2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 14 March 2003.

The winning margin was 1 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put was won by less than 8 cm at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Manuel Martínez	John Godina	Yuriy Bilonoh

Results

Qualification

Qualifying performance 20.25 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
			20.88			20.88	Q, SB
			20.55			20.55	Q
			X	20.13	20.45	20.45	Q, SB
			20.13	20.36		20.36	Q, SB
			X	20.25		20.25	Q
			20.24	20.04	20.12	20.24	q
			20.19	X	X	20.19	q
			X	19.95	–	19.95	q
			19.71	X	X	19.71
10			19.06	19.59	X	19.59
11			X	X	19.35	19.35
12			19.32	19.15	X	19.32
			X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.73	21.14	21.07	21.01	20.70	21.24	21.24	SB
			X	X	21.23	X	X	20.66	21.23	SB
			21.13	20.92	21.07	X	20.83	X	21.13
4			X	20.64	20.71	20.96	20.90	X	20.96
5			20.04	X	20.65	20.03	X	19.91	20.65
6			20.13	20.44	20.53	20.52	X	20.59	20.59
7			19.67	20.04	20.08	X	X	20.21	20.21
8			20.12	X	X	X	X	19.93	20.12

References

• Results