2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put explained

Event:	Men's shot put
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7.

Ralf Bartels was outside the podium before the final attempt, having managed 20.57 in his first five, whereas Andrei Mikhnevich and Joachim Olsen had achieved their best attempts in round two. However, Bartels put the shot two centimetres further than Mikhnevich, and despite Olsen coming up with a second 21-metre put with 21.04 in his final attempt, it was not enough to better his previous attempts.

In 2013 it was revealed that Mikhnevich tested positive for prohibited substances at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.^[1] In addition, the results of finalists Ville Tiisanoja and Yuriy Bilonoh were also voided for doping offences as indicated in the official results at the European Athletics website.^[2]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ralf Bartels	Joachim Olsen	Rutger Smith

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	10:05	Qualification
August 7, 2006	18:45	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			20.58			20.58	Q
2	B			20.39			20.39	Q
3	B			19.60	19.84	20.37	20.37	Q
4	A			19.79	20.32		20.32	Q
5	B			18.89	19.09	20.22	20.22	Q
6	A				19.77	20.15	20.15	q
7	B			18.80	19.74	19.61	19.74	q
8	B				19.37	19.71	19.71	q
9	A			19.43	19.29	19.68	19.68	q
10	B			19.65	19.40		19.65
11	A			18.68	18.53	19.53	19.53
12	A			19.52		19.02	19.52
13	B			17.59	18.88	19.48	19.48
14	A			19.09	18.98	19.38	19.38
15	A			18.92		19.18	19.18
16	A			18.95	19.11		19.11	SB
17	A					19.00	19.00
18	B				18.95		18.95
19	A			18.85	18.94		18.94
20	B			18.70			18.70
21	B			18.67		18.53	18.67
22	A			18.04	18.43	18.27	18.43
23	B			18.40	17.84		18.40
24	A			18.26	18.28	18.35	18.35
25	A				18.15		18.15
26	B			17.90	17.92	18.09	18.09
27	A			18.04	17.78	17.65	18.04
28	B			15.29			15.29
	B
	A	Andrei Mikhnevich			20.49		20.49	Q, DQ
	B	Ville Tiisanoja		20.34			20.34	Q, DQ
	A	Yuriy Bilonoh		19.78			19.78	q, DQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.08	20.45	20.57	20.47	20.23	21.13	21.13	SB
			20.06	21.09	20.95		20.79	21.04	21.09
			19.76	20.73	20.90	20.63		20.18	20.90
			20.39	20.55	20.22	20.49		20.40	20.55
			19.62	19.59	19.93		19.61	19.95	19.95
			19.52	19.85					19.85
				19.68	19.18				19.68
				19.51	19.49				19.51
			19.44						19.44
	Andrei Mikhnevich		20.88	21.11	20.57	21.05		20.68	21.11	DQ
	Yuriy Bilonoh		20.32	20.21					20.32	DQ
	Ville Tiisanoja				19.48				19.48	DQ

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. 31 July 2013. IAAF. 4 April 2014.
2. Web site: Official results . 2014-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221175530/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/eurathresults.php?CID=9235808 . 2014-02-21 . dead .