Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Tomasz Majewski (2009).jpg
Tomasz Majewski (2009)
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Date15 August 2008
Competitors44 from 34 nations
Winning distance21.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tomasz Majewski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Christian Cantwell
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Dylan Armstrong
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2004
2012  

The men's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1] Forty-four athletes from 34 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Tomasz Majewski of Poland, the nation's first victory (and first medal) in the men's shot put since 1972. Christian Cantwell of the United States took silver, the seventh consecutive Games in which an American finished first or second.

Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was initially awarded the bronze medal but he was later disqualified for doping and the medal was awarded to 4th-place finisher Dylan Armstrong of Canada. [3] It was Canada's first men's shot put medal.

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top eight finishers from 2004 returned: Yuriy Bilonoh of Ukraine (whose 2004 gold medal would later be stripped), Adam Nelson of the United States, Joachim Olsen of Denmark, Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez of Spain, Andrei Mikhnevich and Yury Bialou of Belarus, Justin Anlezark of Australia, and Ralf Bartels of Germany, along with eleventh-place finisher Miran Vodovnik of Slovenia. Nelson had won the 2005 world championships and come in second to Reese Hoffa in 2007. Hoffa, Nelson, and Christian Cantwell were favored, with an American sweep thought to be a "real possibility." [2]

Chinese Taipei, Iran, Jamaica, Portugal, and Serbia each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 25th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualifying standards were 20.30 m (66.6 ft) (A standard) and 19.80 m (64.96 ft) (B standard). [4] Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. [5] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

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 20.40 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. [2] [6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Randy Barnes  (USA)23.12 Westwood, United States20 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 for this event. The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dylan Armstrong Final20.43

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 15 August 200809:00
21:00
Qualifying
Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.0421.04Q, PB
2B Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.5620.56Q
3B Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.3820.4820.48Q, DPG
4A Christian Cantwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.1120.4820.48Q
5A Dylan Armstrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.4320.43Q
6A Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.4120.41Q
7B Pavel Lyzhyn Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.36XX20.36q, DPG
8A Pavel Sofin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.29XX20.29q
9B Yuriy Bilonog Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 19.9320.1619.5720.16q
10B Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.13X19.9720.13q
11A Yury Bialou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus X20.1219.8720.12q
12B Ivan Yushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.0219.8320.0020.02q, DPG
13B Peter Sack Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19.76X20.0120.01
14A Andriy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 18.9519.5920.0120.01
15B Dorian Scott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 19.5419.9419.7119.94
16B Justin Anlezark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 19.9119.75x19.91
17A Hamza Alic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.3319.4819.8719.87
18A Anton Lyuboslavskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.14X19.8719.87
19B Manuel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19.6219.4519.8119.81
20B Miran Vodovnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 18.72X19.8119.81
21A Scott Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 19.75XX19.75
22A Joachim Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 19.6219.6919.7419.74SB
23B Yves Niare Flag of France.svg  France XX19.7319.73
24A Carlos Véliz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 19.5819.2519.1619.58
25A Māris Urtāns Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 18.7819.5719.3419.57
26B Taavi Peetre Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia XX19.5719.57
27B Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia X18.6719.5119.51
28B Petr Stehlik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic X19.41X19.41
29B Nedzad Mulabegovic Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 19.1119.3518.8819.35
30A Milan Haborák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia X19.32X19.32
31B Reinaldo Proenza Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 19.1519.0619.2019.20
32A Germán Lauro Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 19.07X18.9619.07
33A Asmir Kolašinac Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 18.32X19.0119.01
34A Lajos Kürthy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.38X18.7418.74
35B Ivan Emilianov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 18.6418.27X18.64
36A Mihail Stamatoyiannis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X18.4518.3018.45
37B Yasser Farag Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 18.37X18.4218.42
38B Marco Fortes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal XX18.0518.05
39A Marco Antonio Verni Flag of Chile.svg  Chile X17.96X17.96
40B Chang Ming-Huang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 16.1316.9817.4317.43
A Robert Häggblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland XXXNo mark
A Georgi Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria XXXNo mark
B Alexis Paumier Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba XXXNo mark
B Amin Nikfar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran XXXNo mark
A Ralf Bartels Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20.8020.4721.2121.51X20.4421.51PB
Silver medal icon.svg Christian Cantwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.3920.9820.8820.8620.6921.0921.09
Bronze medal icon.svg Dylan Armstrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.6221.04XX20.47X21.04NR
4 Yuriy Bilonog Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20.63X20.5320.4620.31X20.63SB
5 Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States X19.8120.5320.38XX20.53
6 Pavel Sofin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.42XXXXX20.42
7 Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.41X20.30Did not advance20.41
8 Yury Bialou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.06XXDid not advance20.06
Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States XXXDid not advanceNo mark
Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.7321.05X20.7820.5720.9321.05DPG
Ivan Yushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.6719.55XDid not advance19.67DPG
Pavel Lyzhyn Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.3320.1520.9820.9820.40X20.98DPG [7]

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