2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance22.03 m (72 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Medalists
gold medal Tomas Walsh   New Zealand
silver medal Joe Kovacs   United States
bronze medal Stipe Žunić   Croatia
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The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.[1]

Summary

2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.

In the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić moved into third with 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03 metres.[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 23.12 Randy Barnes  USA 20 May 1990 Westwood, CA, United States
Championship 22.23 Werner Günthör   SUI 29 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 22.65 Ryan Crouser  USA 25 Jun 2017 Sacramento, CA, United States
African 21.97 Janus Robberts  RSA 2 Jun 2001 Eugene, OR, United States
Asian 21.13 Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi  KSA 8 May 2009 Doha, Qatar
NACAC 23.12 Randy Barnes  USA 20 May 1990 Westwood,CA, United States
South American 21.82 Darlan Romani  BRA 3 Jun 2017 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 23.06 Ulf Timmermann  GDR 22 May 1988 Chania, Greece
Oceanian 22.21 Tomas Walsh  NZL 5 Sep 2016 Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.[5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 10:00 Qualification
6 August 20:35 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Tomas Walsh  New Zealand (NZL) 22.14 22.14 Q, SB
2 B David Storl  Germany (GER) 21.41 21.41 Q
3 A Michał Haratyk  Poland (POL) 21.27 21.27 Q
4 A Darrell Hill  United States (USA) x x 21.11 21.11 Q
5 B Jacko Gill  New Zealand (NZL) 20.96 20.96 Q
6 B Ryan Crouser  United States (USA) 20.90 20.90 Q
7 B Stipe Žunić  Croatia (CRO) 20.86 20.86 Q
8 B Ryan Whiting  United States (USA) 20.84 20.84 Q
9 B Tomáš Stanek  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.76 20.76 Q
10 A Joe Kovacs  United States (USA) 20.62 20.67 x 20.67 q
11 A Andrei Gag  Romania (ROM) 20.31 x 20.61 20.61 q, SB
12 B Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland (POL) x 20.11 20.55 20.55 q
13 A Jakub Szyszkowski  Poland (POL) 19.13 19.50 20.54 20.54
14 A Filip Mihaljević  Croatia (CRO) x x 20.33 20.33
15 B Darlan Romani  Brazil (BRA) x 20.21 19.91 20.21
16 A Tim Nedow  Canada (CAN) 19.66 20.09 20.03 20.09
17 A Tsanko Arnaudov  Portugal (POR) 19.83 20.02 20.08 20.08
18 A Ladislav Prášil  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.04 19.76 19.92 20.04
19 A O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica (JAM) x 19.84 19.95 19.95
20 B Damien Birkinhead  Australia (AUS) 19.90 19.79 19.50 19.90
21 A Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) x 19.51 19.88 19.88
22 A Carlos Tobalina  Spain (ESP) 19.38 19.87 x 19.87
23 A Orazio Cremona  South Africa (RSA) 19.81 19.61 19.35 19.81
24 A Franck Elemba  Congo (CGO) 19.18 19.74 19.40 19.74
25 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria (NGR) 19.27 19.70 19.72 19.72
26 A Aleksandr Lesnoy  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) x 19.67 x 19.67
27 B Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa (RSA) 18.62 19.59 19.56 19.59
28 B Aliaksei Nichypar  Belarus (BLR) 19.39 19.54 19.41 19.54
29 B Francisco Belo  Portugal (POR) 18.28 19.47 x 19.47
30 B Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt (EGY) 19.23 x 19.15 19.23
31 B Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg (LUX) x 18.93 19.10 19.10
32 B Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) x 18.95 x 18.95

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomas Walsh  New Zealand (NZL) 21.38 21.64 21.75 21.70 21.63 22.03 22.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Kovacs  United States (USA) 21.48 20.88 21.66 x 21.17 x 21.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stipe Žunić  Croatia (CRO) 21.01 21.46 21.04 21.08 x x 21.46
4 Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic (CZE) 21.04 21.41 x x x 20.99 21.41
5 Michał Haratyk  Poland (POL) 20.49 20.52 21.00 20.83 21.41 20.98 21.41
6 Ryan Crouser  United States (USA) 21.07 21.09 x x 21.20 21.14 21.20
7 Ryan Whiting  United States (USA) 20.82 x 20.66 x x 21.09 21.09
8 Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland (POL) x 20.65 20.89 x x x 20.89
9 Jacko Gill  New Zealand (NZL) 20.36 19.82 20.82 20.82
10 David Storl  Germany (GER) x x 20.80 20.80
11 Darrell Hill  United States (USA) 20.79 20.56 x 20.79
12 Andrei Gag  Romania (ROM) 19.96 x x 19.96

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: men's shot put final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Shot Put Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Shot Put Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Shot Put Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.