2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
# 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
