2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

was held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

from 22-29 January.

In the Men's shot put F42, held on January 27, the Bronze was originally won by Fanie Lombaard

Fanie Lombaard

Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events. He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...

of South Africa

South Africa

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. However, he tested positive for Probenecid

Probenecid

Probenecid is a uricosuric drug that increases uric acid excretion in the urine. It is primarily used in treating gout and hyperuricemia.Probenecid was developed as an alternative to caronamide...

in a urine sample provided on 27 January 2011. The prohibited substance had been prescribed to him because of a medical problem, but he did not have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). The International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

(IPC) suspended him for a year (from January 27), and fined him 1,500 euros. The IPC redistributed the medals.

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F11	David Casinos David Casinos David Casinos is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F11 shot putt events.David is a three time paralympic gold medalist in the shot putt having won the F11 class in 2000 and 2004 and the combined F11/12 class in 2008. He also competed in the discus in all three...	Vasyl Lishchynskyi Vasyl Lishchynskyi Vasyl Lischynskyi is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11/12 throwing events.Vasyl competed competed in four Paralympics, always competing in the shot and discus. His first games were in 1996 where he won gold in the shot and silver in the discus...	Edwin Rodriguez Gonzales
F12	Vladimir Andryushchenko Vladimir Andryushchenko Vladimir Andryushchenko is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F12 throwing events.Vladimir has competed at two summer paralympics. In 2004 he competed in the F12 javelin, F13 shot putt and won a silver medal in the F12 discus. In 2008 he competed in the F11/12 discus and...	Russell Short Russell Short Russell Short is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Victoria, Australia. He won a pair of world gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Games, setting a world in the men's discus throw F12 event and a Paralympic Games record in the men's shot put F12 even....	Siarhei Hrybanau
F20	Jeffrey Ige	Efstratios Nikolaidis	Krzysztof Kaczmarek
F32/33	Karim Bettina	Kamel Kardjena Kamel Kardjena Kamel Kardjena is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F33-34/52 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F33-34/52 shot putt event....	Mounir Bakiri Mounir Bakiri Mounir Bakiri is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F32 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F32 shot putt event....
F34	Thierry Cibone Thierry Cibone Thierry Cibone is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F35 throwing events.Thierry has competed in 3 paralympics. His first was in 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney where he won a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals, winning discus, javelin and shot putt...	Daniel West	Mohamed Ali Krid
F35/36	Pawel Piotrowski	Vladimir Sviridov	Wei Guo
F37/38	Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth	Oleksandr Doroshenko Oleksandr Doroshenko Oleksandr Doroshenko is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F38 throwing events.Olexandr competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning gold in both the F38 shot putt and discus and a bronze in the combined F36/38 javelin....	Tomasz Blatkiewicz Tomasz Blatkiewicz Tomasz Blatiewicz is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F37 throws events.Tomasz won two golds in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece in the F37 discus and the F37 shot putt...
F40	Hocine Gherzouli Hocine Gherzouli Hocine Gherzouli is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F40 shot putt event.-External links:...	Paschalis Stathelakos Paschalis Stathelakos Paschalis Stathelakos is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F40 shot putt event....	Alexandros Michail Konstantinidis
F42	Maxim Narozhnyy Maxim Narozhnyy Maxim Narozhnyy is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F42 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's F42 shot putt event.-External links:...	Darko Kralj Darko Kralj Darko Kralj is a Paralympian athlete from Croatia competing mainly in category F42 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot putt event....	Aled Davies
F44/46	Jackie Christiansen Jackie Christiansen Jackie Christiansen is a Paralympian athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category F44 shot putt and discus events.Jackie has competed in three paralympics starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia where he finished sixth in the shot putt for F44 athletes. He later improved on this winning gold in...	Miltiadis Kyriakidis	Josip Slivar
F52/53	Aigars Apinis Aigars Apinis Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function. He started to practice in 1998, but already at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won two bronze medals - in discus throw and shot put...	Mauro Maximo de Jesus Mauro Maximo de Jesus Mauro Maximo de Jesus is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.He competed in all three F52 throws at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States winning a bronze medal in the shot putt. In Sydney, Australia in 2004 Summer Paralympics he con...	Ales Kisy
F54/55/56	Karol Wojciech Kozun	Draženko Mitrović Draženko Mitrović Draženko Mitrović is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia competing mainly in category F53/54 discus events.He was wounded by gunfire on 1989 and then became a paraplegic....	Ulrich Iser Ulrich Iser Ulrich Iser is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F55 throws events.Ulrich has competed at three Paralympics. In 2000 and 2004 he competed in all three throws winning the bronze medal in the shot putt in 2000. He also competed in the shot putt in Beijing in the 2008...
F57/58	Alexey Ashapatov Alexey Ashapatov Alexey Ashapatov is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F57-58 throwing events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won two gold medals, one in the men's F57-58 shot putt and the other in the men's F57-58 discus throw.-External links:...	Jamil Saleh Elshebli	Michael Louwrens Michael Louwrens Michael Louwrens is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F57 shot putt and discus events.Michael won three Paralympic gold medals in the shot putt winning in 1996, 2000 and 2004. At each of these games he also competed in the discus but was unable to win a medal in...

