2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Christian Cantwell	Ralf Bartels	Dylan Armstrong

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		22.66	Los Angeles, United States	20 January 1989
Championship record		22.24	Indianapolis, United States	7 March 1987
World Leading		21.95	New York City, United States	29 January 2010
African record		21.47	Norman, United States	1 December 2001
Asian record		20.09	Schio, Italy	11 February 2006
European record		22.55	Senftenberg, East Germany	11 February 1989
North and Central American and Caribbean record		22.66	Los Angeles, United States	20 January 1989
Oceanian Record		20.83	Valencia, Spain	7 March 2008
South American record		20.15	Leverkusen, West Germany	31 January 1985

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	9:20	Qualification, Group A
March 12, 2010	10:30	Qualification, Group B
March 13, 2010	16:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			20.22	20.91		20.91	Q
2	B			20.72			20.72	Q
3	B			19.51	20.21	20.61	20.61	Q, SB
4	A			20.08	20.50		20.50	Q
5	B				18.33	20.49	20.49	Q
6	B			18.79		20.44	20.44	Q, SB
	B			20.42			20.42	Q
7	B			20.27		20.38	20.38	Q
	A			20.34			20.34	Q
8	A			19.32		20.23	20.23
9	B				20.03	20.10	20.10
10	A					20.04	20.04
11	A			18.95		19.97	19.97
12	A			18.10	19.88		19.88
13	A			19.59		19.82	19.82	SB
14	A			19.07		19.51	19.51
15	B			19.43		19.26	19.43
16	B			17.98	18.58	18.67	18.67
17	A			18.51			18.51
18	B			18.06		17.75	18.06	SB
	B

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			21.60		21.07	21.13	21.14	21.83	21.83
			20.81	21.20	21.49	21.10	21.68	21.45	21.68	^[1]
			20.43	21.44	21.04	20.76	20.35	20.93	21.44	PB
			21.12	20.62	20.92		21.39		21.39	NR
4			21.20		20.46		20.84	20.98	21.20	NR
				19.77	20.03	20.67			20.67
5					20.20	19.97	20.40		20.40
6					19.36	19.76			19.76
7				18.50		18.66			18.66

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Result

Notes and References

1. Disqualified retroactively for positive drug test.