2002 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
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's shot put event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Valerie Adams  New Zealand
Silver	Zhang Ying  China
Bronze	Laura Gerraughty  United States

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.73	x	17.58	x	16.94	17.30	17.73
	Zhang Ying	China	15.62	16.44	16.76	16.38	16.19	x	16.76
	Laura Gerraughty	United States	16.56	x	16.62	x	x	16.28	16.62
4	Chiara Rosa	Italy	15.60	15.55	16.53	16.53	16.38	16.25	16.53
5	Tatyana Ilyushchenko	Belarus	15.34	x	15.95	16.05	16.18	15.45	16.18
6	Kristin Marten	Germany	x	15.80	16.07	x	x	15.91	16.07
7	Yuliya Leontyuk	Belarus	x	16.03	15.41	14.98	15.03	14.52	16.03
8	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	15.83	15.66	x	x	15.74	15.22	15.83
9	Claudia Villeneuve	France	15.33	15.03	15.55				15.55
10	Ursula Ruíz	Spain	14.96	x	14.59				14.96
11	Julia Wiechmann	Germany	13.97	14.90	14.80				14.90
12	Briona Reynolds	United States	14.58	x	14.86				14.86

19 Jul

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.17	-	-	17.17	Q
2	Laura Gerraughty	United States	17.08	-	-	17.08	Q
3	Kristin Marten	Germany	16.18	-	-	16.18	Q
4	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	15.63	-	-	15.63	Q
5	Tatyana Ilyushchenko	Belarus	15.60	-	-	15.60	Q
6	Chiara Rosa	Italy	14.40	15.49	-	15.49	Q
7	Zhang Ying	China	15.43	-	-	15.43	Q
8	Yuliya Leontyuk	Belarus	x	15.32	-	15.32	Q
9	Claudia Villeneuve	France	14.01	15.07	-	15.07	Q
10	Julia Wiechmann	Germany	14.47	15.02	-	15.02	Q
11	Briona Reynolds	United States	14.57	14.85	14.68	14.85	q
12	Ursula Ruíz	Spain	x	14.16	14.66	14.66	q
13	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	14.04	14.32	14.33	14.33
14	Hrisí Moisídou	Greece	13.76	14.05	13.46	14.05
15	Ahymará Espinoza	Venezuela	13.83	12.64	12.97	13.83
16	Ivana Baršic	Croatia	13.36	13.63	x	13.63
17	Mariam Kevkhishvili	Georgia	13.31	13.48	13.05	13.48
18	Denise Kemkers	Netherlands	13.33	12.39	13.13	13.33
19	Kaia Durrant-Nairne	Jamaica	10.46	x	x	10.46

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.