Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put
Women's shot put at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Shot put medal ceremony (l-r) Yevgeniya Kolodko, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Valerie Adams | |||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 6 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 20.70 (originally 21.36) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
Summary
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 and a compatriot, Li Ling was upgraded to the bronze medal.
Schedule
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 |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 22.63 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 22.41 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
2012 World leading | ![]() | 21.58 m | Minsk, Belarus | 18 July 2012 |
Results
Qualifying round
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 | ![]() | x | 20.40 | 20.40 | Q | |
2 | A | Li Ling | ![]() | 18.86 | 19.23 | 19.23 | Q | |
3 | B | Gong Lijiao | ![]() | 19.11 | 19.11 | Q | ||
4 | B | Liu Xiangrong | ![]() | 18.87 | 18.96 | 18.96 | Q | |
5 | A | Michelle Carter | ![]() | 18.27 | 18.63 | x | 18.63 | q |
6 | A | Christina Schwanitz | ![]() | 18.44 | 18.43 | 18.62 | 18.62 | q |
7 | B | Natallia Mikhnevich | ![]() | 18.60 | 18.12 | 18.30 | 18.60 | q |
8 | B | Geisa Arcanjo | ![]() | x | 18.47 | 18.33 | 18.47 | q |
9 | B | Natalia Duco | ![]() | 18.45 | 18.23 | 18.17 | 18.45 | q |
10 | A | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | ![]() | 18.26 | 18.36 | 18.34 | 18.36 | |
11 | B | Nadine Kleinert | ![]() | x | 18.06 | 18.36 | 18.36 | |
12 | A | Chiara Rosa | ![]() | 17.91 | 18.14 | 18.30 | 18.30 | |
13 | A | Jillian Camarena-Williams | ![]() | 18.22 | 17.99 | 17.51 | 18.22 | |
14 | B | Úrsula Ruiz | ![]() | 17.99 | x | x | 17.99 | PB |
15 | B | Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | ![]() | 17.68 | 17.87 | 17.69 | 17.87 | |
16 | A | Josephine Terlecki | ![]() | 17.78 | x | 17.73 | 17.78 | |
17 | B | Tia Brooks | ![]() | 17.21 | 17.72 | 17.29 | 17.72 | |
18 | B | Misleydis González | ![]() | 17.68 | 17.61 | 17.35 | 17.68 | |
19 | A | Leila Rajabi | ![]() | 17.17 | 17.55 | 17.42 | 17.55 | |
20 | A | Julie Labonté | ![]() | 17.48 | 17.32 | x | 17.48 | |
21 | A | Anita Márton | ![]() | 16.29 | 17.04 | 17.48 | 17.48 | |
22 | A | Anna Avdeyeva | ![]() | 17.47 | x | x | 17.47 | |
23 | B | Lin Chia-ying | ![]() | 16.74 | 17.43 | x | 17.43 | NR |
24 | A | Mailín Vargas | ![]() | 16.76 | 16.64 | x | 16.76 | |
25 | A | Sandra Lemos | ![]() | 16.50 | 16.07 | x | 16.50 | |
26 | B | Alexandra Fisher | ![]() | 15.84 | 16.16 | x | 16.16 | |
27 | B | 'Ana Po'uhila | ![]() | 15.80 | 15.75 | 15.11 | 15.80 | |
28 | A | Elena Smolyanova | ![]() | 14.35 | 14.43 | 14.43 | ||
— | B | Radoslava Mavrodieva | ![]() | x | x | x | — | NM |
— | A | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | ![]() | DQ (Doping) | ||||
— | B | Yevgeniya Kolodko | ![]() | DQ (Doping) | ||||
— | B | Irina Tarasova | ![]() | DQ (Doping)[7] |
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. Irina Tarasova originally qualified in seventh place; her results were annulled by the Athletics Integrity Unit in August 2022.
Final
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Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Valerie Adams | ![]() | 20.61 | X | 20.70 | X | X | 20.24 | 20.70 | |
![]() | Gong Lijiao | ![]() | 20.13 | 19.67 | 19.91 | 19.76 | 20.22 | 20.00 | 20.22 | SB |
![]() | Li Ling | ![]() | 18.87 | 18.77 | 19.28 | X | 19.63 | 19.58 | 19.63 | |
4 | Michelle Carter | ![]() | 19.05 | 18.83 | 18.92 | 19.42 | 19.12 | 18.88 | 19.42 | |
5 | Liu Xiangrong | ![]() | 19.18 | 18.88 | 18.74 | X | 18.47 | 18.77 | 19.18 | |
6 | Geisa Arcanjo | ![]() | 18.27 | X | 19.02 | X | X | 17.19 | 19.02 | PB |
7 | Natalia Duco | ![]() | 18.80 | 18.70 | 18.62 | — | — | — | 18.80 | NR |
8 | Christina Schwanitz | ![]() | 18.20 | 18.47 | X | — | — | — | 18.47 | |
9 | Natallia Mikhnevich | ![]() | 18.42 | X | 18.27 | — | — | — | 18.42 | |
— | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | ![]() | DQ (Doping) | |||||||
— | Yevgeniya Kolodko | ![]() | DQ (Doping) | |||||||
— | Irina Tarasova | ![]() | — | — | — | DQ (Doping) |
Notes: Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Yevgeniya Kolodko and Irina Tarasova originally placed first, third and ninth, respectively, but had these results annulled due to doping violations.
References
- ^ Mallon, Bill (26 Sep 2017). "2008-12 OLYMPIC DOPING RE-TEST – AN UPDATE-UPDATE". Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ "Women's shot put competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Gold medallist Nadzeya Ostapchuk stripped after failing drug test". CNN. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk". Olympic News. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "IOC sanctions Evgeniia Kolodko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". Olympic News. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Shitik, Ivan (12 August 2022). "Вице-чемпионку Европы 2012 года легкоатлетку Тарасову дисквалифицировали на два года". Sport-express.ru. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
The results of the athlete from July 4, 2012 to July 12, 2016 will be canceled.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.