Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put
Final

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes

Carter, MichelleMichelle Carter	United States	19.12	19.82	19.44	19.87	19.84	20.63	20.63	NR, WL

Adams, ValerieValerie Adams	New Zealand	19.79	20.42	19.80	x	x	20.39	20.42	SB

Anita Márton	Hungary	17.60	18.72	19.39	19.38	19.10	19.87	19.87	NR

4	Gong Lijiao	China	18.98	19.39	19.18	x	x	x	19.39

5	Raven Saunders	United States	18.88	x	x	x	x	19.35	19.35	PB

6	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	19.03	x	x	x	x	18.92	19.03

7	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	18.05	18.24	x	17.94	18.37	x	18.37

8	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus	18.00	18.23	x	x	x	x	18.23

9	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil	17.50	17.68	18.16	Did not advance	18.16

10	Natalia Duco	Chile	18.07	17.73	17.99	Did not advance	18.07

11	Alena Abramchuk	Belarus	17.37	x	x	Did not advance	17.37

12	Auriole Dongmo	Cameroon	x	16.99	16.82	Did not advance	16.99

Sentence(s)

Valerie Adams took the lead after the first round with a 19.79 m and improved her position with a throw of 20.42 m in the second round.

final_sentence: Valerie Adams took the lead after the first round with a 19.79 m and improved her position with a throw of 20.42 m in the second round.