F11

The Men's shot put, F11 was held on January 24

F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
David Casinos David Casinos David Casinos is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F11 shot putt events.David is a three time paralympic gold medalist in the shot putt having won the F11 class in 2000 and 2004 and the combined F11/12 class in 2008. He also competed in the discus in all three...	12.72	12.45	12.54	12.93	12.60		12.93
Vasyl Lishchynskyi Vasyl Lishchynskyi Vasyl Lischynskyi is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11/12 throwing events.Vasyl competed competed in four Paralympics, always competing in the shot and discus. His first games were in 1996 where he won gold in the shot and silver in the discus...	12.44	12.15	12.81	12.60	12.01	11.06	12.81
Edwin Rodriguez Gonzales		8.32	9.62	10.72	10.51		10.72
Hameed Hassain	10.10	10.39	10.34	10.56	10.31	10.48	10.56	SB
Yuriy Piskov	10.41	10.31					10.41
Miroslaw Madzia	10.34	10.07	9.90	10.28	10.23		10.34
Konstantinos Bimpasis	9.82	10.16	9.78		9.29	9.87	10.16
Sergio Paz		9.75	9.19	9.95		9.82	9.95
Nelson Goncalves	8.86	8.61	8.45				8.86

Key: SB = Season Best

F12

The Men's shot put, F12 was held on January 22 with the medal ceremony on January 23

F12 = visual impairment: may have the ability to recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity
Visual acuity
Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....

of 2/60 and/or visual field
Visual field
The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...

of less than 5 degrees.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Vladimir Andryushchenko Vladimir Andryushchenko Vladimir Andryushchenko is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F12 throwing events.Vladimir has competed at two summer paralympics. In 2004 he competed in the F12 javelin, F13 shot putt and won a silver medal in the F12 discus. In 2008 he competed in the F11/12 discus and...	14.86			13.97		14.36	14.86
Russell Short Russell Short Russell Short is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Victoria, Australia. He won a pair of world gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Games, setting a world in the men's discus throw F12 event and a Paralympic Games record in the men's shot put F12 even....	13.65	13.61	14.22		13.26		14.22
Siarhei Hrybanau	13.20	13.28	13.73			12.55	13.73
Francois Badenhorst	11.26	11.74	11.58	11.89			11.89	AR
Mahdi Al-Saadi		9.85	9.57	9.93	9.46		9.93

Key: AR = Asian Record

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Jeffrey Ige	13.17	13.20	13.73	13.71	13.75	13.56	13.75	WR
Efstratios Nikolaidis	11.70	13.14	12.28		11.84	12.55	13.14
Krzysztof Kaczmarek	12.20	12.44		12.72	12.27	12.17	12.72
Danyelo Hernandez	11.74	11.09	10.90	10.50	10.70	10.24	11.74
Christos Trapezanidis		11.57	11.56	11.29	11.70	10.82	11.70
Athanasios Kyriakou	11.19	10.98	11.08	11.58	11.07	10.88	11.58
Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro	11.20		11.47	11.10	10.75	11.41	11.47
Ricardo Marques	11.42	11.19		11.22	11.33	11.35	11.42
Oleg Shaydetskiy	9.38		8.74				9.38
Leonid Ustyuzhanin		8.43	7.97				8.43

Key: WR = World Record

F32/33

The Men's shot put, F32/33 was held on January 22

F32/33:

