2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance 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]

Medallists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

World Record		23.12 m	May 20, 1990
Championship record		22.23 m	August 29, 1987

Results

Qualification

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1			X	20.81		20.81	Q
2			20.62			20.62	Q
3			X	20.26		20.26	Q
4			X	20.25		20.25	Q
5			19.90	20.01	19.87	20.01	q
6			X	19.74	19.91	19.91
7			19.24	19.62	19.53	19.62
8			19.50	19.55	X	19.55
9			19.40	18.91	19.55	19.55
10			X	X	19.45	19.45
11			19.00	19.34	19.35	19.35
12			X	X	19.20	19.20
13			19.19	X	18.67	19.19
14			X	X	18.68	18.68
15			X	18.58	X	18.58
16			18.41	18.50	X	18.50
17			18.15	17.70	18.47	18.47
—			X	X	X	NM
—			X	X	X	NM
—			DNS

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1			21.04			21.04	Q
2			20.89			20.89	Q
3			19.91	20.33		20.33	Q
4			18.62	20.07	19.65	20.07	q
5			19.51	19.97	19.11	19.97	q
6			19.43	19.92	19.68	19.92	q
7			19.71	19.81	X	19.81
8			18.78	X	19.63	19.63
9			19.25	X	19.51	19.51
10			X	19.29	X	19.29
11			X	X	19.17	19.17
12			19.09	18.80	18.75	19.09
13			18.69	X	X	18.69
14			18.57	X	X	18.57
15			18.53	18.08	18.48	18.53
16			X	X	18.45	18.45
17			17.30	17.71	17.42	17.71
18			17.56	17.43	X	17.56
—			X	X	X
—			20.23			20.23	Q,

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			21.81	21.64	22.04	X	21.92	21.58	22.04
			21.47	21.61	X	X	X	X	21.61
			20.90	21.13	20.90	X	X	X	21.13
4			20.35	X	20.37	20.41	20.07	20.87	20.87
5			19.85	20.42	X	20.67	20.25	X	20.67
6			20.02	20.34	X	20.40	20.45	20.09	20.45	Q
7			20.34	X	X	X	X	20.34	20.34
8			20.22	20.23	19.94				20.23
9			19.62	X	X				19.62
—			X	X	X
—			X	X	X
—			19.97	21.27	20.88	20.75	20.61	X	21.27

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. 31 July 2013. IAAF. 4 April 2014.