2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put explained

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

The men's shot put at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.

Medalists

Gold	David Storl
Silver	Borja Vivas
Bronze	Tomasz Majewski

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record		23.12 m	Westwood, United States	20 May 1990
European record		23.06 m	Chania, Greece	22 May 1988
Championship record		22.22 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	28 August 1986
World Leading		22.03 m	Sacramento, United States	25 June 2014
European Leading		21.97 m	London, Great Britain	20 July 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2014	10:04	Qualification
12 August 2014	19:34	Final

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Results

Qualification

20.10 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Note
1	B			20.76			20.76	Q
2	A			20.53			20.53	Q
3	B			20.50			20.50	Q
4	B			20.05	20.21		20.21	Q, PB
5	B			20.18			20.18	Q
6	A			19.82	20.15		20.15	Q
7	B			19.78		20.09	20.09	q
8	A			19.23	20.09	19.60	20.09	q
9	B			18.04	20.06	20.04	20.06	q
10	B			19.19	18.86	20.03	20.03	q
11	A			19.67	19.94	19.80	19.94	q
12	A			19.27	19.52	19.88	19.88	q
13	B			19.83			19.83
14	A				18.39	19.61	19.61
15	A			18.85	19.59		19.59
16	B				18.95	19.55	19.55
17	B			19.11	19.30	19.54	19.54
18	A			19.15		19.46	19.46
19	B				19.10	19.36	19.36
20	A			19.18	19.08	18.88	19.18
21	A			18.17	18.62	19.07	19.07
22	A				18.81		18.81
23	A			18.35			18.35

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			21.41			20.75		20.98	21.41
			20.07	20.86	20.59	20.69		20.38	20.86
			20.56	20.83	20.65	20.76	20.57	20.50	20.83
			20.02	20.68			19.73	19.86	20.68	PB
				20.11	20.36			20.55	20.55
			19.31	20.48	20.17	19.77			20.48
			19.65	20.32	20.35		20.21	19.66	20.35
			18.93	19.59	20.23				20.23	SB
			19.80	20.04					20.04
10			19.52	19.49	19.83				19.83
11			19.75	19.55	19.50				19.75
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References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results