2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Shanice Craft
 Germany
Gao Yang
 China
Bian Ka
 China

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) 20.54 m Orimattila, Finland 1 July 1989
Championship Record  Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN) 18.74 m Lisbon, Portugal 21 July 1994
World Junior Leading  Guo Tiangian (CHN) 17.10 m Zhaoqing, China 14 April 2012

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Standard 15.70 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 A Shanice Craft  Germany 16.41 16.41 Q, PB
2 A Emel Dereli  Turkey 16.27 16.27 Q
3 B Christina Hillman  United States 15.09 15.36 16.11 16.11 Q
4 B Natalya Troneva  Russia 15.99 15.99 Q
5 A Bian Ka  China x 15.66 15.88 15.88 Q
6 A Sophie McKinna  Great Britain 15.80 15.80 Q
7 B Gao Yang  China 15.77 15.77 Q
8 B Jolien Boumkwo  Belgium 14.56 x 15.38 15.38 q, PB
9 A Lezaan Jordaan  South Africa 14.79 15.27 15.07 15.27 q, PB
10 A Torie Owers  United States 14.65 14.82 x 14.82 q
11 B María Belén Toimil  Spain 13.98 14.52 x 14.52 q
12 A Lai Li-chun  Chinese Taipei 13.51 14.24 14.51 14.51 q, SB
13 B Fanny Roos  Sweden 14.11 14.32 x 14.32
14 B Monia Cantarella  Italy 13.99 14.09 14.30 14.30
15 B Viktoriya Kolb  Belarus 14.25 14.23 14.15 14.25
16 B Fadya Saad El Kasaby  Egypt 13.24 13.72 14.10 14.10
17 A Brittany Crew  Canada 13.32 13.92 14.03 14.03
18 A Kätlin Piirimäe  Estonia 13.33 x 13.98 13.98
19 A Petra Gamilec  Croatia 13.61 x 13.83 13.83
20 B Andreea Huzum-Vitan  Romania 13.25 13.68 12.94 13.68
21 A Ivana Gallardo  Chile 12.76 12.32 13.55 13.55
22 B Jillian Weir  Canada 13.41 13.31 x 13.41

Final

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shanice Craft  Germany 17.15 16.12 16.12 x x 17.15 WJL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gao Yang  China 16.45 16.34 x 16.57 x 16.14 16.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bian Ka  China 15.78 15.87 16.16 16.05 16.48 16.16 16.48
4 Christina Hillman  United States 16.03 15.94 16.27 x 15.93 16.12 16.27
5 Natalya Troneva  Russia 15.69 15.52 15.75 15.71 16.07 16.18 16.18
6 Sophie McKinna  Great Britain 15.98 15.32 15.43 15.83 15.57 x 15.98
7 Torie Owers  United States 15.00 15.88 15.17 15.13 x 14.89 15.88
8 Emel Dereli  Turkey 14.71 15.86 15.33 15.35 15.76 x 15.86
9 Lezaan Jordaan  South Africa 15.37 14.82 14.96 15.37 PB
10 Jolien Boumkwo  Belgium x 15.31 14.86 15.31
11 Lai Li-chun  Chinese Taipei 14.30 14.08 13.47 14.30
12 María Belén Toimil  Spain 14.29 13.96 14.24 14.29

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=SP/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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