* Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR disqualified from the competition for doping after retesting her samples from the 2005 World Championship. Results annulled from 13.08.05 to 12.08.07 and disqualified from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Banned for 4 years until 14.08.16. ** Svetlana Krivelyova RUS disqualified from the competition for doping after retesting her samples from the 2004 Olympics. Banned for 2 years from April 2013.
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Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. The athlete with the best result in the final was the winner of the World Championship. Event facts: Women's Shot put competition was held at the Olympic Stadium |
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