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 Michelle Carter   United States
silver medal Anita Márton   Hungary
bronze medal Valerie Adams   New Zealand

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

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+1⁄2 in) was almost a 3-foot improvement for the winner.

Results

The final was started at 17.45.[4]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Michelle Carter United Statesx18.9019.3119.28x20.2120.21WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Anita Márton Hungary17.9918.3819.0118.7119.0819.3319.33NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Valerie Adams New Zealand18.4918.3019.25x19.0218.3119.25
4Cleopatra Borel Trinidad and Tobago17.4117.7317.5917.3118.3817.5018.38SB
5Jillian Camarena-Williams United States18.17xx17.5717.5218.17
6Radoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria17.0118.00xx17.9118.00SB
7Lena Urbaniak Germanyx17.1917.55x17.9117.91
8Gao Yang China17.2617.2717.6517.6717.0217.67
9Aliona Dubitskaya Belarus17.45xx17.45
10Bian Ka China16.8617.1317.3417.34
11Chiara Rosa Italy17.10x16.8917.10

References

  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
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