2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

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.

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

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