Athletics 2016/Women's shot put

The women's shot put of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 12 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 36 athletes competing, the event was won by Michelle Carter from United States, with Valerie Adams from New Zealand taking the silver medal and Anita Marton from Hungary taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to push a "shot" of over 4 kilograms as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts to reach as far as possible, but contrary to the qualification, the eight best-placed athletes get another three attempts. The athlete with the farthest shot wins the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-six athletes qualified for the event with defending Olympic champion Valerie Adams as the one to beat, having won the Olympic title in 2008 and 2012, and as the world champion of 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013. Gong Lijiao won the silver medal in 2012 and was once again one of the big challengers for the athlete from New Zealand, just like reigning world champion Christina Schwanitz, world indoor champion Michelle Carter, and European indoor champion Anita Marton. Other potential medal contenders and outsiders also included Raven Saunders, Gao Yang, and Felisha Johnson.

Athlete	Nationality
Emel Dereli	Turkey
Bian Ka	China
Natalia Duco	Chile
Raven Saunders	United States
Nwanneka Okwelogu	Nigeria
Dimitriana Surdu	Moldova
Saily Viart	Cuba
Sara Gambetta	Germany
Michelle Carter	United States
Gao Yang	China
Leyla Rajabi	Iran
Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago
Olga Golodna	Ukraine
Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands
Brittany Crew	Canada
Sandra Lemos	Colombia
Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus
Valerie Adams	New Zealand
Ahymara Espinoza	Venezuela
Jessica Inchude	Guinea-Bissau
Yaniuvis Lopez	Cuba
Alena Abramchuk	Belarus
Danniel Thomas	Jamaica
Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil
Galyna Obleshchuk	Ukraine
Christina Schwanitz	Germany
Auriole Dongmo	Cameroon
Lena Urbaniak	Germany
Yuliya Leantsiuk	Belarus
Paulina Guba	Poland
Gong Lijiao	China
Manpreet Kaur	India
Radoslava Mavrodieva	Bulgaria
Felisha Johnson	United States
Anita Marton	Hungary
Taryn Suttie	Canada

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	7 June 1987		Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63
OR	24 July 1980		Ilona Slupianek	22.41

Summary[]

Qualification[]

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Valerie Adams	19.74
2		Michelle Carter	17.95	19.01
3		Raven Saunders	x	18.83
4		Cleopatra Borel	16.94	17.78	18.20
5		Natalia Duco	18.18	x	x
6		Aliona Dubitskaya	x	x	17.76
7		Melissa Boekelman	16.97	17.69	x
8		Bian Ka	17.68	17.36	16.84
9		Brittany Crew	16.67	x	17.45
10		Sara Gambetta	x	16.93	17.24
11		Emel Dereli	17.01	16.86	x
12		Saily Viart	15.82	x	16.99
13		Olga Golodna	16.10	16.35	16.83
14		Nwanneka Okwelogu	16.67	x	x
15		Sandra Lemos	16.46	16.46	16.12
16		Leyla Rajabi	16.18	16.34	16.16
17		Gao Yang	16.17	15.48	x
18		Dimitriana Surdu	15.14	15.17	15.25

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Christina Schwanitz	19.18
2		Gong Lijiao	18.74
3		Anita Marton	18.51
4		Geisa Arcanjo	18.27	17.67	x
5		Auriole Dongmo	17.92NR	17.71	x
6		Alena Abramchuk	17.78	17.19	16.97
7		Paulina Guba	17.70	17.56	x
8		Felisha Johnson	x	17.64	17.69
9		Yuliya Leantsiuk	17.66	x	16.69
10		Ahymara Espinoza	x	17.27	16.77
11		Radoslava Mavrodieva	x	17.11	17.20
12		Yaniuvis Lopez	17.15	x	x
13		Manpreet Kaur	16.68	17.06	16.76
14		Danniel Thomas	16.70	16.43	16.99
15		Taryn Suttie	16.55	16.74	16.60
16		Lena Urbaniak	16.32	16.62	x
17		Galyna Obleshchuk	15.81	x	x
18		Jessica Inchude	14.12	15.15NR	14.84

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Michelle Carter	19.12	19.82	19.44	19.87	19.84	20.63NR
2		Valerie Adams	19.79	20.42	19.80	x	x	20.39
3		Anita Marton	17.60	18.72	19.39	19.38	19.10	19.87NR
4		Gong Lijiao	18.98	19.39	19.18	x	x	x
5		Raven Saunders	18.88	x	x	x	x	19.35PR
6		Christina Schwanitz	19.03	x	x	x	x	18.92
7		Cleopatra Borel	18.05	18.24	x	17.94	18.37	x
8		Aliona Dubitskaya	18.00	18.23	x	x	x	x
9		Geisa Arcanjo	17.50	17.68	18.16	Did not advance
10		Natalie Duco	18.07	17.73	17.99	Did not advance
11		Alena Abramchuk	17.37	x	x	Did not advance
12		Auriole Dongmo	x	16.99	16.82	Did not advance

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Michelle Carter	United States
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand
	Anita Marton	Hungary
4	Gong Lijiao	China
5	Raven Saunders	United States
6	Christina Schwanitz	Germany
7	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus
9	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil
10	Natalia Duco	Chile
11	Alena Abramchuk	Belarus
12	Auriole Dongmo	Cameroon
13	Paulina Guba	Poland
14	Felisha Johnson	United States
15	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands
16	Bian Ka	China
17	Yuliya Leantsiuk	Belarus
18	Brittany Crew	Canada
19	Ahymara Espinoza	Venezuela
20	Sara Gambetta	Germany
21	Radoslava Mavrodieva	Bulgaria
22	Yaniuvis Lopez	Cuba
23	Manpreet Kaur	India
24	Emel Dereli	Turkey
25	Danniel Thomas	Jamaica
26	Saily Viart	Cuba
27	Olga Golodna	Ukraine
28	Taryn Suttie	Canada
29	Nwanneka Okwelogu	Nigeria
30	Lena Urbaniak	Germany
31	Sandra Lemos	Colombia
32	Leyla Rajabi	Iran
33	Gao Yang	China
34	Galyna Obleshchuk	Ukraine
35	Dimitriana Surdu	Moldova
36	Jessica Inchude	Guinea-Bissau

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