Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put


The women's shot put competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 12 August. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Summary

Valerie Adams entered as the defending Olympic champion from 2012. Adams had regained form, ranking second in the world with 20.19 m, after two injury affected seasons. Christina Schwanitz had won the 2015 World Championships in her absence and had taken gold at the European Championships the previous month with a throw of 20.17 m. Gong Lijiao led the rankings at 20.43 m. Michelle Carter, who had won World Indoor and American titles that year, was the only other woman to have thrown beyond twenty metres that year.
In the qualifying round, Adams was best with her only throw of 19.74 m, while Schwanitz and Carter also went beyond nineteen metres, though Carter took two attempts to get the automatic qualifier. Gong, Anita Márton, and Raven Saunders were the other automatic qualifiers. American Felisha Johnson, who was eighth on the season's lists, was the most prominent athlete who failed to progress to the final.
In the final, Valerie Adams looked set to claim a third straight title. She took the lead after the first round with a 19.79 m and improved her position with a throw of 20.42 m in the second round. Carter sat in second position through all the rounds of the competition with a 19.12 m in the first and 19.82 m in the second. Schwanitz held the bronze medal position in the first round, but was overtaken by Gong in the second. Márton equalled Gong with a third round 19.39, but was still behind on the tiebreaker. In the final round Márton threw a Hungarian record 19.87 m to take over bronze medal position, equalling Carter's best at that point but still down due to the tie breaking second throw. In the final round Carter delivered an unexpected American record of a whopping distance of 20.63 m to take the lead. In the last throw of the competition Adams went beyond twenty metres again but her mark of 20.39 m came up short and Carter succeeded her to the title.
The medals were presented by Barry Maister, IOC member, New Zealand and Geoffrey Gardner, Council Member of the IAAF.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time.
DateTimeRound
Friday, 12 August 201610:05Qualifications
Friday, 12 August 201622:00Finals

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987
Olympic record22.41 mMoscow, Soviet Union24 July 1980
2016 World leading20.43 mHalle, Germany21 May 2016

The following record was established during the competition:
DateEventNationalityAthleteDistanceRecord
12 AugustFinalMichelle Carter20.63 m2016 World Leading

The following national records were established during the competition:
CountryAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
CameroonQualifying17.92 m
United StatesFinal20.63 m
HungaryFinal19.87 m

Results

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 18.40m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AValerie Adams19.7419.74
2BChristina Schwanitz19.1819.18
3AMichelle Carter17.9519.0119.01
4ARaven Saundersx18.8318.83
5BGong Lijiao18.7418.74
6BAnita Márton18.5118.51
7BGeisa Arcanjo18.2717.67x18.27,
8ACleopatra Borel16.9417.7818.2018.20
9ANatalia Duco18.18xx18.18
10BAuriole Dongmo17.9217.71x17.92,
11BAlena Abramchuk17.7817.1916.9717.78
12AAliona Dubitskayaxx17.7617.76
13BPaulina Guba17.7017.56x17.70
14BFelisha Johnsonx17.6417.6917.69
15AMelissa Boekelman16.9717.69x17.69
16ABian Ka17.6817.3616.8417.68
17BYuliya Leantsiuk17.66x16.6917.66
18ABrittany Crew16.67x17.4517.45
19BAhymará Espinozax17.2716.7717.27
20ASara Gambettax16.9317.2417.24
21BRadoslava Mavrodievax17.1117.2017.20
22BYaniuvis López17.15xx17.15
23BManpreet Kaur16.6817.0616.7617.06
24AEmel Dereli17.0116.86x17.01
25BDanniel Thomas16.7016.4316.9916.99
26ASaily Viart15.82x16.9916.99
27AOlga Golodna16.1016.3516.8316.83
28BTaryn Suttie16.5516.7416.6016.74
29ANwanneka Okwelogu16.67xx16.67
30BLena Urbaniak16.3216.62x16.62
31ASandra Lemos16.4616.4616.1216.46
32ALeyla Rajabi16.1816.3416.1616.34
33AGao Yang16.1715.48x16.17
34BGalyna Obleshchuk15.81xx15.81
35ADimitriana Surdu15.1415.1715.2515.25
36BJessica Inchude14.1215.1514.8415.15

Final