The women's shot put at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=SP/combCode=hash/timetable.html

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeShanice CraftGao Yang Bian Ka

Records , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record20.54 mOrimattila, Finland1 July 1989Championship Record18.74 mLisbon, Portugal21 July 1994World Junior Leading17.10 mZhaoqing, China14 April 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 15.70 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note 1 A Shanice Craft 16.41 16.41 Q, PB 2 A Emel Dereli 16.27 16.27 Q 3 B Christina Hillman 15.09 15.36 16.11 16.11 Q 4 B Natalya Troneva 15.99 15.99 Q 5 A Bian Ka x 15.66 15.88 15.88 Q 6 A Sophie McKinna 15.80 15.80 Q 7 B Gao Yang 15.77 15.77 Q 8 B Jolien Boumkwo 14.56 x 15.38 15.38 q, PB 9 A Lezaan Jordaan 14.79 15.27 15.07 15.27 q, PB 10 A Torie Owers 14.65 14.82 x 14.82 q 11 B María Belén Toimil 13.98 14.52 x 14.52 q 12 A Lai Li-chun 13.51 14.24 14.51 14.51 q, SB 13 B Fanny Roos 14.11 14.32 x 14.32 14 B Monia Cantarella 13.99 14.09 14.30 14.30 15 B Viktoriya Kolb 14.25 14.23 14.15 14.25 16 B Fadya Saad El Kasaby 13.24 13.72 14.10 14.10 17 A Brittany Crew 13.32 13.92 14.03 14.03 18 A Kätlin Piirimäe 13.33 x 13.98 13.98 19 A Petra Gamilec 13.61 x 13.83 13.83 20 B Andreea Huzum-Vitan 13.25 13.68 12.94 13.68 21 A Ivana Gallardo 12.76 12.32 13.55 13.55 22 B Jillian Weir 13.41 13.31 x 13.41

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note Shanice Craft 17.15 16.12 16.12 x x – 17.15 WJL Gao Yang 16.45 16.34 x 16.57 x 16.14 16.57 Bian Ka 15.78 15.87 16.16 16.05 16.48 16.16 16.48 Christina Hillman 16.03 15.94 16.27 x 15.93 16.12 16.27 Natalya Troneva 15.69 15.52 15.75 15.71 16.07 16.18 16.18 Sophie McKinna 15.98 15.32 15.43 15.83 15.57 x 15.98 Torie Owers 15.00 15.88 15.17 15.13 x 14.89 15.88 Emel Dereli 14.71 15.86 15.33 15.35 15.76 x 15.86 Lezaan Jordaan 15.37 14.82 14.96 15.37 PB 10 Jolien Boumkwo x 15.31 14.86 15.31 11 Lai Li-chun 14.30 14.08 13.47 14.30 12 María Belén Toimil 14.29 13.96 14.24 14.29

Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

External links WJC12 Shot put schedule