10...... Tamara Bufetova (Soviet Union) 10...... Vera Tsapkalenko (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1982 1986 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 1...... (Soviet Union) 2....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 3...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 3...... Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 4...... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 4...... Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Liane Schmuhl (East Germany) 5...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 6...... Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 6...... (East Germany) 7...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 7...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 8..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 8...... Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 9...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 9....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 10...... Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) 1983 1987 1....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2...... (East Germany) 3..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 3...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 4...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 4...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 5...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 5...... Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 6...... Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7...... Liane Schmuhl (East Germany) 7...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 8...... Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 8...... Meisu Li (China) 9...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 9....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Maria Sarria (Cuba) 10...... Grit Hammer (East Germany) 1984 1988 1...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 1...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) 3....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Meisu Li (China) 4...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 4...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 5...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 5...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 6..... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 6...... Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7...... Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 7...... Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 8...... (Soviet Union) 9...... Maria Sarria (Cuba) 9... Valentina Fedyushina (Soviet Union) 10...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 10...... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 1985 1989 1...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 1...... Zhihong Huang (China) 2....Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 3...... Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 3...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 4...... Ines Müller (East Germany) 4...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 5...... Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 5..... (East Germany) 6...... Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6...... Grit Hammer (East Germany) 7...... Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 7...... Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 8...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 8...... (West Germany) 9...... Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 9...... Christa Wiese (East Germany) 10... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 10...... Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1990 1994 1.....Astrid Kumbernuss (East Germany) 1...... Xinmei Sui (China) 2...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Zhihong Huang (China) 3...... Xinmei Sui (China) 3...... Liuhong Zhang (China) 4...... Zhihong Huang (China) 4...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 5...... Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) 5...... () 6...... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 6...... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 7...... Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 8...... Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) 8...... Larisa Peleshenko () 9...... Stephanie Storp (West Germany) 9...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 10...... Grit Hammer (East Germany) 10...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 1991 1995 1...... Zhihong Huang (China) 1...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 3...... (Soviet Union) 3...... Zhihong Huang (China) 4...... Claudia Losch (Germany) 4...... Xinmei Sui (China) 5...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 5...... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 6...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 6...... Connie Price-Smith (US) 7...... Tianhua Zhou (China) 7...... Liuhong Zhang (China) 8...... Marina Antonyuk (Soviet Union) 8...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 9...... (Cuba) 9...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 10...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 10...... (US) 1992 1996 1...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 1...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...... Zhihong Huang (China) 2...... Xinmei Sui (China) 3...... Belsy Laza (Cuba) 3...... (Russia) 4...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 4...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 5...... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 5...... Connie Price-Smith (US) 6...... Tianhua Zhou (China) 6...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 7...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 7...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 8...... Natalya Lisovskaya (Russia) 8...... (Russia) 9...... Anna Romanova (Russia) 9...... Anna Romanova (Russia) 10...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 10...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 1993 1997 1...... Zhihong Huang (China) 1...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 2...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 3...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 3...... Zhihong Huang (China) 4...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 4...... Stephanie Storp (Germany) 5...... Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 5...... Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 6...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 6...... Connie Price-Smith (US) 7...... Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 7...... Meisu Li (China) 8...... Anna Romanova (Russia) 8...... (Germany) 9...... Xinmei Sui (China) 9...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 10...... Yuzhen Cong (China) 10...... Judy Oakes (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1998 2002 1...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 1...... Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 2...... Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 2...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 3...... Connie Price-Smith (US) 3...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 4...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 4...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 5. Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk () 5...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 6...... Corrie de Bruin (Netherlands) 6...... Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 7...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 7...... (US) 8...... Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 8...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 9...... Katarzyna Żakowicz (Poland) 9...... Meiju Li (China) 10...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 10...