2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates23 March
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Winning distance21.65
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Tom Walsh  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg   Roger Steen  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Adrian Piperi  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's shot put was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Crouser  (USA)23.56 Los Angeles, United States27 May 2023
Championship record [2] 22.77 Glasgow, United Kingdom1 March 2024
World leading [3] Flag of Italy.svg  Leonardo Fabbri  (ITA)21.95 Liévin, France13 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's shot put, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 22.00 m. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 16 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was held on 23 March, starting at 19:38 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6]

Results of the final [7] [8]
RankAthleteNation#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21.65x21.1120.9521.1921.4821.65 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Roger Steen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 20.4720.8020.88xx21.6221.62 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Adrian Piperi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States x21.2120.8821.4820.9521.0821.48
4 Leonardo Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.6720.69x20.8121.3621.1521.36
5 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.52x21.2521.10xx21.25 SB
6 Wictor Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20.0320.7320.24xx20.8720.87
7 Andrei Toader Flag of Romania.svg  Romania x20.64x20.3920.6320.64
8 Zane Weir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.63xx20.55x20.63
9 Rajindra Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 19.1819.7420.45x20.45 SB
10 Willian Dourado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 19.85x20.24x20.24
11 Welington Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 19.8520.1319.9620.13
12 Scott Lincoln Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19.88xx19.88
13 Xing Jialiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 18.9019.2419.7619.76
14 Chris van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19.3919.47x19.47
Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xxxNM

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists - Senior - Shot Put". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Shot Put Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Shot Put men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Start List / Shot Put Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Shot Put Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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