# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Valerie Adams New Zealand | Michelle Carter United States | Jillian Camarena-Williams United States |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 22.50 | Jablonec, Czechoslovakia | 19 February 1977 |
| Championship record | Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) | 20.85 | Doha, Qatar | 14 March 2010 |
| World Leading | Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) | 20.70 | Mogilev, Belarus | 10 February 2012 |
| African record | Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) | 18.13 | Flagstaff, United States | 4 February 2006 |
| Asian record | Sui Xinmei (CHN) | 21.10 | Beijing, China | 3 March 1990 |
| European record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 22.50 | Jablonec, Czechoslovakia | 19 February 1977 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jillian Camarena-Williams (USA) | 19.89 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2012 |
| Oceanian Record | Valerie Vili (NZL) | 20.49 | Doha, Qatar | 14 March 2010 |
| South American record | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 18.33 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 17.50

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 10, 2012 | 10:05 | Qualification |
| March 10, 2012 | 18:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification standard 18.60 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 18 athletes from 14 countries participated. The qualification round started at 10:04 and ended at 10:49.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 19.43 | | | 19.43 | Q |
| DQ | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Belarus | 19.26 | | | 19.26 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | United States | x | 19.11 | | 19.11 | Q |
| 3 | Nadine Kleinert | Germany | 19.00 | | | 19.00 | Q |
| 4 | Michelle Carter | United States | 18.61 | | | 18.61 | Q |
| 5 | Irina Tarasova | Russia | 18.33 | 18.49 | 18.57 | 18.57 | q |
| 6 | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | 18.28 | 18.52 | 18.36 | 18.52 | q |
| 7 | Liu Xiangrong | China | 18.29 | x | 18.13 | 18.29 | q |
| 8 | Alena Kopets | Belarus | 17.80 | x | x | 17.80 | |
| 9 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 17.19 | x | 17.58 | 17.58 | |
| 10 | Misleydis González | Cuba | 17.17 | 17.12 | 17.32 | 17.32 | |
| 11 | Leila Rajabi | Iran | 16.98 | 17.29 | 17.08 | 17.29 | |
| 12 | Paulina Guba | Poland | 16.72 | 16.92 | 17.15 | 17.15 | |
| 13 | Jessica Cérival | France | 15.89 | 16.18 | 16.47 | 16.47 | |
| 14 | Úrsula Ruiz | Spain | x | 16.43 | 15.70 | 16.43 | |
| 15 | Halyna Obleshchuk | Ukraine | 16.15 | 16.39 | 16.13 | 16.39 | |
| 16 | Emel Dereli | Turkey | 16.02 | x | 15.99 | 16.02 | |
| | Radoslava Mavrodieva | Bulgaria | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 18:11 and ended at 19:00.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | x | 20.48 | x | 20.41 | 20.29 | 20.54 | 20.54 | AR |
| DQ | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Belarus | 20.20 | x | 20.12 | x | 20.42 | x | 20.42 | Doping |
| | Michelle Carter | United States | 18.88 | 19.36 | 19.58 | 19.30 | 18.66 | x | 19.58 | SB |
| | Jillian Camarena-Williams | United States | 18.70 | 19.44 | x | 19.32 | x | 19.24 | 19.44 | |
| 4 | Nadine Kleinert | Germany | 19.11 | 19.29 | 19.27 | x | x | 18.91 | 19.29 | |
| 5 | Liu Xiangrong | China | 17.89 | x | 18.04 | x | x | 18.63 | 18.63 | SB |
| 6 | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | 17.61 | 17.41 | 17.88 | 18.09 | 18.17 | 18.57 | 18.57 | |
| 7 | Irina Tarasova | Russia | 18.10 | 18.19 | 18.28 | 18.26 | 18.54 | x | 18.54 | |