2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Shot Put | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
 |  NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.70 |
 |  RUSRussia | Yevgeniya Kolodko | 20.48 |
 |  CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 20.22 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Li Ling | 19.63 |
| 5 |  USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 19.42 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Liu Xiangrong | 19.18 |
| 7 |  BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 19.02 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Irina Tarasova | 19.00 |
| 9 |  CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.80 |
| 10 |  GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 18.47 |
| 11 |  BLRBelarus | Natallia Mikhnevich | 18.42 |
| 12 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.36 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Nadine Kleinert | 18.36 |
| 14 |  ITAItaly | Chiara Rosa | 18.30 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Jillian Camarena-Williams | 18.22 |
| 16 |  ESPSpain | Úrsula Ruiz | 17.99 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | 17.87 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Josephine Terlecki | 17.78 |
| 19 | USAUnited States | Tia Brooks | 17.72 |
| 20 |  CUBCuba | Misleydis González | 17.68 |
| 21 |  IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 17.55 |
| 22 |  CANCanada | Julie Labonté | 17.48 |
| 23 |  HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 17.48 |
| 24 | RUSRussia | Anna Avdeeva | 17.47 |
| 25 |  TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Lin Chia-Ying | 17.43 |
| 26 | CUBCuba | Mailín Vargas | 16.76 |
| 27 |  COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.50 |
| 28 |  KAZKazakhstan | Alexandra Fisher | 16.16 |
| 29 |  TGATonga | Ana Po'uhila | 15.80 |
| 30 |  UZBUzbekistan | Elena Smolyanova | 14.43 |
| 31 |  BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | NoM |
| 99 | BLRBelarus | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 21.36 |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Yevgeniya Kolodko | 19.31 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 19.11 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Liu Xiangrong | 18.96 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Irina Tarasova | 18.76 |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Natallia Mikhnevich | 18.60 |
| 6 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.47 |
| 7 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.45 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Nadine Kleinert | 18.36 |
| 9 | ESPSpain | Úrsula Ruiz | 17.99 |
| 10 | BLRBelarus | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | 17.87 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Tia Brooks | 17.72 |
| 12 | CUBCuba | Misleydis González | 17.68 |
| 13 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Lin Chia-Ying | 17.43 |
| 14 | TGATonga | Ana Po'uhila | 15.80 |
| 15 | UZBUzbekistan | Elena Smolyanova | 14.43 |
| 99 | BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | NoM |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.40 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Li Ling | 19.23 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 18.63 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 18.62 |
| 5 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.36 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Chiara Rosa | 18.30 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jillian Camarena-Williams | 18.22 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Josephine Terlecki | 17.78 |
| 9 | IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 17.55 |
| 10 | CANCanada | Julie Labonté | 17.48 |
| 11 | HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 17.48 |
| 12 | RUSRussia | Anna Avdeeva | 17.47 |
| 13 | CUBCuba | Mailín Vargas | 16.76 |
| 14 | COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.50 |
| 15 | KAZKazakhstan | Alexandra Fisher | 16.16 |
| 99 | BLRBelarus | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 20.76 |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.40 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Yevgeniya Kolodko | 19.31 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Li Ling | 19.23 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 19.11 |
| 5 | CHNChina | Liu Xiangrong | 18.96 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Irina Tarasova | 18.76 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 18.63 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 18.62 |
| 9 | BLRBelarus | Natallia Mikhnevich | 18.60 |
| 10 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.47 |
| 11 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.45 |
| 12 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.36 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Nadine Kleinert | 18.36 |
| 14 | ITAItaly | Chiara Rosa | 18.30 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Jillian Camarena-Williams | 18.22 |
| 16 | ESPSpain | Úrsula Ruiz | 17.99 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | 17.87 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Josephine Terlecki | 17.78 |
| 19 | USAUnited States | Tia Brooks | 17.72 |
| 20 | CUBCuba | Misleydis González | 17.68 |
| 21 | IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 17.55 |
| 22 | CANCanada | Julie Labonté | 17.48 |
| 23 | HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 17.48 |
| 24 | RUSRussia | Anna Avdeeva | 17.47 |
| 25 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Lin Chia-Ying | 17.43 |
| 26 | CUBCuba | Mailín Vargas | 16.76 |
| 27 | COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.50 |
| 28 | KAZKazakhstan | Alexandra Fisher | 16.16 |
| 29 | TGATonga | Ana Po'uhila | 15.80 |
| 30 | UZBUzbekistan | Elena Smolyanova | 14.43 |
| 99 | BLRBelarus | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 20.76 |
| 99 | BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | NoM |
| Women's Shot Put, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.70 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Yevgeniya Kolodko | 20.48 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 20.22 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Li Ling | 19.63 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 19.42 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Liu Xiangrong | 19.18 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 19.02 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Irina Tarasova | 19.00 |
| 9 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.80 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 18.47 |
| 11 | BLRBelarus | Natallia Mikhnevich | 18.42 |
| 99 | BLRBelarus | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 21.36 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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