2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Records

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

Date	Time	Round
1 July 2012	15:30	Final

Results

Final

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

1. Confederation of African Athletics: Vivian Chukwuemeka banned for life and loses all her titles won in Porto Novo. 3 March 2013

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