Women's shot put at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 6 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 20.70 (originally 21.36) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 August. [2]
Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. If less than twelve athletes would achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes would reach the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts. [3]
In the finals, Valerie Adams, the defending champion, took the lead in the first throw, but Nadzeya Ostapchuk, who was third in the 2008 Olympic competition, overtook the lead in the second throw and remained the leader until the end of the competition. Gong Lijiao remained third until the last throw, when she was overtaken by Yevgeniya Kolodko. The 2008 silver medalist, Natallia Mikhnevich, qualified for the final, but remained in last place.
On 13 August 2012, IOC announced that Nadzeya Ostapchuk had tested positive for metenolone both before and after winning the shot put event. [4] She was formally expelled from the games and her victory and medal removed from the records. The gold medal was then awarded to Valerie Adams, the silver to Yevgeniya Kolodko, and the bronze to Gong Lijiao. [5]
On 20 August 2016, the IOC announced Yevgeniya Kolodko, the Russian silver medalist, failed anti-doping test and her silver medal was stripped. [6] Gong Lijiao ended up with the silver instead.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 6 August 2012 | 10:45 19:15 | Qualifications Finals |
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
Olympic record | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 22.41 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
2012 World leading | Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) | 21.58 m | Minsk, Belarus | 18 July 2012 |
Qual. rule: qualification standard 18.90m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | x | 20.40 | 20.40 | Q | |
3 | A | Li Ling | China | 18.86 | 19.23 | 19.23 | Q | |
4 | B | Gong Lijiao | China | 19.11 | 19.11 | Q | ||
5 | B | Liu Xiangrong | China | 18.87 | 18.96 | 18.96 | Q | |
6 | B | Irina Tarasova | Russia | 18.55 | 18.59 | 18.76 | 18.76 | q |
7 | A | Michelle Carter | United States | 18.27 | 18.63 | x | 18.63 | q |
8 | A | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 18.44 | 18.43 | 18.62 | 18.62 | q |
9 | B | Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus | 18.60 | 18.12 | 18.30 | 18.60 | q |
10 | B | Geisa Arcanjo | Brazil | x | 18.47 | 18.33 | 18.47 | q |
11 | B | Natalia Ducó | Chile | 18.45 | 18.23 | 18.17 | 18.45 | q |
12 | A | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.26 | 18.36 | 18.34 | 18.36 | |
13 | B | Nadine Kleinert | Germany | x | 18.06 | 18.36 | 18.36 | |
14 | A | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 17.91 | 18.14 | 18.30 | 18.30 | |
15 | A | Jillian Camarena-Williams | United States | 18.22 | 17.99 | 17.51 | 18.22 | |
16 | B | Úrsula Ruiz | Spain | 17.99 | x | x | 17.99 | PB |
17 | B | Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | Belarus | 17.68 | 17.87 | 17.69 | 17.87 | |
18 | A | Josephine Terlecki | Germany | 17.78 | x | 17.73 | 17.78 | |
19 | B | Tia Brooks | United States | 17.21 | 17.72 | 17.29 | 17.72 | |
20 | B | Misleydis González | Cuba | 17.68 | 17.61 | 17.35 | 17.68 | |
21 | A | Leila Rajabi | Iran | 17.17 | 17.55 | 17.42 | 17.55 | |
22 | A | Julie Labonté | Canada | 17.48 | 17.32 | x | 17.48 | |
23 | A | Anita Márton | Hungary | 16.29 | 17.04 | 17.48 | 17.48 | |
24 | A | Anna Avdeyeva | Russia | 17.47 | x | x | 17.47 | |
25 | B | Lin Chia-ying | Chinese Taipei | 16.74 | 17.43 | x | 17.43 | NR |
26 | A | Mailín Vargas | Cuba | 16.76 | 16.64 | x | 16.76 | |
27 | A | Sandra Lemos | Colombia | 16.50 | 16.07 | x | 16.50 | |
28 | B | Alexandra Fisher | Kazakhstan | 15.84 | 16.16 | x | 16.16 | |
29 | B | 'Ana Po'uhila | Tonga | 15.80 | 15.75 | 15.11 | 15.80 | |
30 | A | Elena Smolyanova | Uzbekistan | 14.35 | 14.43 | 14.43 | ||
N/A | B | Radoslava Mavrodieva | Bulgaria | x | x | x | N/A | NM |
N/A | A | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Belarus | DQ (Doping) | ||||
N/A | B | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | DQ (Doping) |
Notes: Nadzeya Ostapchuk would originally qualify first, with the longest throw, and had taken part in the Final as such. Due to her doping violations, these results were annulled in August 2012. Yevgeniya Kolodko would originally qualify third, with the third longest throw, and had taken part in the Final as such. Due to her doping violations, these results were annulled in August 2016.
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 20.61 | X | 20.70 | X | X | 20.24 | 20.70 | ||
Gong Lijiao | China | 20.13 | 19.67 | 19.91 | 19.76 | 20.22 | 20.00 | 20.22 | SB | |
Li Ling | China | 18.87 | 18.77 | 19.28 | X | 19.63 | 19.58 | 19.63 | ||
4 | Michelle Carter | United States | 19.05 | 18.83 | 18.92 | 19.42 | 19.12 | 18.88 | 19.42 | |
5 | Liu Xiangrong | China | 19.18 | 18.88 | 18.74 | X | 18.47 | 18.77 | 19.18 | |
6 | Geisa Arcanjo | Brazil | 18.27 | X | 19.02 | X | X | 17.19 | 19.02 | PB |
7 | Irina Tarasova | Russia | 19.00 | 18.80 | X | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19.00 | |
8 | Natalia Ducó | Chile | 18.80 | 18.70 | 18.62 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18.80 | NR |
9 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 18.20 | 18.47 | X | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18.47 | |
10 | Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus | 18.42 | X | 18.27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18.42 | |
N/A | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Belarus | DQ (Doping) | |||||||
N/A | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | DQ (Doping) |
Notes: Nadzeya Ostapchuk and Yevgeniya Kolodko originally placed first and third, but had these results annulled due to doping violations.
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