2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ryan Whiting	David Storl	Tomasz Majewski

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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		21.87	Chemnitz, Germany	28 January 2012
African record		21.47	Norman, United States	1 December 2001
Asian record		20.16	Nanjing, China	13 February 2012
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 9, 2012	9:55	Qualification
March 9, 2012	19:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 20.70 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 23 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:54 and ended at 11:04.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			21.43			21.43	SB, Q
2			21.23			21.23	Q
3			20.33	21.17		21.17	Q
4			20.35	20.08	20.40	20.40	AR, q
5				20.37	20.27	20.37	q
6			19.36	20.19	20.21	20.21	q
7			20.14	19.49	19.99	20.14	q
8			19.45	19.24	20.04	20.04	q
9			19.84			19.84
10			19.83	19.21	19.20	19.83
11			19.72		19.80	19.80
12					19.70	19.70
13			19.60	19.64		19.64
14					19.62	19.62
15					19.60	19.60
16			18.69	18.82	18.97	18.97
17			18.96			18.96
18			18.94		18.52	18.94
19					18.87	18.87
20			18.49	18.80		18.80
21				18.75		18.75
22			18.60			18.60	NR
23			18.42	18.34	18.38	18.42

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 19:54 and ended at 20:04.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			21.59		21.06	21.16	22.00	21.98	22.00	WL
			21.88		21.86				21.88	PB
			21.28	21.65		20.94	21.72		21.72	NR
4			20.41	21.55	20.86				21.55
5			20.22	20.21	20.78		20.50		20.78
6			20.13	20.22	19.82	19.93	20.19	20.38	20.38
7					20.30				20.30
8			19.65	20.10	19.84	19.84	19.99	19.78	20.10

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put (qualification) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316235441/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-SP-M-q----.RS6.pdf . 2012-03-16 .
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put (final) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225325/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-SP-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf . 2012-08-27 .