2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeValerie AdamsMichelle CarterJillian Camarena-Williams

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record22.50Jablonec, Czechoslovakia19 February 1977Championship record20.85Doha, Qatar14 March 2010World Leading20.70Mogilev, Belarus10 February 2012African record18.13Flagstaff, United States4 February 2006Asian record21.10Beijing, China3 March 1990European record22.50Jablonec, Czechoslovakia19 February 1977North and Central American and Caribbean record19.89Fayetteville, United States11 February 2012Oceanian Record20.49Doha, Qatar14 March 2010South American record18.33Piraeus, Greece24 February 1999

Qualification standards Indoor 17.50

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 10, 2012 10:05 QualificationMarch 10, 2012 18:10 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard 18.60 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 18 athletes from 14 countries participated. The qualification round started at 10:04 and ended at 10:49.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Valerie Adams 19.43 19.43 Q Nadzeya Astapchuk 19.26 19.26 Q, Doping 2 Jillian Camarena-Williams 19.11 19.11Q 3 Nadine Kleinert 19.00 19.00 Q 4 Michelle Carter 18.61 18.61 Q 5 Irina Tarasova 18.33 18.49 18.57 18.57 q 6 Yevgeniya Kolodko 18.28 18.52 18.36 18.52 q 7 Liu Xiangrong 18.29 18.13 18.29 q 8 Alena Kopets 17.80 17.80 9 Christina Schwanitz 17.19 17.58 17.58 10 Misleydis González 17.17 17.12 17.32 17.32 11 Leila Rajabi 16.98 17.29 17.08 17.29 12 Paulina Guba 16.72 16.92 17.15 17.15 13 Jessica Cérival 15.89 16.18 16.47 16.47 14 Úrsula Ruiz 16.43 15.70 16.43 15 Halyna Obleshchuk 16.15 16.39 16.13 16.39 16 Emel Dereli 16.02 15.99 16.02 Radoslava Mavrodieva

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 18:11 and ended at 19:00.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Valerie Adams x 20.48 x 20.41 20.29 20.54 20.54 AR Nadzeya Astapchuk 20.20 x 20.12 x 20.42 x 20.42 Doping Michelle Carter 18.88 19.36 19.58 19.30 18.66 x 19.58 SB Jillian Camarena-Williams 18.70 19.44 x 19.32 x 19.24 19.44 4 Nadine Kleinert 19.11 19.29 19.27 x x 18.91 19.29 5 Liu Xiangrong 17.89 x 18.04 x x 18.63 18.63 SB 6 Yevgeniya Kolodko 17.61 17.41 17.88 18.09 18.17 18.57 18.57 7 Irina Tarasova 18.10 18.19 18.28 18.26 18.54 x 18.54

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