2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates3 October (qualification)
5 October (final)
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning distance22.91 CR
Medalists
gold medal Joe Kovacs   United States
silver medal Ryan Crouser   United States
bronze medal Tomas Walsh   New Zealand
Video on YouTube
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The men's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 5 October 2019.[1] The winning margin was 1 cm which as of 2024 is the only time the men's shot put has been won by under 5 cm at these championships.

Summary

It took 20.90 to automatically qualify. Exactly 12 men made that distance, eight of them on their first attempt. There were no further place qualifiers to the final.

This was the cap to a build up of several strong athletes. Four members of the 74 foot club were here, with Darlan Romani joining in 2019 and Ryan Crouser improving his personal best to #6 all time. Behind them were four more men over 22 metres in the last two seasons.

With 22 metres the standard, the first throw of the competition was 22.36m by Crouser. Three throws later, Romani moved into second with a 21.61m. As the last thrower throughout the competition, Tomas Walsh launched a new Oceana continental record 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in). It was the longest throw in 29 years, making him the #4 thrower in history. On his second throw, Romani threw 22.53m, just short of 74 feet, which put him into second place. Crouser duplicated his first throw in the third. It took 21.18m just to get three more throws.

In the fourth round, Joe Kovacs threw 21.95m to move into fourth, then Crouser threw 22.71m to move into second place. In the fifth round, Walsh landed his second best throw, 22.56m.

In the final round, Kovacs stepped into the ring and tossed it 22.91 m (75 ft 1+3⁄4 in), equalling Alessandro Andrei for the #3 thrower in history. More importantly, he took the lead. A couple of throws later, Crouser stepped in to throw his best 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in) to tie Walsh. Walsh fouled again. With his 22.71m second best throw, compared to 22.56m for Walsh, Crouser took second. In the space of 5 minutes, Walsh went from the #4 thrower in history, to third place in the competition. Romani's best throw of 22.53m would have been good enough to win the gold medal in every World and Olympic shot put competition prior to this championship, however it was not enough to secure even the bronze here as he finished in 4th place.

This has been called the greatest shot put competition in history.[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 m Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
Championship record  Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.23 m Rome, Italy 29 August 1987
World Leading  Ryan Crouser (USA) 22.74 m Long Beach, United States 20 April 2019
African Record  Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97 m Eugene, United States 2 June 2001
Asian Record  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) 21.13 m Doha, Qatar 8 May 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 m Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
South American Record  Darlan Romani (BRA) 22.61 m Palo Alto, United States 30 June 2019
European Record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 m Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Oceanian record  Tomas Walsh (NZL) 22.67 m Auckland, New Zealand 25 March 2018

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
5 October Final Joe Kovacs USA 22.91 CR
5 October Final Tom Walsh NZL 22.90 AR

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.70 m.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
3 October 19:20 Qualification
5 October 20:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[6][7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 21.92 21.92 Q
2 A Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.69 21.69 Q
3 B Ryan Crouser  United States 21.67 21.67 Q
4 A Armin Sinančević  Serbia 20.48 21.51 21.51 Q, PB
5 A Darrell Hill  United States 21.25 21.25 Q
6 A Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland 21.16 21.16 Q
7 B Jacko Gill  New Zealand 21.12 21.12 Q
8 A Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 20.43 20.73 21.02 21.02 Q
9 B Filip Mihaljević  Croatia 21.00 21.00 Q
10 A Tim Nedow  Canada 20.51 20.53 20.94 20.94 Q
11 A Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 20.12 20.94 20.94 Q
12 B Joe Kovacs  United States 20.92 20.92 Q
13 A Leonardo Fabbri  Italy x 20.75 x 20.75
14 B Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt 20.23 20.55 x 20.55
15 A Jakub Szyszkowski  Poland 20.55 x 19.85 20.55
16 B Michał Haratyk  Poland 20.44 20.52 20.11 20.52
17 B Andrei Gag  Romania 20.50 18.91 x 20.50
18 B Tejinder Pal Singh Toor  India 20.43 x 19.55 20.43 SB
19 B Wictor Petersson  Sweden 20.31 x x 20.31
20 B Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.17 x 19.55 20.17
21 A Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands 19.31 x 20.13 20.13
22 A O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica 19.75 19.02 20.07 20.07
23 B Denzel Comenentia  Netherlands x 20.03 19.64 20.03
24 B Orazio Cremona  South Africa x x 19.98 19.98
25 A Mohamed Magdi Hamza  Egypt x 19.91 x 19.91
26 B Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg x 19.40 19.89 19.89
27 B Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia 19.78 x 19.86 19.86
28 A Maksim Afonin  Authorised Neutral Athletes 19.76 19.55 19.82 19.82
29 B Franck Elemba  Congo 19.43 19.76 19.59 19.76 SB
30 A Ivan Ivanov  Kazakhstan 19.57 19.73 x 19.73
31 B Aleksandr Lesnoy  Authorised Neutral Athletes 19.43 19.62 x 19.62
32 B Francisco Belo  Portugal 18.99 x 19.52 19.52
33 A Kemal Mešić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.49 19.19 19.44 19.49
34 B Uziel Muñoz  Mexico x x 19.06 19.06
A Kristo Galeta  Estonia DNS

Final

The final was started on 5 October at 20:05.[8]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joe Kovacs  United States 20.90 21.63 21.24 21.95 21.94 22.91 22.91 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ryan Crouser  United States 22.36 x 22.36 22.71 x 22.90 22.90 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 22.90 x x x 22.56 x 22.90 AR
4 Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.61 22.53 22.03 22.13 x x 22.53
5 Darrell Hill  United States 20.58 21.38 21.65 x 21.23 x 21.65
6 Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland 20.73 21.46 x 20.36 x x 21.46
7 Jacko Gill  New Zealand 21.41 21.27 20.74 x 21.01 21.45 21.45
8 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 21.18 x 20.90 20.98 20.59 21.01 21.18
9 Tim Nedow  Canada x 20.50 20.85 20.85
10 Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 20.61 20.79 20.46 20.79
11 Filip Mihaljević  Croatia 20.33 20.38 20.48 20.48
Armin Sinančević  Serbia x x x NM

References

  1. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Joe Kovacs roars with world shot put title by one centimeter". 5 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Triple Jump Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Shot Put Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF).
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