Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Men's shot put victory ceremony
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date3 August
Competitors40 from 34 nations
Winning distance21.89
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg David Storl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3 August. [1] Forty athletes from 34 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Tomasz Majewski of Poland, the nation's second consecutive and third overall victory in the men's shot put. Majewski was the third man to successfully defend Olympic shot put gold (after Ralph Rose and Parry O'Brien), both of whom added a silver medal after their two golds). David Storl of Germany took silver, the first medal for united Germany since 1936 (though East Germany had won multiple medals). Reese Hoffa took bronze to keep the American podium streak going at eight consecutive Games.

Summary

In the qualification rounds, the first athletics event of the Olympics, the athletes with the best credentials coming in; (2007 World Champion) Reese Hoffa, (2011 World Champion) David Storl and (defending champion) Tomasz Majewski placed themselves in the favorite role, by tossing an automatic qualifier on their first attempt. Ryan Whiting and German Lauro had to take all three attempts to make their automatic qualifier, Lauro's becoming the new National Record for Argentina. It took 20.25 to make it to the finals, held in the evening.

The results of the first preliminary round foretold the final results. Those three athletes led from the first round, with Storl literally flexing his muscles in the ring as he took the early lead, then improving his position slightly in the second round. Lauro added 7 cm to the national record he had set in the morning in the second round and another 2 cm in the third, but in the end that was only good enough for sixth place. Majewski edged into the lead with his third attempt, while Hoffa made his best attempt in the fourth round. (2009 World Champion) Christian Cantwell came within 4 cm of grabbing the bronze medal from his American teammate in the final round, then Majewski put a cap on his victory with the best throw in the competition 21.89 on the final throw. [3] Majewski is the first to repeat as champion since Parry O'Brien in 1956, with Ralph Rose from 1908 the only other, and the first non-American to do that.

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top five finishers from 2008 returned: Tomasz Majewski of Poland, Christian Cantwell of the United States, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus (whose bronze medal would later be stripped and reassigned to Armstrong), Dylan Armstrong of Canada, and Pavel Lyzhyn of Belarus (also later disqualified), along with original seventh-place finisher Reese Hoffa of the United States and original ninth-place finisher Rutger Smith of the Netherlands. Since then, Cantwell had won the 2009 world championships and David Storl of Germany had won the 2011 worlds. Majewski and Armstrong had taken silver at those events. Those four men, along with the other Americans (Hoffa and Ryan Whiting, the 2012 indoor world champion) were the favored contenders. [2]

Albania made its debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 26th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's shot put event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's shot put was 20.50 metres; the B standard was 20.00 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the shot put through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event. [4] [5] [6]

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 20.65 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reached the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts. [7]

Records

Prior to the 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 during the competition. The following national record were set during this competition.

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Qualifying20.75
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Final20.82
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Final20.84

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201210:00
20:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 20.65m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.3621.36Q
2A David Storl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21.1521.15Q
3A Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.0321.03Q
4B Ryan Whiting Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.2920.2520.7820.78Q
5A Germán Lauro Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 20.10X20.7520.75Q, NR
6A Pavel Lyzhyn Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 19.8520.1020.5720.57q
7B Dylan Armstrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19.99X20.4920.49q
8B Asmir Kolašinac Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20.4420.44q
9A Christian Cantwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.4120.3019.8820.41q
10B Maksim Sidorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia X19.5920.4020.40q
11A Dorian Scott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.1820.3020.3120.31q
12B Chang Ming-Huang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 19.14X20.2520.25q
13A Soslan Tsirikhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.2519.7820.1720.17
14A Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.08X19.5520.08
15A Marco Fortes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 19.5920.0619.5020.06
16B Ralf Bartels Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X20.0019.8920.00
17B Nedžad Mulabegović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 19.1819.8619.7219.86
18B Om Prakash Singh Flag of India.svg  India 19.4019.86X19.86
19B Hüseyin Atıcı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 19.4719.4919.7419.74
20A Lajos Kürthy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19.65XX19.65
21A Georgi Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 19.4219.4019.6319.63
22B Antonín Žalský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic X19.6219.4919.62
23A Kemal Mešić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.49X19.6019.60
24A Mihail Stamatoyiannis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 18.67X19.2419.24
25A Dale Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18.3819.1719.0119.17
26A Māris Urtāns Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 18.9219.13X19.13
27B Kim Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 18.40X19.1319.13
28B Carl Myerscough Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 18.7518.95X18.95
29B Raigo Toompuu Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 18.8718.91X18.91
30A Borja Vivas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18.46X18.8818.88
31A Stephen Saenz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico X18.65X18.65
32B Amin Nikfar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 18.62XX18.62
33B Carlos Véliz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 18.26X18.5718.57
34B Emanuele Fuamatu Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 17.78XX17.78
35A Odinn Bjorn Thorsteinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland X17.0417.6217.62
36A Adriatik Hoxha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 17.58X17.1317.58
A Justin Rodhe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XXXNo mark
B Zhang Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China XXXNo mark
B Andriy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XXXNo mark
B Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 19.81 19.55 19.8919.89DQ

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.1921.7221.87X21.7221.8921.89
Silver medal icon.svg David Storl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21.8421.8621.41XXX21.86PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.9820.9521.2321.1119.53X21.23
4 Christian Cantwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.2120.95XX20.6521.1921.19
5 Dylan Armstrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.1620.9320.74XX20.3420.93
6 Germán Lauro Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 19.4020.8220.8420.3420.65X20.84 NR
7 Asmir Kolašinac Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20.1820.71X20.5420.46X20.71
8 Pavel Lyzhyn Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.69XX19.9320.04X20.69
9 Ryan Whiting Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.2120.2120.64Did not advance20.64
10 Dorian Scott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 19.5120.61XDid not advance20.61
11 Maksim Sidorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia X20.41XDid not advance20.41
12 Chang Ming-Huang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 19.99X19.64Did not advance19.99

References

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  3. "World Athletics".
  4. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  5. "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics". Telegraph. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  6. "Amended Qualifying Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  7. "Men's Shot Put competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.