2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the 2022 World Championships
From left to right: Josh Awotunde, Joe Kovacs, and Ryan Crouser
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	15 July (qualification) 17 July (final)
Competitors	33 from 21 nations
Winning distance	22.94
Medalists
Ryan Crouser    United States   Joe Kovacs    United States   Josh Awotunde    United States
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The men's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 17 July 2022. ^[1]

Summary

All the medalists returned from the previous World Championships, where all three were separated by a mere centimeter. In fact, seven of the 12 finalists returned 3 years later.

Fifth in the order, Olympic Champion Ryan Crouser was the first over 22 metres with a 22.21m. Ninth, defending champion Joe Kovacs upped the ante with his 22.63m. Indoor Champion Darlan Romani moved into third place with 21.69m, which held up until the next thrower, Josh Awotunde pushed Crouser into third place with a 22.24m. Crouser answered in the second round with a 22.71m. That held up until the fifth round. First returning Bronze medalist Tom Walsh threw 22.08 to become the fourth competitor over 22. Awotunde responded with a personal best 22.29m. Then Kovacs unleashed a 22.89, just 2 cm shy of his winning throw three years earlier to take the lead. Seconds later, as the next thrower in the ring, Crouser answered with a Championship Record 22.94 m (75 ft 3 in). None of the leaders could improve in the sixth round leaving an American sweep on home soil.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Ryan Crouser  (USA)	23.37 m	Eugene, United States	18 June 2021
Championship record	Joe Kovacs  (USA)	22.91 m	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019
World Leading	Ryan Crouser  (USA)	23.12 m	Eugene, United States	24 June 2022
African Record	Janus Robberts  (RSA)	21.97 m	Eugene, United States	2 June 2001
Asian Record	Tajinderpal Singh Toor  (IND)	21.49 m	Patiala, India	21 June 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ryan Crouser  (USA)	23.37 m	Eugene, United States	18 June 2021
South American Record	Darlan Romani  (BRA)	22.61 m	Stanford, United States	30 June 2019
European Record	Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)	23.06 m	Chania, Greece	22 May 1988
Oceanian record	Tom Walsh  (NZL)	22.90 m	Doha, Qatar	5 October 2019

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Distance	Record
17 July	Final	Ryan Crouser	USA	22.94	CR

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 21.10 m. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
15 July	18:55	Qualification
17 July	18:27	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Ryan Crouser	United States  (USA)	22.28			22.28	Q
2	B	Joe Kovacs	United States  (USA)	21.50			21.50	Q
3	A	Tom Walsh	New Zealand  (NZL)	20.81	21.11	21.44	21.44	Q
4	B	Nick Ponzio	Italy  (ITA)	21.00	21.35		21.35	Q
5	B	Jacko Gill	New Zealand  (NZL)	20.16	21.24		21.24	Q
6	A	Josh Awotunde	United States  (USA)	21.18	x	21.13	21.18	q
7	B	Filip Mihaljević	Croatia  (CRO)	20.56	21.17	x	21.17	q
8	B	Adrian Piperi	United States  (USA)	21.03	x	x	21.03	q
9	B	Darlan Romani	Brazil  (BRA)	x	20.98	x	20.98	q
10	A	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria  (NGR)	20.51	20.87	20.85	20.87	q
11	A	Marcus Thomsen	Norway  (NOR)	19.90	20.27	19.83	20.27	q
12	B	Uziel Muñoz	Mexico  (MEX)	20.06	20.24	20.16	20.24	q
13	A	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland  (POL)	19.43	x	20.24	20.24
14	B	Michał Haratyk	Poland  (POL)	19.89	20.08	20.13	20.13
15	A	Roman Kokoshko	Ukraine  (UKR)	19.35	20.02	19.74	20.02
16	A	Scott Lincoln	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	19.41	x	19.97	19.97
17	B	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal  (POR)	18.06	19.68	19.93	19.93
18	A	Andrei Toader	Romania  (ROM)	19.83	19.78	19.60	19.83
19	A	Welington Morais	Brazil  (BRA)	18.98	19.80	x	19.80
20	A	Eric Favors	Ireland  (IRL)	19.44	19.50	19.76	19.76
21	B	Willian Dourado	Brazil  (BRA)	19.65	19.41	19.73	19.73
22	A	Leonardo Fabbri	Italy  (ITA)	19.49	x	19.73	19.73
23	B	Simon Bayer	Germany  (GER)	19.13	19.16	19.71	19.71
24	B	Carlos Tobalina	Spain  (ESP)	19.45	19.47	19.70	19.70
25	A	Nicholas Scarvelis	Greece  (GRE)	19.55	19.01	x	19.55
26	B	Anastasios Latifllari	Greece  (GRE)	18.90	x	18.98	18.98
27	A	Ignacio Carballo	Argentina  (ARG)	18.74	18.06	x	18.74
28	B	Dotun Ogundeji	Nigeria  (NGR)	18.35	x	x	18.35
29	B	John Kelly	Ireland  (IRL)	x	x	17.92	17.92
	A	Tajinderpal Singh Toor	India  (IND)	r			NM

Final

The final was started on 17 July at 18:27. ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ryan Crouser	United States  (USA)	22.21	22.71	22.58	22.16	22.94	x	22.94	CR
	Joe Kovacs	United States  (USA)	22.62	x	22.17	22.16	22.89	22.42	22.89	SB
	Josh Awotunde	United States  (USA)	22.24	21.70	21.14	x	22.29	22.22	22.29	PB
4	Tom Walsh	New Zealand  (NZL)	21.40	20.67	21.49	x	22.08	21.27	22.08
5	Darlan Romani	Brazil  (BRA)	21.69	21.90	x	21.92	21.34	x	21.92
6	Filip Mihaljević	Croatia  (CRO)	21.05	x	x	21.35	21.82	21.58	21.82
7	Jacko Gill	New Zealand  (NZL)	19.19	20.75	20.82	21.03	x	21.40	21.40
8	Adrian Piperi	United States  (USA)	20.88	20.93	x	20.79	x	x	20.93
9	Nick Ponzio	Italy  (ITA)	20.28	20.81	20.76				20.81
10	Marcus Thomsen	Norway  (NOR)	20.64	20.66	19.98				20.66
11	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria  (NGR)	20.15	x	20.65				20.65
12	Uziel Muñoz	Mexico  (MEX)	20.01	19.71	19.79				20.01

References

1. Timetable
2. "Shot Put Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. "RESULTS Shot Put Men - Qualification" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
5. "SUMMARY Shot Put Men - Qualification" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
6. Final results