2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Shot Put | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 20.63 |
 |  NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.42 |
 |  HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 19.87 |
| 4 |  CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 19.39 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Raven Saunders | 19.35 |
| 6 |  GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 19.03 |
| 7 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.37 |
| 8 |  BLRBelarus | Aliona Dubitskaya | 18.23 |
| 9 |  BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.16 |
| 10 |  CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.07 |
| 11 | BLRBelarus | Alena Abrahmchuk | 17.37 |
| 12 |  CMRCameroon | Auriole Dongmo | 16.99 |
| 13 |  POLPoland | Paulina Guba | 17.70 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Felisha Johnson | 17.69 |
| 15 |  NEDNetherlands | Melissa Boekelman | 17.69 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Bian Ka | 17.68 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Leantsiuk | 17.66 |
| 18 |  CANCanada | Brittany Crew | 17.45 |
| 19 |  VENVenezuela | Ahymará Espinoza | 17.27 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Sara Gambetta | 17.24 |
| 21 |  BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | 17.20 |
| 22 |  CUBCuba | Yaniuvis López | 17.15 |
| 23 |  INDIndia | Manpreet Kaur | 17.06 |
| 24 |  TURTurkey | Emel Dereli | 17.01 |
| 25 |  JAMJamaica | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | 16.99 |
| 26 | CUBCuba | Saily Viart | 16.99 |
| 27 |  UKRUkraine | Olha Holodna | 16.83 |
| 28 | CANCanada | Taryn Suttie | 16.74 |
| 29 |  NGRNigeria | Nwanneka Okwelogu | 16.67 |
| 30 | GERGermany | Lena Urbaniak | 16.62 |
| 31 |  COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.46 |
| 32 |  IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 16.34 |
| 33 | CHNChina | Gao Yang | 16.17 |
| 34 | UKRUkraine | Halyna Obleshchuk | 15.81 |
| 35 |  MDAMoldova | Dumitriana Surdu | 15.25 |
| 36 |  GBSGuinea-Bissau | Jéssica Inchude | 15.15 |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 19.18 Q |
| 2 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 18.74 Q |
| 3 | HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 18.51 Q |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.27 |
| 5 | CMRCameroon | Auriole Dongmo | 17.92 |
| 6 | BLRBelarus | Alena Abrahmchuk | 17.78 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Paulina Guba | 17.70 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Felisha Johnson | 17.69 |
| 9 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Leantsiuk | 17.66 |
| 10 | VENVenezuela | Ahymará Espinoza | 17.27 |
| 11 | BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | 17.20 |
| 12 | CUBCuba | Yaniuvis López | 17.15 |
| 13 | INDIndia | Manpreet Kaur | 17.06 |
| 14 | JAMJamaica | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | 16.99 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Taryn Suttie | 16.74 |
| 16 | GERGermany | Lena Urbaniak | 16.62 |
| 17 | UKRUkraine | Halyna Obleshchuk | 15.81 |
| 18 | GBSGuinea-Bissau | Jéssica Inchude | 15.15 |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 19.74 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 19.01 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Raven Saunders | 18.83 Q |
| 4 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.20 |
| 5 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.18 |
| 6 | BLRBelarus | Aliona Dubitskaya | 17.76 |
| 7 | NEDNetherlands | Melissa Boekelman | 17.69 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Bian Ka | 17.68 |
| 9 | CANCanada | Brittany Crew | 17.45 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Sara Gambetta | 17.24 |
| 11 | TURTurkey | Emel Dereli | 17.01 |
| 12 | CUBCuba | Saily Viart | 16.99 |
| 13 | UKRUkraine | Olha Holodna | 16.83 |
| 14 | NGRNigeria | Nwanneka Okwelogu | 16.67 |
| 15 | COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.46 |
| 16 | IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 16.34 |
| 17 | CHNChina | Gao Yang | 16.17 |
| 18 | MDAMoldova | Dumitriana Surdu | 15.25 |
| Women's Shot Put, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 19.74 Q |
| 2 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 19.18 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 19.01 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Raven Saunders | 18.83 Q |
| 5 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 18.74 Q |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 18.51 Q |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.27 q |
| 8 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.20 q |
| 9 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.18 q |
| 10 | CMRCameroon | Auriole Dongmo | 17.92 q |
| 11 | BLRBelarus | Alena Abrahmchuk | 17.78 q |
| 12 | BLRBelarus | Aliona Dubitskaya | 17.76 q |
| 13 | POLPoland | Paulina Guba | 17.70 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Felisha Johnson | 17.69 |
| 15 | NEDNetherlands | Melissa Boekelman | 17.69 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Bian Ka | 17.68 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Leantsiuk | 17.66 |
| 18 | CANCanada | Brittany Crew | 17.45 |
| 19 | VENVenezuela | Ahymará Espinoza | 17.27 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Sara Gambetta | 17.24 |
| 21 | BULBulgaria | Radoslava Mavrodieva | 17.20 |
| 22 | CUBCuba | Yaniuvis López | 17.15 |
| 23 | INDIndia | Manpreet Kaur | 17.06 |
| 24 | TURTurkey | Emel Dereli | 17.01 |
| 25 | JAMJamaica | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | 16.99 |
| 26 | CUBCuba | Saily Viart | 16.99 |
| 27 | UKRUkraine | Olha Holodna | 16.83 |
| 28 | CANCanada | Taryn Suttie | 16.74 |
| 29 | NGRNigeria | Nwanneka Okwelogu | 16.67 |
| 30 | GERGermany | Lena Urbaniak | 16.62 |
| 31 | COLColombia | Sandra Lemos | 16.46 |
| 32 | IRIIran | Leyla Rajabi | 16.34 |
| 33 | CHNChina | Gao Yang | 16.17 |
| 34 | UKRUkraine | Halyna Obleshchuk | 15.81 |
| 35 | MDAMoldova | Dumitriana Surdu | 15.25 |
| 36 | GBSGuinea-Bissau | Jéssica Inchude | 15.15 |
| Women's Shot Put, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Michelle Carter | 20.63 |
| 2 | NZLNew Zealand | Valerie Adams | 20.42 |
| 3 | HUNHungary | Anita Márton | 19.87 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Gong Lijiao | 19.39 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Raven Saunders | 19.35 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Christina Schwanitz | 19.03 |
| 7 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Cleopatra Borel | 18.37 |
| 8 | BLRBelarus | Aliona Dubitskaya | 18.23 |
| 9 | BRABrazil | Geisa Arcanjo | 18.16 |
| 10 | CHIChile | Natalia Ducó | 18.07 |
| 11 | BLRBelarus | Alena Abrahmchuk | 17.37 |
| 12 | CMRCameroon | Auriole Dongmo | 16.99 |
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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