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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.[1][2]

Men's shot put
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates23 August
Competitors30 from 22 nations
Winning distance21.93
Medalists
gold medal Joe Kovacs   United States
silver medal David Storl   Germany
bronze medal O'Dayne Richards   Jamaica
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As the best thrower in a decade, Joe Kovacs looked to be the favorite, though David Storl was the two-time defending champion. With his first throw Kovacs took the lead at 21.23. Storl raised the lead to 21.46 on his second throw. But the surprise leader at the end of the third round was O'Dayne Richards equalling his Jamaican National Record from the Pan American Games at 21.69. In the fourth round, Tomas Walsh threw his Continental Record 21.58 to take the second position. A few throws later, Kovacs moved into second place with his 21.67 fourth throw. The medals were settled in the fifth round when Kovacs threw the 21.93 winner, followed immediately by Storl throwing his 21.74 silver medal winner.[3]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record   Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, CA, United States 20 May 1990
Championship record   Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.23 Rome, Italy 29 August 1987
World Leading   Joe Kovacs (USA) 22.56 Monaco 17 July 2015
African record   Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97 Eugene, OR, United States 2 June 2001
Asian record   Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA) 21.13 Doha, Qatar 8 May 2009
NACAC record   Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood,CA, United States 20 May 1990
South American record   Germán Lauro (ARG) 21.26 Doha, Qatar 10 May 2013
European record   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Oceanian record   Tomas Walsh (NZL) 21.50 Mutterstadt, Germany 25 July 2015
The following records were established during the competition:
Oceanian record   Tomas Walsh (NZL) 21.58 Beijing, China 23 August 2015

Qualification standards edit

Entry standards[5]
20.45

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
23 August 2015 10:05 Qualification
23 August 2015 19:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: 20.65 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q).[6]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes
1 A Joe Kovacs   United States (USA) 20.28 21.36 21.36 Q
2 B David Storl   Germany (GER) 21.26 21.26 Q
3 A Reese Hoffa   United States (USA) 20.75 20.75 Q
4 B Germán Lauro   Argentina (ARG) 20.64 x 20.64 q
5 B Christian Cantwell   United States (USA) 19.61 x 20.63 20.63 q
6 B O'Dayne Richards   Jamaica (JAM) 20.55 20.01 x 20.55 q
7 A Tomas Walsh   New Zealand (NZL) x 20.49 20.31 20.49 q
8 A Inderjeet Singh   India (IND) 19.15 x 20.47 20.47 q
9 A Asmir Kolašinac   Serbia (SRB) 19.35 20.37 20.22 20.37 q
10 A Tomasz Majewski   Poland (POL) 20.13 20.11 20.34 20.34 q
11 A Jan Marcell   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.32 19.47 x 20.32 q
12 B Jacko Gill   New Zealand (NZL) 19.93 19.94 19.79 19.94 q
13 B Jordan Clarke   United States (USA) 19.29 19.88 19.89 19.89
14 A Bob Bertemes   Luxembourg (LUX) 19.87 19.60 19.64 19.87 NR
15 A Darlan Romani   Brazil (BRA) 19.86 19.06 19.41 19.86
16 A Aleksandr Lesnoy   Russia (RUS) 19.29 19.78 x 19.78
17 B Andrei Gag   Romania (ROM) x 19.74 x 19.74
18 A Mostafa Amr Hassan   Egypt (EGY) 18.97 19.42 19.65 19.65
19 B Tomáš Staněk   Czech Republic (CZE) 19.64 19.05 x 19.64
20 B Tim Nedow   Canada (CAN) 19.41 x 19.63 19.63
21 B Franck Elemba   Congo (CGO) 18.59 19.40 19.28 19.40
22 B Maksim Sidorov   Russia (RUS) x 19.35 19.28 19.35
23 B Marin Premeru   Croatia (CRO) x 19.33 x 19.33
24 A Borja Vivas   Spain (ESP) 18.88 19.19 19.28 19.28
25 A Jaco Engelbrecht   South Africa (RSA) 19.04 x x 19.04
26 A Tsanko Arnaudov   Portugal (POR) 18.01 18.85 x 18.85
27 B Orazio Cremona   South Africa (RSA) x 18.63 x 18.63
28 B Hamza Alić   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) x 18.62 x 18.62
B Konrad Bukowiecki   Poland (POL) x x x NM
B Georgi Ivanov   Bulgaria (BUL) x x x NM
A Kemal Mešić   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) DNS

Final edit

The final was started at 19:30.[7]

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
  Joe Kovacs   United States (USA) 21.23 20.48 x 21.67 21.93 21.66 21.93
  David Storl   Germany (GER) x 21.46 x 20.44 21.74 21.28 21.74
  O'Dayne Richards   Jamaica (JAM) x 20.79 21.69 x 20.54 x 21.69 =NR
4 Tomas Walsh   New Zealand (NZL) 20.05 x 20.64 21.58 21.01 x 21.58 AR
5 Reese Hoffa   United States (USA) 20.61 20.72 x 20.31 21.00 x 21.00
6 Tomasz Majewski   Poland (POL) 20.57 20.82 20.17 20.59 20.50 x 20.82 SB
7 Asmir Kolašinac   Serbia (SRB) x 20.11 20.36 x x 20.71 20.71
8 Jacko Gill   New Zealand (NZL) 19.99 20.11 19.54 19.44 19.54 19.49 20.11
9 Germán Lauro   Argentina (ARG) 19.70 x x 19.70
10 Jan Marcell   Czech Republic (CZE) x 19.00 19.69 19.69
11 Inderjeet Singh   India (IND) 19.52 x 18.68 19.52
Christian Cantwell   United States (USA) DNS

References edit

  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Records & Lists – Shot put". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. ^ Qualification results
  7. ^ Final results
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