2012 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's shot put at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 and 29 June.

Gold	Nadine Kleinert  Germany
Silver	Irina Tarasova  Russia
Bronze	Chiara Rosa  Italy

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
European record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	21.69	Budapest, Hungary	20 August 1998
World Leading	Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)	21.13	Minsk, Belarus	12 June 2012
European Leading	Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)	21.13	Minsk, Belarus	12 June 2012

Qualification: Qualification Performance 17.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.65			18.65	Q
2	A	Irina Tarasova	Russia	18.31			18.31	Q
3	B	Josephine Terlecki	Germany	x	18.22		18.22	Q
4	A	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	x	17.92		17.92	Q
5	B	Chiara Rosa	Italy	17.89			17.89	Q
6	A	Radoslava Mavrodieva	Bulgaria	17.55			17.55	Q
7	A	Anita Márton	Hungary	16.69	16.74	17.30	17.30	q
8	A	Paulina Guba	Poland	16.63	17.29	16.80	17.29	q
9	B	Jessica Cérival	France	16.99	16.75	17.15	17.15	q
10	B	Helena Engman	Sweden	16.88	x	x	16.88	q
11	B	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	15.68	16.22	16.73	16.73	q
12	A	Anca Heltne	Romania	16.00	16.70	16.33	16.70	q
13	B	Úrsula Ruiz	Spain	16.35	16.24	16.39	16.39
14	B	Eden Francis	Great Britain	15.83	x	16.35	16.35
15	A	Julaika Nicoletti	Italy	x	15.94	x	15.94
16	A	Anastasia Muchkaev	Israel	14.37	x	15.83	15.83
17	B	Valentina Muzarić	Croatia	14.55	x	15.33	15.33
18	A	Suvi Helin	Finland	14.69	14.73	15.05	15.05

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.58	19.15	19.15	19.18	x	x	19.18
	Irina Tarasova	Russia	18.53	18.79	18.91	x	18.54	18.72	18.91
	Chiara Rosa	Italy	x	17.95	17.72	18.26	18.47	18.07	18.47
4	Josephine Terlecki	Germany	18.33	18.16	x	17.85	x	x	18.33
5	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	x	18.25	18.10	17.77	x	17.49	18.25
6	Radoslava Mavrodieva	Bulgaria	18.14	x	17.73	x	17.89	x	18.14
7	Anita Márton	Hungary	17.19	17.39	17.31	17.48	17.93	17.52	17.93
8	Helena Engman	Sweden	17.64	17.44	x	17.18	x	x	17.64	SB
9	Jessica Cérival	France	17.20	x	x				17.20
10	Paulina Guba	Poland	17.09	x	x				17.09
11	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	16.53	x	16.50				16.53
12	Anca Heltne	Romania	16.36	16.39	16.36				16.39

• Qualification Results
• Final Results