2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.[1]

Men's shot put
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance22.03 m (72 ft 3+14 in)
Medalists
gold medal    New Zealand
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Croatia
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Summary

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2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.

In the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić moved into third with 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03 metres.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 23.12 Randy Barnes   USA 20 May 1990 Westwood, CA, United States
Championship 22.23 Werner Günthör    SUI 29 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 22.65 Ryan Crouser   USA 25 Jun 2017 Sacramento, CA, United States
African 21.97 Janus Robberts   RSA 2 Jun 2001 Eugene, OR, United States
Asian 21.13 Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi   KSA 8 May 2009 Doha, Qatar
NACAC 23.12 Randy Barnes   USA 20 May 1990 Westwood,CA, United States
South American 21.82 Darlan Romani   BRA 3 Jun 2017 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 23.06 Ulf Timmermann   GDR 22 May 1988 Chania, Greece
Oceanian 22.21 Tomas Walsh   NZL 5 Sep 2016 Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 10:00 Qualification
6 August 20:35 Final

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Tomas Walsh   New Zealand (NZL) 22.14 22.14 Q, SB
2 B David Storl   Germany (GER) 21.41 21.41 Q
3 A Michał Haratyk   Poland (POL) 21.27 21.27 Q
4 A Darrell Hill   United States (USA) x x 21.11 21.11 Q
5 B Jacko Gill   New Zealand (NZL) 20.96 20.96 Q
6 B Ryan Crouser   United States (USA) 20.90 20.90 Q
7 B Stipe Žunić   Croatia (CRO) 20.86 20.86 Q
8 B Ryan Whiting   United States (USA) 20.84 20.84 Q
9 B Tomáš Stanek   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.76 20.76 Q
10 A Joe Kovacs   United States (USA) 20.62 20.67 x 20.67 q
11 A Andrei Gag   Romania (ROM) 20.31 x 20.61 20.61 q, SB
12 B Konrad Bukowiecki   Poland (POL) x 20.11 20.55 20.55 q
13 A Jakub Szyszkowski   Poland (POL) 19.13 19.50 20.54 20.54
14 A Filip Mihaljević   Croatia (CRO) x x 20.33 20.33
15 B Darlan Romani   Brazil (BRA) x 20.21 19.91 20.21
16 A Tim Nedow   Canada (CAN) 19.66 20.09 20.03 20.09
17 A Tsanko Arnaudov   Portugal (POR) 19.83 20.02 20.08 20.08
18 A Ladislav Prášil   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.04 19.76 19.92 20.04
19 A O'Dayne Richards   Jamaica (JAM) x 19.84 19.95 19.95
20 B Damien Birkinhead   Australia (AUS) 19.90 19.79 19.50 19.90
21 A Mesud Pezer   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) x 19.51 19.88 19.88
22 A Carlos Tobalina   Spain (ESP) 19.38 19.87 x 19.87
23 A Orazio Cremona   South Africa (RSA) 19.81 19.61 19.35 19.81
24 A Franck Elemba   Congo (CGO) 19.18 19.74 19.40 19.74
25 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi   Nigeria (NGR) 19.27 19.70 19.72 19.72
26 A Aleksandr Lesnoy   Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) x 19.67 x 19.67
27 B Jaco Engelbrecht   South Africa (RSA) 18.62 19.59 19.56 19.59
28 B Aliaksei Nichypar   Belarus (BLR) 19.39 19.54 19.41 19.54
29 B Francisco Belo   Portugal (POR) 18.28 19.47 x 19.47
30 B Mostafa Amr Hassan   Egypt (EGY) 19.23 x 19.15 19.23
31 B Bob Bertemes   Luxembourg (LUX) x 18.93 19.10 19.10
32 B Hamza Alić   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) x 18.95 x 18.95

Final

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The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Tomas Walsh   New Zealand (NZL) 21.38 21.64 21.75 21.70 21.63 22.03 22.03
  Joe Kovacs   United States (USA) 21.48 20.88 21.66 x 21.17 x 21.66
  Stipe Žunić   Croatia (CRO) 21.01 21.46 21.04 21.08 x x 21.46
4 Tomáš Staněk   Czech Republic (CZE) 21.04 21.41 x x x 20.99 21.41
5 Michał Haratyk   Poland (POL) 20.49 20.52 21.00 20.83 21.41 20.98 21.41
6 Ryan Crouser   United States (USA) 21.07 21.09 x x 21.20 21.14 21.20
7 Ryan Whiting   United States (USA) 20.82 x 20.66 x x 21.09 21.09
8 Konrad Bukowiecki   Poland (POL) x 20.65 20.89 x x x 20.89
9 Jacko Gill   New Zealand (NZL) 20.36 19.82 20.82 20.82
10 David Storl   Germany (GER) x x 20.80 20.80
11 Darrell Hill   United States (USA) 20.79 20.56 x 20.79
12 Andrei Gag   Romania (ROM) 19.96 x x 19.96

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: men's shot put final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Shot Put Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Shot Put Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Shot Put Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.