The men's shot put at the

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was held at the

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Summary

2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader

Ryan Crouser Ryan Crouser (born December 18, 1992) is an American shot putter and discus thrower. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Olympic record holder. Crouser is the current world record holder in the shot put, both indoor and outdoor. On June 18 ...

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 Joseph Mathias Kovacs (born June 28, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 23.23 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World ...

and the European U23 champion

Konrad Bukowiecki Konrad Bukowiecki (; born 17 March 1997) is a Polish athlete competing primarily in the shot put. He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2018 European Championships, gold medals at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Ch ...

qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers. In the final

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.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.

Schedule

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

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. The overall results were as follows:

Final

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

References

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