Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
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Shot put medal ceremony (l-r) Yevgeniya Kolodko, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Valerie Adams
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6 August
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance20.70 (originally 21.36)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valerie Adams  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gong Lijiao[1]  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Ling  China
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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
Monday, 6 August 2012 10:45
19:15		 Qualifications
Finals

Records[]

Prior to the competition, 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

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
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 20.76 20.76 DQ (Doping)
Q
N/A B Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia 19.31 19.31 DQ (Doping)
Q

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.

Final[]

[7]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valerie Adams  New Zealand 20.61 X 20.70 X X 20.24 20.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gong Lijiao  China 20.13 19.67 19.91 19.76 20.22 20.00 20.22 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 20.01 21.31 21.36 21.15 21.32 X 21.36 DQ (Doping)
N/A Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia 19.45 19.52 X X X 20.48 20.48 DQ (Doping)

Notes: Nadzeya Ostapchuk and Yevgeniya Kolodko originally placed first and third, but had these results annulled due to doping violations.

References[]

  1. ^ Mallon, Bill (26 Sep 2017). "2008-12 OLYMPIC DOPING RE-TEST – AN UPDATE-UPDATE". Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  2. ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ "Women's shot put competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Gold medallist Nadzeya Ostapchuk stripped after failing drug test". CNN. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  5. ^ "IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk". Olympic News. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions Evgeniia Kolodko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". Olympic News. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Women's Shot Put". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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