2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.

The original winner Vivian Chukwuemeka from Nigeria was disqualified, because she was tested positive for a doping substance, stanozolol, on 21 June 2012.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Chinwe Okoro
  Nigeria
Silver Omotayo Talabi
  Nigeria
Bronze Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang
  Cameroon

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
African record   Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.35 Ijebu Ode, Nigeria 17 April 2006
Championship record   Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 17.60 Rades, Tunisia 10 August 2002
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
African record
Championship record
  Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.86 Porto Novo, Benin 1 July 2012

Schedule

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Date Time Round
1 July 2012 15:30 Final

Results

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Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #5 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria 15.63 x 16.21 x x 16.16 16.21
  Omotayo Talabi   Nigeria 14.68 x 15.63 x x 14.70 15.63
  Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang   Cameroon 14.61 14.92 15.09 15.14 x 15.41 15.41
4 Sonia Smuts   South Africa 14.32 x 15.40 14.13 15.06 14.52 15.40
5 Alifatou Djibril   Togo 12.81 13.15 13.95 14.16 14.60 13.79 14.60
6 Elham El Sayed Wahaba   Egypt x x 12.70 13.13 12.88 13.32 13.32
Vivian Chukwuemeka   Nigeria 18.23 18.41 18.56 18.23 18.86 18.33 DQ
Sali Nadounke   Burkina Faso DNS
Mohamad Attya Walaa   Egypt DNS

References

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