Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put explained

The Men's shot put at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme took place at Hampden Park on 27 and 28 July 2014.^[1]

Results

Qualifying round

Final qualification mark was set at 20.00 metres, and athletes reaching that marked qualified for the final. Where less than twelve made the mark, the first twelve athletes were to qualify for the final as of right. In the event, three athletes qualified through reaching the mark; the next nine qualified for the final without reaching the mark.

New Zealand's Tomas Walsh was the best mark from the first round, at 21.24 metres, a new Commonwealth Games record

Rank	Group	Name	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A		21.24			21.24	Q
2	B		20.24			20.24	Q
3	B		18.69	19.79	20.03	20.03	Q
4	B		17.92	19.33	19.84	19.84	q
5	B		19.54	x	x	19.54	q
6	A		19.04	19.20	18.31	19.20	q
7	A		x	19.14	x	19.14	q
8	B		17.67	18.54	18.98	18.98	q
9	A		17.40	18.32	18.90	18.90	q
10	A		18.33	18.40	17.82	18.40	q
11	B		18.11	18.40	17.99	18.40	q
12	A		x	15.89	18.11	18.11	q
13	B		16.78	17.41	17.83	17.83
14	A		17.57	x	17.76	17.76
15	A		17.33	16.44	17.16	17.33
16	A		16.93	x	17.08	17.08
17	B		16.27	x	16.78	16.78
18	B		15.23	x	x	15.23
19	B		12.89	12.21	11.81	12.89
20	A		x	12.08	11.25	12.08

Final

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
		20.94	20.83	20.70	21.61	x	20.20	21.61
		20.73	20.96	20.90	21.19	20.84	x	21.19
		19.62	19.59	x	20.59	20.24	20.01	20.59
		19.19	19.80	20.13	19.73	19.84	x	20.13
		19.12	18.23	19.59	x	x	18.84	19.59
		18.44	18.73	17.08	18.26	16.95	18.33	18.73
		x	x	18.66	x	17.84	x	18.66
		18.38	18.58	18.65	x	18.40	18.63	18.65
		18.16	x	17.65				18.16
10		18.06	x	18.12				18.12
11		x	16.70	18.05				18.05
		x	x	x

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games . 22 July 2014 . Glasgow 2014.