1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. The original winner, Oleksandr Bagach, was later disqualified for Doping.

Medalists edit

Gold   John Godina
United States (USA)
Silver   Oliver-Sven Buder
Germany (GER)
Bronze   C.J. Hunter
United States (USA)

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A John Godina   United States 21.10 21.10 Q
2 B Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany 20.53 20.53 Q
3 B Yuriy Belonog   Ukraine 19.75 20.31 20.31 Q
4 B Roman Virastyuk   Ukraine 20.13 20.13 Q
5 A Mika Halvari   Finland 20.10 20.10 Q
6 B C.J. Hunter   United States 19.48 19.68 20.05 20.05 Q
7 B Kevin Toth   United States x x 19.99 19.99 Q
8 B Paolo Dal Soglio   Italy 18.83 19.93 19.93 Q
9 A Burger Lambrechts   South Africa x 19.36 19.91 19.91 Q, PB
10 A Michael Mertens   Germany 19.88 19.88 Q
11 B Saulius Kleiza   Lithuania 19.71 x 18.99 19.71
12 B Manuel Martínez   Spain 19.61 19.23 x 19.61
13 A Randy Barnes   United States 19.23 19.51 x 19.51
14 A Arsi Harju   Finland x x 19.43 19.43
15 A Corrado Fantini   Italy 19.30 18.74 x 19.43
16 A Miroslav Menc   Czech Republic 19.07 19.23 x 19.23
17 B Bilal Saad Mubarak   Qatar 18.09 18.90 19.08 19.08
18 B Dragan Perić   Yugoslavia 18.86 19.05 18.93 19.05
19 B Stevimir Ercegovac   Croatia 19.00 19.00
20 A Bradley Snyder   Canada 17.76 18.52 18.94 18.94
21 B Yoger Medina   Venezuela 18.36 18.31 18.92 18.92
22 A Viktor Bulat   Belarus 17.97 18.61 x 18.61
23 B Dmitriy Goncharuk   Belarus 18.33 18.60 x 18.60
24 A Kjell Ove Hauge   Norway 18.12 x 18.37 18.37
25 A Sergey Rubtsov   Kazakhstan 18.16 x x 18.16
26 B Shaun Pickering   Great Britain 18.10 17.84 17.42 18.10
27 B Vyacheslav Lykho   Russia 17.77 17.67 18.04 18.04
28 A Chima Ugwu   Nigeria 17.25 17.84 18.00 18.00
29 A Mark Proctor   Great Britain 17.99 x x 17.99
30 A Milan Haborák   Slovakia 17.85 x x 17.85
31 A Alexios Leonidis   Greece 17.77 17.77
32 B Faaea Talalemotu   Northern Mariana Islands 13.96 13.11 12.92 13.96
A Oleksandr Bagach   Ukraine DQ
B Tarek Al Najjar   Jordan DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  John Godina   United States 21.24 21.39 21.44 21.19 21.20 x 21.44
  Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany 20.79 20.18 20.41 21.05 x 21.24 21.24
  C.J. Hunter   United States 20.22 20.30 x x x 20.33 20.33
4 Yuriy Belonog   Ukraine x 20.22 x 20.26 x x 20.26
5 Mika Halvari   Finland x 20.13 x x x x 20.13
6 Roman Virastyuk   Ukraine 20.00 20.01 20.12 x x x 20.12
7 Kevin Toth   United States 19.50 20.02 x x x x 20.02
8 Michael Mertens   Germany 19.82 19.91 19.86 x x x 19.91
9 Paolo Dal Soglio   Italy 19.77 x x 19.77
10 Burger Lambrechts   South Africa x 19.39 x 19.39
11 Saulius Kleiza   Lithuania 18.25 x x 18.25
Oleksandr Bagach   Ukraine DQ

References edit