2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.
The original winner Vivian Chukwuemeka from Nigeria was disqualified, because she was tested positive for a doping substance, stanozolol, on 21 June 2012.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Chinwe Okoro![]() |
Silver | ![]() |
Bronze | Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang![]() |
Records[]
Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics | ||||
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World record | ![]() |
22.63 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
African record | ![]() |
18.35 | Ijebu Ode, Nigeria | 17 April 2006 |
Championship record | ![]() |
17.60 | Rades, Tunisia | 10 August 2002 |
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics | ||||
African record Championship record |
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18.86 | Porto Novo, Benin | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Round |
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1 July 2012 | 15:30 | Final |
Results[]
Final[]
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #5 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Chinwe Okoro | ![]() |
15.63 | x | 16.21 | x | x | 16.16 | 16.21 | |
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14.68 | x | 15.63 | x | x | 14.70 | 15.63 | ||
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Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang | ![]() |
14.61 | 14.92 | 15.09 | 15.14 | x | 15.41 | 15.41 | |
4 | ![]() |
14.32 | x | 15.40 | 14.13 | 15.06 | 14.52 | 15.40 | ||
5 | Alifatou Djibril | ![]() |
12.81 | 13.15 | 13.95 | 14.16 | 14.60 | 13.79 | 14.60 | |
6 | ![]() |
x | x | 12.70 | 13.13 | 12.88 | 13.32 | 13.32 | ||
Vivian Chukwuemeka | ![]() |
DQ | ||||||||
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DNS | |||||||||
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References[]
- ^ Confederation of African Athletics: Vivian Chukwuemeka banned for life and loses all her titles won in Porto Novo Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. 3 March 2013
Categories:
- 2012 African Championships in Athletics
- Shot put at the African Championships in Athletics
- 2012 in women's athletics