2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance22.03 m (72 ft 3+14 in)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August. [1]

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Summary

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

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 23.12 Randy Barnes Flag of the United States.svg USA 20 May 1990 Westwood, CA, United States
Championship 22.23 Werner Günthör Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI 29 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading22.65 Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg USA 25 Jun 2017 Sacramento, CA, United States
African 21.97 Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 2 Jun 2001 Eugene, OR, United States
Asian 21.13 Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg KSA 8 May 2009 Doha, Qatar
NACAC 23.12 Randy Barnes Flag of the United States.svg USA 20 May 1990Westwood,CA, United States
South American 21.82 Darlan Romani Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 3 Jun 2017 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 23.06 Ulf Timmermann Flag of East Germany.svg GDR 22 May 1988 Chania, Greece
Oceanian 22.21 Tomas Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL 5 Sep 2016 Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition. [4]

Qualification standard

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

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
5 August10:00 Qualification
6 August20:35 Final

Results

Qualification

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]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Tomas Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)22.1422.14 Q, SB
2B David Storl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)21.4121.41 Q
3A Michał Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)21.2721.27 Q
4A Darrell Hill Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xx21.1121.11 Q
5B Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)20.9620.96 Q
6B Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)20.9020.90 Q
7B Stipe Žunić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)20.8620.86 Q
8B Ryan Whiting Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)20.8420.84 Q
9B Tomáš Stanek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)20.7620.76 Q
10A Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)20.6220.67x20.67 q
11A Andrei Gag Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)20.31x20.6120.61 q, SB
12B Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x20.1120.5520.55 q
13A Jakub Szyszkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)19.1319.5020.5420.54
14A Filip Mihaljević Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)xx20.3320.33
15B Darlan Romani Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)x20.2119.9120.21
16A Tim Nedow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)19.6620.0920.0320.09
17A Tsanko Arnaudov Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)19.8320.0220.0820.08
18A Ladislav Prášil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)20.0419.7619.9220.04
19A O'Dayne Richards Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)x19.8419.9519.95
20B Damien Birkinhead Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)19.9019.7919.5019.90
21A Mesud Pezer Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)x19.5119.8819.88
22A Carlos Tobalina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)19.3819.87x19.87
23A Orazio Cremona Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)19.8119.6119.3519.81
24A Franck Elemba Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo  (CGO)19.1819.7419.4019.74
25B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)19.2719.7019.7219.72
26A Aleksandr Lesnoy ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)x19.67x19.67
27B Jaco Engelbrecht Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)18.6219.5919.5619.59
28B Aliaksei Nichypar Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)19.3919.5419.4119.54
29B Francisco Belo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)18.2819.47x19.47
30B Mostafa Amr Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)19.23x19.1519.23
31B Bob Bertemes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)x18.9319.1019.10
32B Hamza Alić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)x18.95x18.95

Final

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

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Tomas Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)21.3821.6421.7521.7021.6322.0322.03
Silver medal icon.svg Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)21.4820.8821.66x21.17x21.66
Bronze medal icon.svg Stipe Žunić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)21.0121.4621.0421.08xx21.46
4 Tomáš Staněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)21.0421.41xxx20.9921.41
5 Michał Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)20.4920.5221.0020.8321.4120.9821.41
6 Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)21.0721.09xx21.2021.1421.20
7 Ryan Whiting Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)20.82x20.66xx21.0921.09
8 Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x20.6520.89xxx20.89
9 Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)20.3619.8220.8220.82
10 David Storl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xx20.8020.80
11 Darrell Hill Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)20.7920.56x20.79
12 Andrei Gag Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)19.96xx19.96

References

  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.