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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Valerie Adams  New Zealand	Michelle Carter  United States	Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
Championship record	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)	20.85	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
World Leading	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)	20.70	Mogilev, Belarus	10 February 2012
African record	Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR)	18.13	Flagstaff, United States	4 February 2006
Asian record	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	21.10	Beijing, China	3 March 1990
European record	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Jillian Camarena-Williams (USA)	19.89	Fayetteville, United States	11 February 2012
Oceanian Record	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.49	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
South American record	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	18.33	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999

Qualification standards

Indoor
17.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 10, 2012	10:05	Qualification
March 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.[1]

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

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 18:11 and ended at 19:00.[2]

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

References

1. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.