2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.[1][2]

Women's shot put
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueOregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 19
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Winning distance20.21
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    New Zealand
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That Valerie Adams took the lead in the first round was not a surprise. Over the previous decade, the only woman to defeat Adams in a major international competition, turned out to be a serial drug cheat. What might have been foretelling was that the lead was not already insurmountable. In the second round, Michelle Carter took the lead, which she solidified in the third round, even though Adams hit her best throw of the competition in that round. Adams may not be back to 100% after the multiple surgeries which caused her absence in Beijing,[3] her best more than a meter short of where she would normally be throwing. But Carter was challenged, when Anita Márton threw her National Record 19.33 on her final attempt. That lasted only long enough for Carter to make her final attempt, 20.21 m (66 ft 3+12 in) was almost a 3-foot improvement for the winner.

Results

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The final was started at 17.45.[4]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Michelle Carter   United States x 18.90 19.31 19.28 x 20.21 20.21 WL
  Anita Márton   Hungary 17.99 18.38 19.01 18.71 19.08 19.33 19.33 NR
  Valerie Adams   New Zealand 18.49 18.30 19.25 x 19.02 18.31 19.25
4 Cleopatra Borel   Trinidad and Tobago 17.41 17.73 17.59 17.31 18.38 17.50 18.38 SB
5 Jillian Camarena-Williams   United States 18.17 x x 17.57 17.52 18.17
6 Radoslava Mavrodieva   Bulgaria 17.01 18.00 x x 17.91 18.00 SB
7 Lena Urbaniak   Germany x 17.19 17.55 x 17.91 17.91
8 Gao Yang   China 17.26 17.27 17.65 17.67 17.02 17.67
9 Aliona Dubitskaya   Belarus 17.45 x x 17.45
10 Bian Ka   China 16.86 17.13 17.34 17.34
11 Chiara Rosa   Italy 17.10 x 16.89 17.10

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Valerie Adams has knee surgery in further bid to get body right for Rio Olympics". August 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Final results