1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Yuriy Bilonoh	Oleksandr Bagach	John Godina

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			20.46			20.46	Q
2	B			19.58	20.06		20.06	Q
3	A			20.04			20.04	Q
3	B			20.04			20.04	Q
5	B			19.11	20.01		20.01	Q, PB
6	A			19.96			19.96	Q
7	B			19.91			19.91	Q
8	B			19.82			19.82	Q
9	B			19.81			19.81	Q
10	A			18.74	19.19	19.78	19.78	q
11	A			19.62	19.42	x	19.62	q
12	A			18.90	19.59	19.50	19.59	q
13	A			19.43	18.84	19.06	19.43
14	A			18.44	19.43	x	19.43	PB
15	A			17.97	x	19.21	19.21
16	A			18.98	18.64	18.81	18.98	NR
17	B			18.90	18.87	x	18.90
18	A			18.88	18.58	x	18.88
19	B			18.67	18.66	x	18.67
20	B			x	x	18.30	18.30
21	B			18.29	x	x	18.29
	B			x	x	x

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.46	21.02	20.83	–	20.92	20.85	21.02	PB
			20.49	20.68	20.79	20.42	20.94	20.67	20.94	SB
			20.80	20.85	–	20.34	20.87	20.57	20.87
			20.70	–	–	20.20	–	20.07	20.70
			19.97	18.98	19.86	19.80	20.37	–	20.37	NR
			20.22	19.75	20.17	–	–	20.10	20.22
			–	20.02	19.56	–	18.96	19.89	20.02
			19.43	–	20.00	–	19.79	–	20.00
			19.66	19.19	19.55				19.66
10			19.44	–	–				19.44
11			–	19.42	18.76				19.42
			–	–	–

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819045118/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/sp/rq.html Qualification results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044734/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/sp/rf.html Final results