2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put explained

Event:	Men's shot put
Competition:	2017 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	5 August (qualification) 6 August (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Tomas Walsh
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Joe Kovacs
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Stipe Žunić
Bronzenoc:	CRO
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on .^[1]

Summary

2016 Olympic champion,

1. 7 all-time

and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.

In the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić moved into third with 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03 metres.^[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[3]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	23.12	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990	Westwood, CA, United States
Championship	22.23	Werner Günthör		29 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	22.65	Ryan Crouser	United States	25 Jun 2017	Sacramento, CA, United States
African	21.97	Janus Robberts		2 Jun 2001	Eugene, OR, United States
Asian	21.13	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi		8 May 2009	Doha, Qatar
NACAC	23.12	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990	Westwood,CA, United States
South American	21.82	Darlan Romani	Brazil	3 Jun 2017	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European	23.06	Ulf Timmermann			Chania, Greece
Oceanian	22.21	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	5 Sep 2016	Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.^[4]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.^[5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:^[6]

Date	Time	Round
5 August	10:00	Qualification
6 August	20:35	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( 

Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[7] The overall results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			22.14			22.14	,
2	B			21.41			21.41
3	A			21.27			21.27
4	A					21.11	21.11
5	B			20.96			20.96
6	B			20.90			20.90
7	B			20.86			20.86
8	B			20.84			20.84
9	B			20.76			20.76
10	A			20.62	20.67		20.67
11	A			20.31		20.61	20.61	,
12	B				20.11	20.55	20.55
13	A			19.13	19.50	20.54	20.54
14	A					20.33	20.33
15	B				20.21	19.91	20.21
16	A			19.66	20.09	20.03	20.09
17	A			19.83	20.02	20.08	20.08
18	A			20.04	19.76	19.92	20.04
19	A				19.84	19.95	19.95
20	B			19.90	19.79	19.50	19.90
21	A				19.51	19.88	19.88
22	A			19.38	19.87		19.87
23	A			19.81	19.61	19.35	19.81
24	A			19.18	19.74	19.40	19.74
25	B			19.27	19.70	19.72	19.72
26	A				19.67		19.67
27	B			18.62	19.59	19.56	19.59
28	B			19.39	19.54	19.41	19.54
29	B			18.28	19.47		19.47
30	B			19.23		19.15	19.23
31	B				18.93	19.10	19.10
32	B				18.95		18.95

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:^[9]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
1			2	3	4	5	6
			21.38	21.64	21.75	21.70	21.63	22.03	22.03
			21.48	20.88	21.66		21.17		21.66
			21.01	21.46	21.04	21.08			21.46
4			21.04	21.41				20.99	21.41
5			20.49	20.52	21.00	20.83	21.41	20.98	21.41
6			21.07	21.09			21.20	21.14	21.20
7			20.82		20.66			21.09	21.09
8				20.65	20.89				20.89
9			20.36	19.82	20.82				20.82
10					20.80				20.80
11			20.79	20.56					20.79
12			19.96						19.96

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-SP-M-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
2. Web site: Report: men's shot put final – IAAF World Championships London 2017. IAAF. 11 August 2017. 6 August 2017.
3. Web site: Shot Put Men – Records . IAAF. 1 August 2017.
4. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
5. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
6. Web site: Shot Put Men − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
7. Web site: Shot Put Men − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
8. Web site: Shot Put Men − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
9. Web site: Shot Put Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.