2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
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
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Shanice Craft  Germany	Gao Yang  China	Bian Ka  China

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR)	20.54 m	Orimattila, Finland	1 July 1989
Championship Record	Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)	18.74 m	Lisbon, Portugal	21 July 1994
World Junior Leading	(CHN)	17.10 m	Zhaoqing, China	14 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	Germany	16.41			16.41	Q, PB
2	A	Emel Dereli	Turkey	16.27			16.27	Q
3	B		United States	15.09	15.36	16.11	16.11	Q
4	B		Russia	15.99			15.99	Q
5	A	Bian Ka	China	x	15.66	15.88	15.88	Q
6	A	Sophie McKinna	Great Britain	15.80			15.80	Q
7	B	Gao Yang	China	15.77			15.77	Q
8	B	Jolien Boumkwo	Belgium	14.56	x	15.38	15.38	q, PB
9	A		South Africa	14.79	15.27	15.07	15.27	q, PB
10	A		United States	14.65	14.82	x	14.82	q
11	B	María Belén Toimil	Spain	13.98	14.52	x	14.52	q
12	A		Chinese Taipei	13.51	14.24	14.51	14.51	q, SB
13	B	Fanny Roos	Sweden	14.11	14.32	x	14.32
14	B		Italy	13.99	14.09	14.30	14.30
15	B	Viktoriya Kolb	Belarus	14.25	14.23	14.15	14.25
16	B		Egypt	13.24	13.72	14.10	14.10
17	A	Brittany Crew	Canada	13.32	13.92	14.03	14.03
18	A		Estonia	13.33	x	13.98	13.98
19	A		Croatia	13.61	x	13.83	13.83
20	B		Romania	13.25	13.68	12.94	13.68
21	A		Chile	12.76	12.32	13.55	13.55
22	B	Jillian Weir	Canada	13.41	13.31	x	13.41

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Shanice Craft	Germany	17.15	16.12	16.12	x	x	–	17.15	WJL
	Gao Yang	China	16.45	16.34	x	16.57	x	16.14	16.57
	Bian Ka	China	15.78	15.87	16.16	16.05	16.48	16.16	16.48
4		United States	16.03	15.94	16.27	x	15.93	16.12	16.27
5		Russia	15.69	15.52	15.75	15.71	16.07	16.18	16.18
6	Sophie McKinna	Great Britain	15.98	15.32	15.43	15.83	15.57	x	15.98
7		United States	15.00	15.88	15.17	15.13	x	14.89	15.88
8	Emel Dereli	Turkey	14.71	15.86	15.33	15.35	15.76	x	15.86
9		South Africa	15.37	14.82	14.96				15.37	PB
10	Jolien Boumkwo	Belgium	x	15.31	14.86				15.31
11		Chinese Taipei	14.30	14.08	13.47				14.30
12	María Belén Toimil	Spain	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