Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F55 explained

Event:	Men's shot put F55
Games:	2024 Summer
Venue:	Stade de France, Paris
Date:	30 August 2024
Competitors:	10
Nations:	9
Gold:	Ruzhdi Ruzhdi
Goldnpc:	BUL
Silver:	Nebojsa Duric
Silvernpc:	SRB
Silver2:	Zafar Zaker
Silvernpc2:	IRI
Bronze:	Lech Stoltman
Bronzenpc:	POL
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

The Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F55 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 30 August 2024.

Classification

The event is open to F54 and F55 athletes. These athletes are seated when throwing, they have normal arm muscle power. F54 athletes have no trunk movement, while F55 have full or nearly full trunk movement. F55 athletes may have flickers of hip flexor.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:^[2]

F54 RecordsF55 Records

Results

Final

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2024:^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Notes
			F55	12.36	11.96	12.40	12.34	12.02	12.27	12.40
			F55	11.69	11.98	11.47	11.93	11.77	11.95	11.98
			F55	11.56	11.88	11.73	11.55	11.77	11.83	11.88
			F55	11.81	x	11.72	11.68	11.59	11.52	11.81
4			F55	11.10	11.10	11.41	11.68	11.43	11.41	11.68
5			F55	11.13	11.22	x	11.44	11.41	11.35	11.44
6			F55	10.60	x	10.83	10.96	11.08	11.36	11.36
7			F55	11.18	11.01	10.78	10.68	10.84	10.71	11.18
8			F55	10.06	10.20	9.87	9.96	10.41	10.19	10.41
9			F54	8.58	8.45	9.18	7.95	9.17	9.16	9.18
10			F55	8.59	8.63	8.81	8.47	8.63	8.30	8.81

Notes: Nebojsa Duric initially had his results annulled. On 3 September 2024, after a request by World Para Athletics to the International Paralympic Committee, Duric was awarded the Silver medal, sharing the position with Zafar Zaker. Bronze medalist Lech Stoltman also retained his medal. On 6 September, Duric's results were reinstated with no change to other athletes ranks.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: CLASSIFICATION IN PARA ATHLETICSd . 8 September 2024.
2. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics . 3 September 2024.
3. Web site: Results Men's shot put - F55 Final Results. 5 September 2024.
4. Web site: Official Communication 36 . 8 September 2024.
5. Web site: Official Communication 71 . 8 September 2024.