Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics.svg
Olympic Athletics
Venue Japan National Stadium
Dates3 August 2021
(qualifying)
5 August 2021
(final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance23.30 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
  2016
2024  

The men's shot put event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Thirty-one athletes from 22 nations competed. For the first time in Olympic history, the same three competitors received the same medals in back-to-back editions of an individual event. [2] Americans Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs and New Zealander Tom Walsh repeated their gold, silver, and bronze (respectively) performances from the 2016 Summer Olympics. They became the 15th, 16th, and 17th men to earn multiple medals in the shot put; Crouser was the 4th to repeat as champion.

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

At the US Trials, Ryan Crouser broke the 29 year old world record by 25 centimetres. He was already the defending Olympic Champion. But the entire podium returned from Rio and silver medalist Joe Kovacs beat Crouser at the 2019 World Championships. Bronze medalist Thomas Walsh matched Crouser at the championships which Walsh won in 2017. Kovacs and Walsh were =#4 and #6 of all time respectively with their marks from that 2019 competition. #11 Darlan Romani, #17 Michał Haratyk, #19 Konrad Bukowiecki, #21 Bob Bertemes and #25 Tomáš Staněk were also in the field.

Bahrain made its men's shot put debut. The United States made its 28th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Summary

Haratyk, Bukowiecki, Bertemes and Staněk didn't make the final.

On his first attempt at the final, Crouser threw 22.83 metres to improve upon his own Olympic Record from Rio. Romani threw 21.88 metres to take second for a few moments until Kovacs threw 22.19 metres. Crouser's second round throw improved the Olympic Record again, 22.93 metres. Only two other men had ever thrown that far, over 30 years before. Walsh got into the mix with 22.17 metres. After the throwers were re-ordered, Kovacs threw 22.65 metres to solidify his hold on silver. That looked significant because on his final attempt, Walsh dropped 22.47 metres, better than Kovacs' four other throws. Kovacs answered with 22.60 metres, not enough to catch Crouser. So with gold assured, Crouser wound up for one more throw, 23.30 m (76 ft 5+14 in); the second farthest throw in history, his third Olympic Record of the series and just 7 centimetres short of his month-old world record. Every one of Crouser's 6 throw series was farther than all but ten men have ever thrown. Crouser joined Ralph Rose (1904 & 1908), Parry O'Brien (1952 & 1956) (also Americans) and Tomasz Majewski of Poland (2008 & 2012), as the only men to defend their Olympic title in the shot put. For the first time in Olympic history the podium was a repeat of the previous Games, with Kovacs silver and Walsh bronze. [3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's shot put event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 21.10 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached. [4] [5]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained at various meetings during the given period with the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [4] [6]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the shot put. [4]

Entry number: 32. No ranking necessary to complete the field.

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 21.103Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Leonardo Fabbri
Nick Ponzio
Zane Weir
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ryan Crouser
Joe Kovacs
Payton Otterdahl
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mostafa Amr Hassan
Mohamed Magdi Hamza
2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Benik Abrahamyan
Giorgi Mujaridze
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jacko Gill
Tom Walsh
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Konrad Bukowiecki
Michał Haratyk
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Asmir Kolašinac
Armin Sinančević
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Kyle Blignaut
Jason van Rooyen
1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Abdelrahman Mahmoud
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesud Pezer
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Darlan Romani
1Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands Eldred Henry
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Tim Nedow
1Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Filip Mihaljević
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tomáš Staněk
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Scott Lincoln
1Flag of India.svg  India Tajinderpal Singh Toor
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Bob Bertemes
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Francisco Belo
0Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC [Note RUS] Aleksandr Lesnoy
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Andrei Rares Toader
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wictor Petersson
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ihor Musiyenko
World ranking0
Total32

Competition format

The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gave each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (not yet set; 2016 used 20.65 metres); if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 would advance. The final provided each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers received an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws were not considered for the final). [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ryan Crouser  (USA)23.37 Eugene, United States18 June 2021
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ryan Crouser  (USA)22.52 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil18 August 2016
AreaDistance (m)AthleteNation
Africa ( records )21.97 Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Asia ( records )21.49 TajinderPal Toor Flag of India.svg India
Europe ( records )23.06 Ulf Timmermann Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
23.37 WR Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )22.90 Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
South America ( records )22.61 Darlan Romani Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

The following record was established during the competition:

DateEventAthleteNationDistance (m)Record
August 5Final Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.30 OR

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's shot put took place over two separate days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 3 August 202119:00Qualifying
Thursday, 5 August 20219:00Final

Results

Qualifying

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.0522.05 Q
2A Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x20.3821.4921.49 Q
3B Mesud Pezer Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.4121.3321.33 Q
4A Darlan Romani Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.0021.3121.31 Q
5B Zane Weir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.8421.2521.25 Q, PB
6A Mostafa Amr Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt x20.6521.2321.23 Q, SB
7B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.5321.1620.9521.16 q
8B Kyle Blignaut Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20.3020.9720.5620.97 q
9B Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20.6520.5220.9620.96 q
10A Armin Sinančević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20.5020.96x20.96 q
11A Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.8120.9320.8120.93 q
12A Payton Otterdahl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.5620.2820.9020.90 q
13B Michał Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20.5820.8620.7220.86
14B Leonardo Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.4220.80x20.80
15B Filip Mihaljević Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia x20.0920.6720.67
16A Francisco Belo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal x20.5820.2420.58
17A Tomáš Staněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20.2320.4719.7820.47
18B Scott Lincoln Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 20.4219.60x20.42
19A Jason van Rooyen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 18.9220.0620.2920.29
20A Nick Ponzio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x20.28x20.28
21B Bob Bertemes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 20.14x20.1620.16
22A Abdelrahman Mahmoud Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 18.9520.1419.9320.14
23A Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20.01x19.4420.01
24A Tajinderpal Singh Toor Flag of India.svg  India 19.99xx19.99
25B Mohamed Magdi Hamza Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 19.33x19.8219.82
26A Andrei Toader Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 19.81x19.4119.81
27A Giorgi Mujaridze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 18.7119.7619.5519.76
28B Wictor Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19.64x19.7319.73
29B Asmir Kolašinac Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia x19.68x19.68
30B Ihor Musiyenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 19.0719.4219.5619.56
31A Tim Nedow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x19.2719.4219.42

Final

RankOrderAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.8322.9322.8622.7422.5423.3023.30 OR
Silver medal icon.svg11 Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.1920.9521.9522.6522.2922.6022.65
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21.0922.17x21.3722.1822.4722.47 SB
410 Darlan Romani Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21.8821.2220.96xx20.7021.88 SB
53 Zane Weir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.8520.2520.6821.4021.41x21.41 PB
69 Kyle Blignaut Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20.29x21.0020.9620.46x21.00
78 Armin Sinančević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20.89xx20.44xx20.89
86 Mostafa Amr Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20.5120.73xx20.6320.7320.73
912 Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x20.7120.71Did not advance20.71
105 Payton Otterdahl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.32xxDid not advance20.32
111 Mesud Pezer Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina xx20.08Did not advance20.08
122 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria x18.8719.74Did not advance19.74

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