2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres.

Doping

Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin during the championships and his results were subsequently disqualified.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medalists

Gold	John Godina United States (USA)
Silver	Adam Nelson United States (USA)
Bronze	Arsi Harju Finland (FIN)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.08.2001 – 08:30h	04.08.2001 – 08:30h
Final Round
04.08.2001 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best
DQ	disqualified

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12 m	May 20, 1990	Westwood, United States
Event Record	Werner Günthör (SUI)	22.23 m	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.97 m	June 2, 2001	Eugene, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	3	John Godina (USA)	18.28	20.06	20.52	20.52 m
2	4	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	20.08	20.44	20.50	20.50 m
3	5	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	20.47	—	—	20.47 m
4	11	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	20.07	20.14	—	20.14 m
5	15	Petr Stehlík (CZE)	19.68	X	X	19.68 m
6	18	Pavel Chumachenko (RUS)	X	19.35	19.27	19.35 m
7	19	Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR)	19.27	X	X	19.27 m
8	20	John Davis (USA)	X	19.11	X	19.11 m
9	21	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	18.62	18.89	—	18.89 m
10	21	Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)	18.60	X	18.89	18.89 m
11	24	Jimmy Nordin (SWE)	18.85	18.65	X	18.85 m
12	24	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	18.85	X	18.03	18.85 m
13	26	Yves Niaré (FRA)	X	X	18.71	18.71 m
14	28	Ivan Emelianov (MDA)	X	17.87	18.06	18.06 m
15	30	Mark Proctor (GBR)	16.98	X	17.75	17.75 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.26	—	—	21.26 m
2	2	Conny Karlsson (FIN)	20.72	—	—	20.72 m	PB
3	6	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	20.46	—	—	20.46 m
4	7	Dragan Perić (YUG)	20.43	—	—	20.43 m	SB
5	8	Arsi Harju (FIN)	19.70	X	20.39	20.39 m
6	9	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	20.32	20.26	—	20.32 m
7	10	Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.11	20.05	20.31	20.31 m	SB
8	12	Adam Nelson (USA)	20.13	X	X	20.13 m
9	13	Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)	19.71	19.80	19.72	19.80 m
10	14	Gheorghe Guşet (ROM)	X	19.74	X	19.74 m
11	16	Milan Haborák (SVK)	19.35	19.52	19.46	19.52 m
12	17	Ralf Bartels (GER)	19.41	19.24	X	19.41 m
13	21	Gjøran Sørli (NOR)	18.89	X	X	18.89 m
14	27	Justin Anlezark (AUS)	18.70	18.33	18.14	18.70 m	SB
15	29	Yojer Medina (VEN)	X	17.75	17.76	17.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	John Godina (USA)	21.87	21.80	X	X	X	X	21.87 m
	Adam Nelson (USA)	19.92	20.86	20.19	21.24	X	X	21.24 m
	Arsi Harju (FIN)	20.28	20.01	20.59	20.93	20.10	20.79	20.93 m	SB
4	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	20.78	X	X	20.91	X	X	20.91 m
5	Dragan Perić (YUG)	20.91	X	20.67	X	X	X	20.91 m	SB
6	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	20.56	20.74	X	20.83	20.83	X	20.83 m
7	Conny Karlsson (FIN)	20.07	X	20.78	X	19.96	X	20.78 m	PB
8	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	20.63	X	X	X	X	20.34	20.63 m

9	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	20.37	19.95	20.45				20.45 m
10	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	18.94	20.38	20.24				20.38 m
11	Janus Robberts (RSA)	20.12	X	20.18				20.18 m
DQ (10)	Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.41	X	20.42				20.42 m	Doping