The women's

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

took place March 10 at the

Ataköy Athletics Arena Ataköy Athletics Arena ( tr, Ataköy Atletizm Salonu), is an indoor sporting arena for track and field athletics events located in Ataköy, Istanbul, Turkey. Construction The venue was constructed special for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Champi ...

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

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.

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 18:11 and ended at 19:00.

References

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Shot Put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

Shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2012 in women's athletics