2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

Event:	Men's shot put
Competition:	2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue:	Oregon Convention Center
Dates:	March 18
Competitors:	19
Nations:	15
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	21.78
Gold:	Tomas Walsh
Goldnoc:	New Zealand
Silver:	Andrei Gag
Silvernoc:	Romania
Bronze:	Filip Mihaljevic
Bronzenoc:	Croatia
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The men's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.^{[1] [2]}

While Andrei Gag and Filip Mihaljevic were the leaders after the first round, in the second round Tomas Walsh took the lead. Any one of his remaining five throws would have won the competition, with a best of 21.78 on his final attempt. Gag finished second with his first round attempt of 20.89, while Mihaljevic's personal best 20.87 in round 5 saw him finish third.

Results

The final was started at 18.45.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.38	21.60	21.40	21.64	21.49	21.78	21.78	WL
			20.89	20.08	x	x	20.23	x	20.89	SB
			20.64	20.06	20.42	20.49	20.87	x	20.87	PB
			x	20.53	x	20.43	x	20.42	20.53
			18.88	20.01	x	20.31	x		20.31
			19.92	19.85	20.21	x	20.24		20.24
			19.52	20.23	19.95	20.03	19.60		20.23
			19.40	20.22	x	19.42	19.06		20.22
			19.49	x	19.93				19.93
10			19.41	19.86	x				19.86
11			19.63	19.85	19.75				19.85
12			19.84	x	x				19.84
13			19.81	x	19.39				19.81
14			18.90	19.48	19.35				19.48
15			18.63	19.48	x				19.48	SB
16			x	19.46	x				19.46
17			x	19.24	19.34				19.34
18			18.50	x	x				18.50	NR
19			x	x	17.94				17.94

Notes and References

1. News: IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable . March 16, 2016 . IAAF.
2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-SP-M-f----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-SP-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results