1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's shot put event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Song Feina  China
Silver	Nadine Beckel  Germany
Bronze	Yelena Ivanenko  Belarus

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Song Feina	China	16.12	15.90	x	16.58	x	x	16.58
	Nadine Beckel	Germany	x	16.11	15.03	x	16.38	16.39	16.39
	Yelena Ivanenko	Belarus	15.39	15.67	16.22	x	x	x	16.22
4	Bai Damei	China	16.02	16.06	16.03	16.01	x	x	16.06
5	Sofia Orfaniotou	Greece	14.46	15.18	15.50	14.47	x	x	15.50
6	Oksana Chibisova	Russia	15.13	15.20	15.20	14.66	15.21	x	15.21
7	Claudia Venghaus	Germany	14.91	15.16	14.96	x	x	14.69	15.16
8	Seilala Sua	United States	15.00	15.03	14.64	x	14.75	15.04	15.04
9	Mari Wahlman	Finland	14.44	14.03	14.82				14.82
10	Jo Jin-Suk	South Korea	14.67	14.21	14.09				14.67
11	Lisa Patterson	Australia	13.98	13.79	14.45				14.45
12	Noria Nesnas	France	14.17	x	14.03				14.17

22 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bai Damei	China	15.88	-	-	15.88	Q
2	Nadine Beckel	Germany	13.72	15.70	-	15.70	Q
3	Song Feina	China	15.54	-	-	15.54	Q
4	Yelena Ivanenko	Belarus	14.81	14.68	15.14	15.14	Q
5	Seilala Sua	United States	15.03	-	-	15.03	Q
6	Sofia Orfaniotou	Greece	15.01	-	-	15.01	Q
7	Oksana Chibisova	Russia	14.34	14.22	14.91	14.91	q
8	Claudia Venghaus	Germany	14.73	14.75	x	14.75	q
9	Lisa Patterson	Australia	14.05	14.24	14.43	14.43	q
10	Jo Jin-Suk	South Korea	13.70	13.91	14.40	14.40	q
11	Mari Wahlman	Finland	12.83	13.97	14.26	14.26	q
12	Noria Nesnas	France	13.85	x	13.84	13.85	q
13	Assunta Legnante	Italy	x	13.44	13.09	13.44
14	Doris Thompson	Bahamas	x	x	13.14	13.14
15	Siniva Marsters	Cook Islands	8.69	x	8.52	8.69

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.