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.Confederation of African Athletics: Vivian Chukwuemeka banned for life and loses all her titles won in Porto Novo . 3 March 2013
Medalists Gold Chinwe Okoro Silver Omotayo Talabi Bronze Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsWorld record22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987African record18.35Ijebu Ode, Nigeria17 April 2006Championship record17.60Rades, Tunisia10 August 2002Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsAfrican recordChampionship record18.86Porto Novo, Benin1 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 15.63 16.21 16.16 16.21 Omotayo Talabi 14.68 15.63 14.70 15.63 Auriole Dongmo Mekemnang 14.61 14.92 15.09 15.14 15.41 15.41 Sonia Smuts 14.32 15.40 14.13 15.06 14.52 15.40 Alifatou Djibril 12.81 13.15 13.95 14.16 14.60 13.79 14.60 Elham El Sayed Wahaba 12.70 13.13 12.88 13.32 13.32 Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.23 18.41 18.56 18.23 18.86 18.33 DQ Sali Nadounke Mohamad Attya Walaa
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