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 1999 2003 1...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 1...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 2...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 2...... Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 3...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 3...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 4...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 4...... Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 5. Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 5...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 6...... Valentina Fedyushina () 6...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 7...... Connie Price-Smith (US) 7...... (New Zealand) 8...... Teri Steer (US) 8...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 9...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 9...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 10...... Xiaoyan Cheng (China) 10..... Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 2000 2004 1...... Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 1...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 2...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 3. Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 3...... Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 4...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 4...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 5...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 5...... (Belarus) 6...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 6...... Misleydis González (Cuba) 7...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 7...... Meiju Li (China) 8...... Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 8...... Lieja Tunks (Netherlands) 9...... Kalliopi Ouzoúni () 9...... (Trinidad) 10...... Lieja Tunks (Netherlands) 10...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2001 2005 1...... Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2. Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 2...... (Russia) 3...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 3...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 4...... Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 4...... Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 5...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 6...... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 6...... (Germany) 7...... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 7...... Meiju Li (China) 8...... Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 8...... Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 9...... Lyudmila Sechko (Russia) 9...... (Germany) 10...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 10...... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 2006 2010¶ 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...... Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 2...... (Russia) 3...... Olga Ryabinkina (Russia) 3...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 4...... Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 4...... Lijiao Gong (China) 5...... Petra Lammert (Germany) 5...... Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 6...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 6...... Misleydis González (Cuba) 7...... () 7..Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 8...... Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 8...... Petra Lammert (Germany) 9...... Ling Li (China) 9...... Cleopatra Borel-Brown (Trinidad) 10...... Irina Khudoroshkina (Russia) 10...... Michelle Carter (US) 2007¶ 2011¶ 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 2...... Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 3...... Petra Lammert (Germany) 3...... Lijiao Gong (China) 4...... Ling Li (China) 4...... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 5...... Meiju Li (China) 5...... (Russia) 6...... Lijiao Gong (China) 6...... Ling Li (China) 7...... (Russia) 7...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 8...... (Italy) 8...... Michelle Carter (US) 9...... Assunta Legnante (Italy) 9...... Anna Avdeyeva (Russia) 10...... Irina Khudoroshkina (Russia) 10...... Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 2008¶ 2012¶ 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...... Misleydis González (Cuba) 2...... Lijao Gong (China) 3...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 3...... Jill Camarena-Williams (USA) 4...... Lijiao Gong (China) 4...... Michelle Carter (USA) 5...... Anna Omarova (Russia) 5...... Ling Li (China) 6...... Meiju Li (China) 6...... Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 7...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 7...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 8...... Olga Ivanova (Russia) 8...... Xiangrong Liu (China) 9...... Mailín Vargas (Cuba) 9...... (Russia) 10...... Chiara Rosa (Italy) 10...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 2009¶ 2013¶ 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...... Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 2...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 3...... Lijiao Gong (China) 3...... Lijiao Gong (China) 4...... Anna Avdeyeva (Russia) 4...... Michelle Carter (US) 5...... Michelle Carter (US) 5...... Irina Tarasova (Russia) 6...... Misleydis González (Cuba) 6...... Tia Brooks (US) 7...... Denise Hinrichs (Germany) 7...... Xiangrong Liu (China) 8...... Meiju Li (China) 8...... Ling Li (China) 9...... Mailín Vargas (Cuba) 9...... Alena Abramchuk (Belarus) 10...... Petra Lammert (Germany) 10...... Halyna Turchyn (Ukraine)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 2014 2017 1...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 1...... Lijiao Gong (China) 2...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 2...... Anita Márton (Hungary) 3...... Lijiao Gong (China) 3...... Michelle Carter (US) 4...... Michelle Carter (US) 4...... Yulia Leantsiuk (Belarus) 5...... Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) 5...... Dani Hill (US) 6...... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 6...... Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) 7...... Anita Márton (Hungary) 7...... (US) 8...... Yulia Leantsiuk (Belarus) 8...... Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 9...... Felisha Johnson (US) 9...... (Canada) 10...... Halyna Turchyn (Ukraine) 10...... Yang Gao (China) 2015 2018 1...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 1...... Lijiao Gong (China) 2...... Lijiao Gong (China) 2...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 3...... Michelle Carter (US) 3...... Raven Saunders (US) 4...... Anita Márton (Hungary) 4...... (Poland) 5...... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 5...... Anita Márton (Hungary) 6...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 6...... Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) 7...... Brittany Smith (US) 7...... Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 8...... Tia Brooks (US) 8...... Maggie Ewen (US) 9...... Yang Gao (China) 9...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 10...... Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 10...... Yang Gao (China) 2016 2019 1...... Michelle Carter (US) 1...... Lijiao Gong (China) 2...... Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...... Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) 3...... Anita Márton (Hungary) 3...... (US) 4...... Lijiao Gong (China) 4...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 5...... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 5...... Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 6...... Tia Brooks (US) 6...... Maggie Ewen (US) 7...... Raven Saunders (US) 7...... Brittany Crew (Canada) 8...... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 8...... Fanny Roos () 9...... Brittany Smith (US) 9...... (US) 10...... Felisha Johnson (US) 10...... Anita Márton (Hungary)

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