Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue ANZ Stadium
Date22 September 2000 (qualification and finals)
Competitors37 from 27 nations
Winning distance21.29
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Arsi Harju
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Adam Nelson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg John Godina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1996
2004  

The men's shot put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September. The shot put has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Thirty-seven athletes from 27 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances were scrapped and they started afresh with up to six throws. [2] The event was won by Arsi Harju of Finland, the nation's first victory in the men's shot put since 1920 (and second overall) and first medal in the event since 1936. Americans Adam Nelson and John Godina took silver and bronze, respectively, with Godina becoming the 12th man to earn multiple shot put medals (adding to his 1996 silver).

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1996 Games were silver medalist John Godina of the United States, fourth-place finisher Paolo Dal Soglio of Italy, fifth-place finisher Oliver-Sven Buder of Germany, sixth-place finisher Roman Virastyuk of Ukraine, eighth-place finisher (and 1992 finalist) Dragan Perić of Yugoslavia, and tenth-place finisher Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar. Godina, the 1995 and 1997 world champion, had finished fourth in the U.S. trials and was able to compete only as a replacement for C.J. Hunter (reigning world champion and 1996 Olympic seventh-place finisher), who was disqualified before competing. [1]

Croatia, Cuba, Moldova, and Slovakia each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 19.70 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 19.30 metres or further could be entered. [3]

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 20.10 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [1] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Randy Barnes  (USA)23.12 Los Angeles, United States 20 May 1990
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Final20.55

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 22 September 200010:00
18:45
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying round was held on Friday, 22 September 2000. The qualifying distance was 20.10 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

RankAthleteNationGroup123DistanceNotes
1 Arsi Harju Flag of Finland.svg  Finland B19.4021.3921.39Q, PB
2 John Godina Flag of the United States.svg  United States A20.5820.58Q
3 Yuriy Bilonog Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine B20.5320.53Q
4 Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States A20.1220.12Q
5 Timo Aaltonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland A20.04X19.8220.04q
6 Milan Haborak Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia B20.00XX20.00q
7 Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus AXX19.9719.97q
8 Oliver-Sven Buder Flag of Germany.svg  Germany A19.96X19.8019.96q
9 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain A19.9418.9519.8619.94q
10 Miroslav Menc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic B19.6819.1819.9219.92q
11 Andrew Bloom Flag of the United States.svg  United States BX19.6519.8319.83q
12 Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa B19.7519.1619.7919.79q
13 Bradley Snyder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada A19.77X19.5919.77
14 Burger Lambrechts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa AX19.7419.7519.75
15 Ville Tiisanoja Flag of Finland.svg  Finland B19.0419.4419.6619.66
16 Dragan Peric Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia A19.0419.4619.4919.49
17 Joachim Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark B19.32X19.4119.41
18 Pavel Chumachenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia B18.9919.40X19.40
19 Paolo Dal Soglio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy B19.39XX19.39
20 Roman Virastyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine A18.9119.0419.2719.27
21 Chima Ugwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria A19.0719.11X19.11
22 Karel Potgieter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa A19.02X19.0019.02
23 Mikulas Konopka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia A18.59X18.9918.99
24 Stevimir Ercegovac Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia A18.7418.98X18.98
25 Szilard Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary B18.6018.6118.9518.95
26 Michael Mertens Flag of Germany.svg  Germany B18.6418.4818.7218.72
27 Bahadur Singh Sagoo Flag of India.svg  India B18.70XX18.70
28 Saulius Kleiza Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania A18.57X18.5918.59
29 Justin Anlezark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia B18.5918.1118.4618.59
30 Gheorghe Guset Flag of Romania.svg  Romania A18.46X18.5618.56
31 Mark Proctor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain BX18.49X18.49
32 Shakti Singh Flag of India.svg  India A18.4017.9618.1318.40
33 Alexis Paumier Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba A18.31X18.0418.31
34 Bilal Saad Mubarak Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar B18.30XX18.30
35 Vaios Tigkas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece A17.5218.1317.8418.13
36 Ivan Emilianov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova BX17.3817.6317.63
37 Sergey Rubtsov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan B15.4915.90X15.90

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Arsi Harju Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.2021.2920.77X20.37X21.29
Silver medal icon.svg Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.5321.2021.21X20.97X21.21
Bronze medal icon.svg John Godina Flag of the United States.svg  United States X20.4020.2520.7121.20X21.20
4 Andrew Bloom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.87X20.11X19.9220.1620.87
5 Yuriy Bilonoh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20.5720.84X20.4320.22X20.84
6 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19.8919.45X19.5020.5519.7020.55 NR
7 Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 18.8119.72X18.8719.0620.3220.32
8 Oliver-Sven Buder Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19.8920.18X19.64XX20.18
9 Andrey Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 19.48XXDid not advance19.48
10 Miroslav Menc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 19.0219.1619.39Did not advance19.39
11 Milan Haborák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia XX19.06Did not advance19.06
12 Timo Aaltonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland X18.64XDid not advance18.64

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf%5B%5D
  4. Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.