F32 = poor functional strength in arms, legs and trunk, able to propel a wheelchair, compete in a wheelchair and may throw a club or discus from a throwing frame.
F33 = some degree of trunk movement when pushing a wheelchair, forward trunk movement is limited during forceful pushing, throwing movements are mainly from the arm, compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Karim Bettina	10.12	10.41	10.22	10.89		10.89	10.89	1024	WR
Kamel Kardjena Kamel Kardjena Kamel Kardjena is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F33-34/52 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F33-34/52 shot putt event....		10.09	10.97	11.61		12.24	12.24	1020	WR
Mounir Bakiri Mounir Bakiri Mounir Bakiri is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F32 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F32 shot putt event....	6.95	9.22		7.71	9.69		9.69	978
Dimitrios Zisidis	8.01		8.34	8.32	8.65	8.66	8.66	916
Frantisek Serbus	8.18		7.27			7.54	8.18	877
Hassan Ali Obaid Malaleih	8.23	8.63		8.27	7.89	8.06	8.63	820
Ahmed Alhousani	7.33		7.39		6.71	6.28	7.39	682
Mourad Idoudi Mourad Idoudi Mourad Idoudi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32 throwing events.Mourad competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China where he won gold medals in both the F32/51 club throw and the F32/51 discus as well as a silver in the F32 shot putt.-External links:...	6.34		6.80				6.80	602
Hani Alnakhli		6.10					6.10	496

Key: WR = World Record

F34

The Men's shot put, F34 was held on January 22

F34 = good functional strength with minimal limitation or control problems in the arms or trunk, compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Thierry Cibone Thierry Cibone Thierry Cibone is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F35 throwing events.Thierry has competed in 3 paralympics. His first was in 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney where he won a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals, winning discus, javelin and shot putt...	11.33	11.14	11.53	9.65	10.74		11.53	WR
Daniel West	10.93	11.37	11.16	9.75	11.02	10.88	11.37
Mohamed Ali Krid		9.86	10.41		10.00		10.41	AR
Kyle Pettey Kyle Pettey Kyle Pettey is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F35 shot putt events.In the 2000 Summer Paralympics Kyle competed in the F35 javelin and won silver medals in the F35 discus and shot putt. Four years later competing in theF35 shot and discus he failed to win any...			10.21				10.21
Sam Craven Sam Craven Sam Craven is an English footballer currently playing for F.C. New York in the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...	9.52	9.35		8.65	10.03	10.20	10.20
Hamish MacDonald Hamish MacDonald (athlete) Hamish MacDonald is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia.-Personal:He was born on 19 August 1974 and lives in Waramanga, Australian Capital Territory. He has cerebral palsy. , he has a job with the Australian Sports Commission...	10.15	9.95	9.87	9.70	9.83	10.18	10.18
Darko Majdandzic	9.18	9.53	9.86		9.52	9.32	9.86
Damien Bowen	9.50			9.41	9.62	9.79	9.79
Jean Pierre Talatini	9.40						9.40
Faouzi Rzig Faouzi Rzig Faouzi Rzig is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F35 javelin events.Fauzi finished fourth in the F35 javelin in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, but four years later in Beijing he left with the gold medal from the combined F33/34/52 class javelin.-External links:...	7.90	8.99	7.66				8.99
Adel F. N. A. Alrashidi	8.28	8.46	8.74				8.74
Raymond O'Dwyer	7.04	7.65	7.29				7.65
Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh	7.65						7.65

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Asian Record

F35/36

The Men's shot put, F35/36 was held on January 23

F35/36:

