The Men's Shot Put event at the

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was held at the

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on August 6.

Medalists

Schedule

*''All times are

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Abbreviations

*''All results shown are in metres''

Records

Results

Qualifying

Group A

# Christian Cantwell,

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

21.11 Q # Joachim Olsen,

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

20.85 Q # Adam Nelson, United States 20.35 Q # Tepa Reinikainen,

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

20.19 q #

Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski (born 30 August 1981) is a Polish shot putter and a double Olympic Games, Olympic List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)#Shot put, gold medalist (2008 Olympic Games, 2008 Beijing, 2012 Olympic Games, 2012 London). He is th ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

20.19 q # Carl Myerscough,

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

20.07 q # Gheorghe Guset,

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

19.83 # Manuel Martínez,

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

19.55 # Petr Stehlik,

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

19.48 #

Miran Vodovnik Miran Vodovnik (born 11 September 1977) is a Slovenian shot putter. His personal best throw and Slovene records in athletics, Slovene record is 20.76 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Thessaloniki. He finished eleventh at the Athletics at the 2004 ...

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

19.28 # Ivan Yushkov,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

18.98 # Marco Antonio Verni,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

18.60 # Dorian Scott,

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

18.33 *

Andrey Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (, ; born 12 July 1976 in Babruysk) is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 21.69 metres, set in 2003. In 2013 he was banned from sports for life due to his second doping positive. He started competing ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

~~20.54~~ Q, DQ * Shaka Sola,

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

DNS

Group B

Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then East Germany, German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

20.56 Q # Mikulas Konopka,

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

20.39 Q #

Rutger Smith Rutger Smith (born 9 July 1981 in Groningen) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw. He is the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlan ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

20.26 Q # Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.18 q # Khaled Habash Al-Suwaidi,

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

19.72 # Anton Lyuboslavskiy, Russia 19.56 # John Godina, United States 19.54 # Dragan Peric,

Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

19.46 # Taavi Peetre,

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

19.20 # Yuriy Belov,

19.16 # Hamza Alic,

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18.77 # Edis Elkasevic,

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

18.59 *

Janus Robberts Janus Robberts (born 10 March 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in shot put, and occasionally in the discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres and is also a former junior w ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

NM * Pavel Lyzhyn, Belarus NM *

Yuriy Bilonoh Yuriy Bilonoh (, also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog; born March 9, 1974) is a Ukrainian shot putter. Biography Born in Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The obla ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

~~20.21~~ q, DQ

Final

#Adam Nelson, United States 21.73 (SB) #Rutger Smith, Netherlands 21.29 #Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.99 #Christian Cantwell, United States 20.87 #Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.73 #Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.57 #Tomasz Majewski, Poland 20.23 #Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 20.09 #Mikuláš Konopka, Slovakia 19.72 #Carl Myerscough, Great Britain 19.67 *Yuriy Bilonoh, Ukraine ~~20.89~~ DQ *Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus ~~20.74~~ DQ

References

External links

IAAF results, qualificationIAAF results, final
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's shot put

Shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

Shot put at the World Athletics Championships