Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 2 August 2024 (qualification)
    3 August 2024 (final)
Competitors24 from 31 nations
Winning distance22.90 m
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 Rajindra Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
  2020
2028  

The men's shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

Since 2016, Ryan Crouser has virtually owned this event. Two successive Olympic Championships, two world records, two world championships and an indoor championship he added earlier in the season. Crouser was a world champion even back to the 2009 youth division. Crouser had been beaten before, most notably at the 2019 World Championships by Joe Kovacs by a single centimeter, in what might have been the greatest shot put competition ever. With Crouser nursing an injury the entire outdoor season, Kovacs beat him again at the U.S. Olympic Trials a month earlier. Kovacs had a history of finishing on the podium of every major championship since the 2015 World Championships, which he won. Crouser and Kovacs are the top two shot putters of all time. Earlier in the season, Leonardo Fabbri, threw 22.95m to become #5. Also in the competition were #7 Tom Walsh, #13 Payton Otterdahl and #25 Rajindra Campbell. [1]

In the qualifying round Tomáš Staněk, Otterdahl and Crouser were one and done, reaching the automatic qualifying mark of 21.35 on their first attempt. Jacko Gill and Walsh needed a second attempt to make it, while Fabbri took all three until he got off a 21.76m that led all qualifiers. Kovacs only managed 21.24m in three attempts, but that was enough to qualify seventh. Campbell had to rely on a first attempt 21.05m to squeak into the finals in tenth after two successive fouls. [2]

As the rain began to fall, Otterdahl got the first legal throw 21.39m. Kovacs got the next, 21.69m. Crouser threw almost a meter farther, 22.64m on his first attempt to put the three Americans in the top three positions after the first round. In the second round, Otterdahl improved to second position at 21.98m. After Crouser improved to 22.69m, Campbell tossed a 22.15m to move ahead of Otterdahl. In the third round, Otterdahl made a slight improvement to 22.01m but remained in third. Then Crouser made a bigger improvement to 22.90 m (75 ft 1+12 in). Bronze medalist at the last two Olympics, competing with an injured groin strain, Walsh fouled his third attempt in a row and did not move into the final rounds. In heavier rain, none of the competitors could stay in the ring. The trend continued through the fifth round and into the sixth. 24 successive attempts only had three inferior legal throws. In fourth place, in bad conditions, Kovacs used his final attempt to throw 22.15m to equal Campbell. And because Kovacs had a better second best throw, he had rocketed into second place. Now off the podium, Otterdahl got off his best throw 22.03m, but it wouldn't catch Campbell. Campbell still had one last chance to improve only enough to beat Kovacs' second best 21.71m, but Campbell fouled. Already the three time gold medalist, Crouser accepted congratulations and did not step into the ring again [3] The winning throw equaled the 24th best in history, but Crouser had 14 better throws on that list already. [1]

Background

The men's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Crouser  (USA)23.56 [4] Los Angeles, United States27 May 2023
Olympic record 23.30 Tokyo, Japan5 August 2021
World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Joe Kovacs  (USA)23.13 [5] Eugene, United States25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [6]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of South Africa.svg  Janus Robberts  (RSA)21.97
Asia ( records )Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Tolo  (KSA)21.80
Europe ( records )Flag of East Germany.svg  Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)23.06
North, Central America

and Caribbean ( records )

Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Crouser  (USA)23.56 WR
Oceania ( records )Flag of New Zealand.svg  Tom Walsh  (NZL)22.90
South America ( records )Flag of Brazil.svg  Darlan Romani  (BRA)22.61

Qualification

For the men's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 21.50 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7] [8]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 20:10 (UTC+2). 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [9] Qualification: 21.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. [10]

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Leonardo Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.44x21.7621.76 Q
2A Tomáš Staněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21.6121.61 Q, SB
3B Payton Otterdahl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.5221.52 Q
4A Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.4921.49 Q
5B Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20.6521.4821.48 Q
6A Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21.1421.3521.35 Q
7B Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.6521.0621.2421.24 q
8B Uziel Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 20.6920.4321.2221.22 q
9B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 21.1321.00x21.13 q
10A Rajindra Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.05xx21.05 q
11B Zane Weir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.2921.00x21.00 q
12A Marcus Thomsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 20.81x20.3320.81 q
13B Kyle Blignaut Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa x20.0320.7820.78
14A Filip Mihaljević Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 20.0920.0420.7520.75
15B Mohammed Tolo Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 20.63x20.6520.65
16A Tsanko Arnaudov Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 20.0219.8020.3120.31
17A Bob Bertemes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 20.27xx20.27
18B Andrei Toader Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 20.2420.0020.1020.24
19B Michał Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19.4119.8719.9419.94
20B Mostafa Hassan Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 19.70xx19.70
21B Scott Lincoln Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xx19.6919.69
22B Roman Kokoshko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x19.3619.2219.36
23A Nazareno Sasia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 19.33x19.0619.33
24B Armin Sinančević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia x19.31x19.31
25AMohamed KhalifaFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt x19.27x19.27
26A Mesud Pezer Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.0119.0318.9419.03
27A Eric Favors Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 19.0218.3818.8619.02
28A Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x18.3418.8318.83
29A Tajinderpal Singh Toor Flag of India.svg  India 18.05xx18.05
A Welington Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xxxNM
B Francisco Belo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xxxNM

[2]

Final

The final was held on 3 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening. [9]

RankOrderAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.6422.6922.90xx22.90 SB
Silver medal icon.svg4 Joe Kovacs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.69x21.71xx22.1522.15
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Rajindra Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.0022.15xxxx22.15
42 Payton Otterdahl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.3921.9822.01xx22.0322.03
511 Leonardo Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x20.96x21.70xx21.70
69 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.5821.4221.01xxx21.42
73 Jacko Gill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x20.8121.15x19.2320.4721.15
810 Uziel Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 20.6820.8820.80x20.29x20.88
91 Marcus Thomsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway x20.5820.67Did not advance20.67
105 Tomáš Staněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20.3120.37xDid not advance20.37
117 Zane Weir Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x20.24xDid not advance20.24
1212 Tom Walsh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand xxxDid not advanceNM

[3]

References

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