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

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]

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Shot put medal ceremony (l-r) Yevgeniya Kolodko, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Valerie Adams
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6 August
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance20.70
Medalists
Valerie Adams  New Zealand
Gong Lijiao[1]  China
Li Ling  China

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.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 201210:45
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).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AValerie Adams New Zealand x20.4020.40Q
3ALi Ling China 18.8619.2319.23Q
4BGong Lijiao China 19.1119.11Q
5BLiu Xiangrong China 18.8718.9618.96Q
6BIrina Tarasova Russia 18.5518.5918.7618.76q
7AMichelle Carter United States 18.2718.63x18.63q
8AChristina Schwanitz Germany 18.4418.4318.6218.62q
9BNatallia Mikhnevich Belarus 18.6018.1218.3018.60q
10BGeisa Arcanjo Brazil x18.4718.3318.47q
11BNatalia Ducó Chile 18.4518.2318.1718.45q
12ACleopatra Borel-Brown Trinidad and Tobago 18.2618.3618.3418.36
13BNadine Kleinert Germany x18.0618.3618.36
14AChiara Rosa Italy 17.9118.1418.3018.30
15AJillian Camarena-Williams United States 18.2217.9917.5118.22
16BÚrsula Ruiz Spain 17.99xx17.99PB
17BJanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya Belarus 17.6817.8717.6917.87
18AJosephine Terlecki Germany 17.78x17.7317.78
19BTia Brooks United States 17.2117.7217.2917.72
20BMisleydis González Cuba 17.6817.6117.3517.68
21ALeila Rajabi Iran 17.1717.5517.4217.55
22AJulie Labonté Canada 17.4817.32x17.48
23AAnita Márton Hungary 16.2917.0417.4817.48
24AAnna Avdeyeva Russia 17.47xx17.47
25BLin Chia-ying Chinese Taipei 16.7417.43x17.43NR
26AMailín Vargas Cuba 16.7616.64x16.76
27ASandra Lemos Colombia 16.5016.07x16.50
28BAlexandra Fisher Kazakhstan 15.8416.16x16.16
29B'Ana Po'uhila Tonga 15.8015.7515.1115.80
30AElena Smolyanova Uzbekistan 14.3514.4314.43
N/ABRadoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria xxxN/ANM
N/AANadzeya Ostapchuk Belarus 20.7620.76DQ (Doping)
Q
N/ABYevgeniya Kolodko Russia 19.3119.31DQ (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]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Valerie Adams New Zealand 20.61X20.70XX20.2420.70
Gong Lijiao China 20.1319.6719.9119.7620.2220.0020.22SB
Li Ling China 18.8718.7719.28X19.6319.5819.63
4Michelle Carter United States 19.0518.8318.9219.4219.1218.8819.42
5Liu Xiangrong China 19.1818.8818.74X18.4718.7719.18
6Geisa Arcanjo Brazil 18.27X19.02XX17.1919.02PB
7Irina Tarasova Russia 19.0018.80XN/AN/AN/A19.00
8Natalia Ducó Chile 18.8018.7018.62N/AN/AN/A18.80NR
9Christina Schwanitz Germany 18.2018.47XN/AN/AN/A18.47
10Natallia Mikhnevich Belarus 18.42X18.27N/AN/AN/A18.42
N/ANadzeya Ostapchuk Belarus 20.01 21.31 21.36 21.15 21.32 X 21.36 DQ (Doping)
N/AYevgeniya Kolodko Russia 19.4519.52XXX20.4820.48DQ (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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