F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to execute a run up when throwing.
F36 = walk without assistance or assistive devices, have more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved, dynamic often better than static balance. Hand control, grasp and release are affected when throwing.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Pawel Piotrowski	13.77	12.58	12.35	12.60	13.15		13.77	1007	WR
	Vladimir Sviridov	11.67		13.60	13.65	12.97	12.99	13.65	1004	SB
	Wei Guo	13.56		13.69	14.18	13.82		14.18	988
	Sebastian Ernst Klaus Dietz	12.08	12.91	12.55	11.97	12.46		12.91	981	SB
	Edgards Bergs	13.24	13.33	13.66		13.75	13.93	13.93	980
	Xinhan Fu	12.96	13.27	13.76	13.06			13.76	974	SB
	Reginald Benade Reginald Benade Reginald Benade is a Paralympian athlete from Namibia competing mainly in category F35/36 throwing events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F35/36 discus throw event....		11.93	12.20			11.60	12.20	953	AR
	Wenbo Wang	11.57	11.38	11.25	11.23	11.03	11.32	11.57	922	AR
	Albin Vidovic	10.71	10.31	11.25				11.25	904
10	Volodymyr Zhaivoronok	9.15	11.01	10.66				11.01	888
11	Paulo Souza	10.63						10.63	862	AR
12	Nicholas Newman Nicholas Newman (athlete) Nicholas Newman is a Paralympian athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F36 javelin events.He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where he failed to medal in the shot putt for F36 athletes but won the gold medal in the F36/38 javelin competition...	9.51						9.51	763
13	Duane Strydom Duane Strydom Duane Strydom is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F36 shot putt and discus events.Duane competed in both shot and discus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a bronze medal in the discus for class F36 athletes. He attempted to improve on his bronze in 2008 but...		7.10	8.86				8.86	691

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Asian Record, SB = Season Best

F37/38

The Men's shot put, F37/38 was held on January 27

F37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the non impaired side, better development, good arm and hand control and follow through.
F38 = meet the minimum disability criteria for athletes with cerebral palsy, head injury or stroke.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth	10.35	15.22	15.58	12.65	12.39	12.74	15.58	1008	WR
	Oleksandr Doroshenko Oleksandr Doroshenko Oleksandr Doroshenko is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F38 throwing events.Olexandr competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning gold in both the F38 shot putt and discus and a bronze in the combined F36/38 javelin....	13.26	13.99	14.00	14.01	14.13	13.77	14.13	967
	Tomasz Blatkiewicz Tomasz Blatkiewicz Tomasz Blatiewicz is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F37 throws events.Tomasz won two golds in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece in the F37 discus and the F37 shot putt...	11.58	13.75	14.22	14.73	14.67	14.28	14.73	943	SB
	Mykola Zhabnyak Mykola Zhabnyak Mykola Zhabnyak is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Mykola competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing in all three throws for the F37/38 combined class winning a silver in the discus....	12.58		13.09	13.17	12.78	12.98	13.17	867	SB
	Xuelong Zhang	12.41	12.90	11.96	12.73	12.72	12.85	12.90	851	SB
	Alexey Lesnykh	11.88	11.76	11.61	12.16	11.49	12.64	12.64	834
	Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan	11.77	11.87	12.36		12.04	12.39	12.39	816	AR
	Khusniddin Norbekov	12.25	11.73	11.85	12.19	11.90	11.95	12.25	806
	Gerrit Johannes Kruger	11.34	11.56	10.77				11.56	751
10	Juanre Jenkinson	9.72	8.98	9.01				9.72	661

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Hocine Gherzouli Hocine Gherzouli Hocine Gherzouli is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F40 shot putt event.-External links:...	10.18	10.86	11.11	11.81	11.87	12.21	12.21	WR
Paschalis Stathelakos Paschalis Stathelakos Paschalis Stathelakos is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F40 shot putt event....	11.83	12.00	11.68	11.61		11.76	12.00	AR
Alexandros Michail Konstantinidis	10.84	10.46	10.59	11.01	10.36	10.63	11.01
Jonathan de Souza Santos	10.60	10.60	10.59	10.64		10.81	10.81
Zhiwei Xia	9.77	10.53	10.08	10.30			10.53	SB
Wildan Nukhailawi	9.61	10.26	8.82	9.97	9.87	10.27	10.27
Kovan Abdulraheem		9.74	10.02	9.38	9.70	9.78	10.02	SB
Mohamed El Garaa	9.26	9.47		8.65		8.48	9.47
Denis Slunjski	8.55	9.35	9.10				9.35
Chengcheng Fan	8.77	9.17	9.06				9.17
Ivan Bogatyrev	8.68	8.84	8.27				8.84
Noureldeen Aladeely	8.72	8.58					8.72
Scott Danberg	8.00	7.95	8.36				8.36

