Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	23 July (qualification) 24 July (final)
Competitors	25 from 20 nations
Winning distance	20.25 m
Medalists
Aiden Smith    South Africa   Xing Jialiang    China   Riccardo Ferrara    Italy
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The men's shot put event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 23 and 24 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
Games record	Konrad Bukowiecki  (POL)	21.54 m	Naples, Italy	8 July 2019

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 19.50 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. ^[3]

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Xing Jialiang	China	18.86	19.38	-	19.38 m	q
2	Aiden Smith	South Africa	18.79	18.26	19.33	19.33 m	q
3	Jason Swarens	United States	18.06	19.18	x	19.18 m	q
4	Gill Samardeep Singh	India	19.10	18.91	x	19.10 m	q
5	Kevin Reim	Germany	17.66	18.26	18.43	18.43 m	q
6	Bjorn van Kins	Netherlands	x	x	17.92	17.92 m
7	Alexander Kolesnikoff	Australia	17.36	17.85	x	17.85 m
8	Jonah Chang Anak Rigan	Malaysia	17.57	17.75	x	17.75 m
9	Balázs Tóth  [ de ]	Hungary	17.53	17.08	17.21	17.53 m
10	Fatih Alpaslan  [ de ]	Turkey	17.26	17.14	16.86	17.26 m
11	Wesley Eze	Canada	13.77	x	16.19	16.19 m
12	Andres David Ayazo	Colombia	11.87	11.45	11.08	11.87 m
—	Motaz el Gohary	Egypt	x	x	x	NM
[4]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Tizian Lauria	Germany	x	18.84	19.09	19.09 m	q
2	Dylan Targgart	United States	18.89	18.97	x	18.97 m	q
3	Riccardo Ferrara	Italy	18.88	18.65	18.57	18.88 m	q
4	Nick Palmer  [ de ]	New Zealand	x	x	18.43	18.43 m	q
5	Piotr Goździewicz	Poland	18.25	18.10	18.42	18.42 m	q
6	Jephté Vogel  [ es ]	Switzerland	17.90	18.40	17.80	18.40 m	q
7	Ali Peker	Turkey	17.77	x	18.14	18.14 m	q
8	Mauricio MacHry	Brazil	17.22	16.65	17.78	17.78 m
9	Arttu Korkeasalo  [ de; fi; sv ]	Finland	17.31	x	17.02	17.31 m
10	Arthur Stanat	Canada	17.25	17.14	17.09	17.25 m
11	Sawan	India	15.99	x	17.03	17.03 m
12	Ralfs Gauja	Latvia	15.77	x	16.43	16.43 m
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Aiden Smith	South Africa	18.61	x	19.23	18.71	x	20.25	20.25 m
	Xing Jialiang	China	18.53	19.28	19.55	19.12	20.08	18.04	20.08 m
	Riccardo Ferrara	Italy	19.40	19.48	19.27	19.91	x	19.52	19.91 m
4	Nick Palmer  [ de ]	New Zealand	x	17.83	19.71	19.16	x	19.14	19.71 m
5	Tizian Lauria	Germany	18.87	19.48	19.28	19.32	19.24	19.66	19.66 m
6	Gill Samardeep Singh	India	18.53	19.16	18.68	x	x	x	19.16 m
7	Jephté Vogel  [ es ]	Switzerland	18.27	19.06	x	x	18.01	x	19.06 m
8	Jason Swarens	United States	17.52	18.55	18.74	x	x	x	18.74 m
9	Ali Peker	Turkey	18.63	17.95	x				18.63 m
10	Kevin Reim	Germany	17.99	18.34	x				18.34 m
11	Dylan Targgart	United States	x	17.82	x				17.82 m
12	Piotr Goździewicz	Poland	x	17.80	x				17.80 m
[5]

References

1. "2025 Summer World University Games - Athletics schedule" (PDF). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "2025 FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr: All final results and medallists - Full list". Olympics. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
3. "Men's shot put - Start list" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
4. "Men's shot put - Qualification results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
5. "Men's shot put - Final results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.