2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put explained

Event:	Men's shot put
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	10 July
Competitors:	26
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	22.07 m
Gold:	Kyle Blignaut
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Adrian Piperi
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Odysseas Mouzenidis
Bronzenoc:	GRE
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record		23.00	Auckland, New Zealand	18 August 2013
Championship Record		22.30	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 July 2016
World U20 Leading		21.65	Boksburg, South Africa	28 April 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:10 and Group B starting at 10:24. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 19.60 metres(

Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	align=left		align=left		21.42			21.42
2	A	align=left		align=left		20.36			20.36
3	B	Aleh Tamashevich		20.16			20.16	,
4	A			19.66			19.66
5	B	Kyle Blignaut		19.60			19.60
6	A	Triston Gibbons		18.34	19.44		19.44
7	B	Aiden Harvey		18.34	19.39	19.22	19.39
8	B	Jordan West		18.75	19.19	19.20	19.20
9	A	Ryan Ballantyne		18.62	18.61	19.03	19.03
10	B	Eero Ahola		18.93	18.71	19.02	19.02
11	A	Alexander Kolesnikoff		18.89	18.93		18.93
12	A	Artem Levchenko		18.54	18.91	18.48	18.91	,
13	B	Valentin Moll			18.89	18.45	18.89
14	A	Ashish Bholothia		16.94		18.62	18.62
15	A	Alperen Karahan		18.51	18.48		18.51
16	B	Iason Machairas		18.27			18.27
17	A	Tadeáš Procházka		18.17	18.10	17.24	18.17
18	B	Bogdan Zdravković		17.98	17.05		17.98
19	A	Timo Northoff			17.07	17.84	17.84
20	A	Adrián Baran		17.73	17.41	17.81	17.81
21	B	Nermin Štitkovac		17.17	17.36	17.62	17.62
22	B	Fred Moudani-Likibi		17.23	17.21	16.98	17.23
23	B	Yeo Jin-seong				17.05	17.05
24	A	Alessandro Pace		16.72	16.70	16.95	16.95
25	B		align=left		16.62	16.83	16.57	16.83
26	B	Nick Palmer				16.82	16.82

Final

The final took place at 18:10.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
1			2	3	4	5	6
	Kyle Blignaut		20.89	21.12	20.87	20.61	22.07	21.18	22.07	, AFU20R
	Adrian Piperi		20.73	20.83	21.01	20.89	22.06	21.58	22.06	AMU20R
	Odysseas Mouzenidis			20.59	21.07	20.84			21.07
4	Dzmitry Karpuk		19.01	20.84	20.20				20.84
5	Aleh Tamashevich		20.37			19.09	19.93		20.37
6	Jordan West		19.86	19.69					19.86
7	Aiden Harvey		18.17	19.48	19.08	19.17	19.13	19.85	19.85
8	Ryan Ballantyne		18.89	19.39		19.25			19.39
9	Artem Levchenko		19.24		18.97				19.24
10	Eero Ahola		19.23	18.85	18.85				19.23
11	Alexander Kolesnikoff		18.17	18.28					18.28
12	Triston Gibbons			17.71	18.02				18.02

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: Shot Put (6kg) Men – Qualification – Results. IAAF. 10 July 2018. 10 July 2018.
3. Web site: Shot Put (6kg) Men – Qualification – Summary. IAAF. 10 July 2018. 10 July 2018.
4. Web site: Shot Put Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 10 July 2018. 10 July 2018.