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 |
Olympics News
![]()
South Africa Olympic medalist Bayanda Walaza doesn't see US college experience as a must
South African relay sprinter Bayanda Walaza won silver at the Paris Olympics when he was still in high school, and despite numerous offers from US colleges, opted to study at home. He is not alone.
![]()
Nelly Korda's Olympic, LPGA Tour career golf honors
Nelly Korda represented Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. Here are some of her key golf honors and accomplishments.
![]()
Bela Karolyi, famed yet polarizing U.S. gymnastics coach, dies
Bela Karolyi, who became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy, has died at age 82.
![]()
U.S. track wants to shorten Olympic trials and put them at L.A. Coliseum
USA Track and Field CEO Max Siegel said the goal is to hold the 2028 Olympic trials in the L.A. Coliseum several weeks before the actual Olympic track meet takes place there.
![]()
Olympian drops French boxing election bid citing racist attacks
Citing racist and sexist attacks, Olympic silver medalist Sarah Ourahmoune withdraws her bid to become president of the French boxing federation.
![]()
Mark Cavendish's legendary cycling career ends with victory
Mark Cavendish's legendary cycling career ended on a high on Sunday when he triumphed in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore.