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F42

The Men's shot put, F42 was held on January 25

F42 = single above knee amputation or equivalent impairments.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Maxim Narozhnyy Maxim Narozhnyy Maxim Narozhnyy is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F42 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's F42 shot putt event.-External links:...	14.08	13.53	13.01	14.23		14.04	14.23	CR
	Darko Kralj Darko Kralj Darko Kralj is a Paralympian athlete from Croatia competing mainly in category F42 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot putt event....	13.34	13.30	13.98	14.00	13.68	13.63	14.00
DSQ	Fanie Lombaard Fanie Lombaard Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events. He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia...		12.88	13.06	12.88		13.17	~~13.17~~	SB
	Aled Davies		12.09	11.68	12.33	12.84	12.65	12.84
	Frank Tinnemeier	12.73	12.63					12.73
	Mladen Tomic			11.05		11.24	11.87	11.87
	Joe Flavell	10.62	11.01	10.47	10.93	11.01	11.17	11.17	AR
	Heugene Murray	10.23					10.10	10.23

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F44/46

The Men's shot put, F44/46 was held on January 28

F44/46:

F44 = single below knee amputation or equivalent impairments.
F46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.

The Men's shot put F44/46 also include classification F43: single above knee amputation or equivalent impairments.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Jackie Christiansen Jackie Christiansen Jackie Christiansen is a Paralympian athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category F44 shot putt and discus events.Jackie has competed in three paralympics starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia where he finished sixth in the shot putt for F44 athletes. He later improved on this winning gold in...	15.81	17.79	17.21	16.99	17.01		17.79	995	CR
	Miltiadis Kyriakidis	13.10	13.64	13.35		13.94	14.12	14.12	747	SB
	Josip Slivar	13.80		13.68			14.05	'14.05	740
	Soselito Sekeme	13.82	13.70	14.01	14.09	14.52	13.96	14.52	736	=CR
	Enlong Wei	14.19	13.05	14.47	13.88			14.47	731	SB
	Tomasz Rebisz		13.80		13.96	14.03	14.20	14.20	706
	Alexander Filatov			13.08		13.60		13.60	697
	Alexey Ladnyy	13.20	13.13	13.25		12.85		13.25	662
	Xiufeng Gong	13.18		13.32				13.32	619
10	Zhanbiao Hou	12.76		13.18				13.18	605
11	Maamar Meskine	10.40	10.92	11.40				11.40	408

Key: CR = Championship Record, =CR = Equal Championship Record, SB = Season Best

F52/53

The Men's shot put, F52/53 was held on January 24

F52/53:

F52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.
F53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Aigars Apinis Aigars Apinis Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function. He started to practice in 1998, but already at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won two bronze medals - in discus throw and shot put...	9.56	10.03	9.45				10.03	1001	WR
Mauro Maximo de Jesus Mauro Maximo de Jesus Mauro Maximo de Jesus is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.He competed in all three F52 throws at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States winning a bronze medal in the shot putt. In Sydney, Australia in 2004 Summer Paralympics he con...	7.39	8.18	8.31	8.16	8.18	8.28	8.31	931
Ales Kisy	8.14	8.10	8.09	7.95	8.11	8.25	8.25	918	SB
Scott Severn	7.81	7.87	7.87	7.56	7.66	7.72	7.87	831
Che Jon Fernandes Che Jon Fernandes Che Jon Fernandes is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F53-54 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F53-54 shot putt event.-External links:...	7.59	7.57	7.66	7.65	7.07	7.60	7.66	783
Gerasimos Vryonis		7.03	7.06	7.36	6.95		7.36	713	SB
Henrik Plank	7.77		8.02	7.97	7.91	7.94	8.02	607
Georgios Karaminas Georgios Karaminas Georgios Karaminas is a Paralympic athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F52 shot putt events.Georgios has competed in the shot putt and javelin at every Paralympics between 1992 and 2008, but it was in the shot putt in 2004 that he won his only a medal a silver.-References:...	7.56			-	-	-	7.56	519
Dmytro Balashev								NM

Key: WR = World Record, SB = Season Best, NM = No Mark

F54/55/56

The Men's shot put, F54/55/56 was held on January 26

F54/55/56:

