Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Commonwealth Games

The Men's shot put at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme took place at Hampden Park on 27 and 28 July 2014. [1]

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Results

Qualifying round

Final qualification mark was set at 20.00 metres, and athletes reaching that marked qualified for the final. Where less than twelve made the mark, the first twelve athletes were to qualify for the final as of right. In the event, three athletes qualified through reaching the mark; the next nine qualified for the final without reaching the mark.

New Zealand's Tomas Walsh was the best mark from the first round, at 21.24 metres, a new Commonwealth Games record

RankGroupName#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AFlag of New Zealand.svg  Tomas Walsh  (NZL)21.2421.24Q GR
2BFlag of Jamaica.svg  O'Dayne Richards  (JAM)20.2420.24Q
3BFlag of South Africa.svg  Orazio Cremona  (RSA)18.6919.7920.0320.03Q
4BFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tim Nedow  (CAN)17.9219.3319.8419.84q
5BFlag of New Zealand.svg  Jacko Gill  (NZL)19.54xx19.54q
6AFlag of Australia.svg  Damien Birkinhead  (AUS)19.0419.2018.3119.20q
7AFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Justin Rodhe  (CAN)x19.14x19.14q
8BFlag of India.svg  Om Prakash Singh Karhana  (IND)17.6718.5418.9818.98q
9AFlag of Jersey.svg  Zane Duquemin  (JER)17.4018.3218.9018.90q
10AFlag of England.svg  Scott Rider  (ENG)18.3318.4017.8218.40q
11BFlag of Dominica.svg  Dillon Simon  (DMA)18.1118.4017.9918.40q
12AFlag of Jamaica.svg  Raymond Brown  (JAM)x15.8918.1118.11q
13BFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Robert Collingwood  (TRI)16.7817.4117.8317.83
14AFlag of Nigeria.svg  Stephen Mozia  (NGR)17.57x17.7617.76
15AFlag of Wales 2.svg  Gareth Winter  (WAL)17.3316.4417.1617.33
16AFlag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Eldred Henry  (IVB)16.93x17.0817.08
17BFlag of Wales 2.svg  Ryan Jones  (WAL)16.27x16.7816.78
18BFlag of Mauritius.svg  Sylvain Pierre Louis  (MRI)15.23xx15.23
19BFlag of Seychelles.svg  Dean William  (SEY)12.8912.2111.8112.89
20AFlag of Kiribati.svg  Raobu Tarawa  (KIR)x12.0811.2512.08

Final

RankName#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  O'Dayne Richards  (JAM)20.9420.8320.7021.61x20.2021.61 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Tomas Walsh  (NZL)20.7320.9620.9021.1920.84x21.19
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tim Nedow  (CAN)19.6219.59x20.5920.2420.0120.59
4Flag of South Africa.svg  Orazio Cremona  (RSA)19.1919.8020.1319.7319.84x20.13
5Flag of Australia.svg  Damien Birkinhead  (AUS)19.1218.2319.59xx18.8419.59
6Flag of India.svg  Om Prakash Singh Karhana  (IND)18.4418.7317.0818.2616.9518.3318.73
7Flag of Dominica.svg  Dillon Simon  (DMA)xx18.66x17.84x18.66
8Flag of Jamaica.svg  Raymond Brown  (JAM)18.3818.5818.65x18.4018.6318.65
9Flag of Jersey.svg  Zane Duquemin  (JER)18.16x17.6518.16
10Flag of England.svg  Scott Rider  (ENG)18.06x18.1218.12
11Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jacko Gill  (NZL)x16.7018.0518.05
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Justin Rodhe  (CAN)xxxNM

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  1. "Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.