F54 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
F55 = normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost completely normal trunk function, no leg function.
F56 = normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, high bilateral above knee amputation.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Karol Wojciech Kozun	11.58			9.24	9.95	9.82	11.58	985
	Drazenko Mitrovic Draženko Mitrović Draženko Mitrović is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia competing mainly in category F53/54 discus events.He was wounded by gunfire on 1989 and then became a paraplegic....			9.56	9.76		9.96	9.96	979	CR
	Ulrich Iser Ulrich Iser Ulrich Iser is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F55 throws events.Ulrich has competed at three Paralympics. In 2000 and 2004 he competed in all three throws winning the bronze medal in the shot putt in 2000. He also competed in the shot putt in Beijing in the 2008...	10.86	11.17	10.98	10.75	11.38	10.85	11.38	974	SB
	Martin Nemec Martin Němec Martin Němec is a Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic competing mainly in category F55 throwing events.Martin has competed and won medals at three paralympic games. In 2000 in Sydney he won a gold medal in the F55 discus and a silver medal in F55 shot putt...	10.68	11.18	11.00	10.99	10.33		11.18	962
	Ilias Nalmpantis	10.42	10.67	11.09	10.45	11.11	11.09	11.11	958
	Olokhan Musayev Olokhan Musayev Olokhan Musayev is a Paralympian athlete from Azerbaijan competing mainly in category F55-56 shot put events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F55-56 shot put event....		12.54			12.43		12.54	952	CR
	Robin Womack	10.47	10.66		10.39	10.93		10.93	946	SB
	Scott Winkler Scott Winkler Scott Winkler is an American Paralympic track and field athlete who competes in men's shot put.Winkler is a United States Army veteran who was paralyzed below the chest in Tikrit, Iraq in 2003 after he fell off a truck while holding 50 pounds of ammunition....	10.34	10.71	10.53	10.23	10.72	10.61	10.72	931	AR
	Daniel Nobbs	8.56	8.67	9.12				9.12	914
10	Andreas Gratt	8.80	8.22	9.06				9.06	908
11	Krzysztof Smorszczewski Krzysztof Smorszczewski Krzysztof Smorszczewski is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F56 shot putt events.Krzysztof is a two time paralympic gold medalist in the shot putt having won the F56 class in 2000 and 2004 and won a silver in the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He also competed in the...	11.26	11.50	11.58				11.58	887	SB
12	Alexey Kuznetsov	8.40	8.58	8.27				8.58	859
13	Alexey Ivanov	10.51	10.37	10.48				10.51	789
14	Zsolt Kanyo	7.66	7.72					7.72	399

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F57/58

The Men's shot put, F57/58 was held on January 24

F57/58:

F57 = normal upper limb and trunk function, may have bilateral above knee amputations.
F58 = normal upper limb and trunk function, a bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Alexey Ashapatov Alexey Ashapatov Alexey Ashapatov is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F57-58 throwing events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won two gold medals, one in the men's F57-58 shot putt and the other in the men's F57-58 discus throw.-External links:...	15.93	14.83	16.02	16.37	12.78	13.43	16.37	1005	WR
Jamil Saleh Elshebli	13.01	13.01	12.86	13.21	13.79		13.79	970	CR
Michael Louwrens Michael Louwrens Michael Louwrens is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F57 shot putt and discus events.Michael won three Paralympic gold medals in the shot putt winning in 1996, 2000 and 2004. At each of these games he also competed in the discus but was unable to win a medal in...		12.62	12.90	13.34	13.73	13.60	13.73	966	AR
Anastasios Tsiou Anastasios Tsiou Anastasios Tsiou is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F57-58 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F57-58 shot putt event.-External links:...	13.18		13.72	13.23	12.21		13.72	965	AR
Boro Radenovic	13.60	13.05	13.21	11.02	13.34	13.30	13.60	957	SB
Angim Dimitrios Ntomgkioni	12.91		13.47	12.70		11.24	13.47	948	SB
Janusz Rokicki Janusz Rokicki Janusz Rokicki is a paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F58 shot putt and discus events.Janusz competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics he competed in the discus and won a silver in the F58 shot putt. In 2008 in the shot putt but failed to win a second medal.-References:...	14.46	15.17	15.12	13.90	14.82	15.03	15.17	937
Redhouane Ait Said			12.65	12.72	13.36	13.11	13.36	804
Dennis Ogbe	11.80	12.38	11.90				12.38	716
Amer Ali Mustafa Al Abbadi							NM

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best, NM = No Mark

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