2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
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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....
event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....
was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
David Storl
David Storl
David Storl is a German athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships...
made a major improvement to achieve a new personal best of 21.50, leading the qualifying round by 45cm (a foot and a half).
2007 Champion Reese Hoffa
Reese Hoffa
Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists...
took the early lead and held it until Storl threw a new personal best 21.60 in the second round. Andrei Mikhnevich
Andrei Mikhnevich
Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships....
put a 21.40 in the third round to get close to Storl. In the fourth round, world leader Dylan Armstrong
Dylan Armstrong
Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single...
took the lead with a 21.64, which held up as the leader until the final throw of the competition, when Storl threw a third personal best of 21.78 to take the win.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| David Storl David Storl David Storl is a German athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships... ' |
Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single... ' |
Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships.... ' |
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.| World record | 23.12 | Westwood Westwood, Los Angeles, California Westwood is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles .-History:... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
20 May 1990 | |
| Championship record | 22.23 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
29 August 1987 | |
| World Leading | 22.21 | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
25 June 2011 | |
| African record | 21.97 | Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... , United States |
2 June 2001 | |
| Asian record | 21.13 | Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its... |
8 May 2009 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 | |
| South American record | 21.14 | Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
29 July 2004 | |
| European record | 23.06 | Chania Chania Chaniá , , also transliterated Chania, Hania, and Xania, older form Chanea and Venetian Canea, Ottoman Turkish خانيه Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania peripheral unit... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
22 May 1988 | |
| Oceanian record | 21.26 | Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
21 February 2008 |
Qualification standards
| A standard | B standard |
|---|---|
| 20.50 | 20.00 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2011 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| September 2, 2011 | 19:00 | Final |
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | David Storl David Storl David Storl is a German athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships... |
21.50 | 21.50 | Q, PB | |||
| 2 | B | Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single... |
20.52 | 21.05 | 21.05 | Q | ||
| 3 | B | Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists... |
20.96 | 20.96 | Q | |||
| 4 | A | Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships.... |
20.79 | 20.79 | Q | |||
| 5 | A | Ryan Whiting Ryan Whiting Ryan Keith Whiting is an American track and field athlete specializing in the shot put. His biggest international senior success to date is the seventh place in the final of the 2011 World Championships. Whiting studied at and represented Arizona State University... |
20.40 | 20.77 | 20.77 | Q | ||
| 6 | B | Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs .... |
20.55 | 20.73 | 20.73 | Q | ||
| 6 | A | Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg .... |
20.73 | 20.73 | Q | |||
| 8 | A | Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005... |
20.45 | 20.04 | 20.45 | q | ||
| 9 | B | Marco Fortes Marco Fortes Marco Fortes is a male shot putter from Portugal. His personal best throw is 20.69 meters, achieved in June at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Spain... |
19.83 | 20.32 | 20.02 | 20.32 | q | |
| 10 | B | Carlos Véliz Carlos Véliz Carlos Véliz is a male shot putter from Cuba. His personal best throw is 21.40 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Brazzaville.-Career:* 2006... |
20.24 | 19.79 | 20.24 | q | ||
| 11 | A | Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games... |
20.23 | 20.23 | q | |||
| 12 | A | Asmir Kolašinac Asmir Kolašinac Asmir Kolašinac is a Serbian shot putter. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games He has a personal best throw of 20.50m, thrown in Novi Sad on the 4th June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games.-Throwing... |
19.58 | 20.08 | 20.14 | 20.14 | q | |
| 13 | B | Marco Schmidt Marco Schmidt -Achievements:-References:... |
20.06 | 19.96 | 20.06 | |||
| 14 | B | Lajos Kürthy Lajos Kürthy Lajos Kürthy is a Hungarian shot putter. He was successful as a junior athlete, specializing in the discus throw. He later shifted to the shot put. His personal best is 20.32 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Pécs.-Achievements:... |
19.92 | 19.76 | 20.02 | 20.02 | ||
| 15 | B | Maksim Sidorov Maksim Sidorov Maksim Viktorovich Sidorov is a Russian shot putter. He has a personal best throw of .-Career:*2011Sidorov took his first senior international championship medal, when he threw 20.55m for bronze at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris. He threw 21.45m on the 22nd July to win the... |
18.56 | 19.95 | 19.95 | |||
| 16 | B | Pavel Lyzhyn Pavel Lyzhyn Pavel Lyzhyn is a Belarusian shot putter.His personal best throw is 20.98 metres, achieved at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing which translated into a fifth place, just 7cm short of the bronze medal winner and 11cm short of the silver.-Achievements:... |
19.91 | 19.91 | ||||
| 17 | A | Kim Christensen | 19.02 | 19.40 | 19.74 | 19.74 | ||
| 18 | B | Hamza Alić Hamza Alic Hamza Alić is a Bosnian shot putter.He competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007, the European Championships in 2002 and 2006, the World Indoor Championships in 2006 and 2008 as well as the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final.His personal best throw is 21.07 metres,... |
19.70 | 19.70 | ||||
| 19 | B | Chang Ming-Huang Chang Ming-Huang Chang, Ming-Huang is a Taiwanese discus thrower and shot putter.He has been focusing on shot put only since 2006. He trained in National College of Physical Education during his university study in Taiwan. He also has trained in China for a period of time... |
19.60 | 18.98 | 19.60 | |||
| 20 | A | Jan Marcell Jan Marcell Jan Marcell is a Czech shot putter and discus thrower.In the shot put he competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final... |
19.51 | 19.46 | 19.51 | |||
| 21 | A | Germán Lauro Germán Lauro Germán Luján Lauro is an Argentine shot putter.He finished eleventh at the 2001 World Youth Championships and became South American champion in 2006... |
19.50 | 19.45 | 19.50 | |||
| 22 | A | Andriy Semenov Andriy Semenov Andriy Semenov is a Ukrainian shot putter.Semenov was born in Moldavian SSR. He finished fourth at the 2001 World Youth Championships... |
19.45 | 19.45 | ||||
| 23 | A | Om Prakash Singh Om Prakash Karhana Om Prakash Karhana is an Indian shot putter. He is tall and weighs . He trains at the Salwan Throws Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes.... |
19.29 | 19.06 | 19.29 | |||
| 24 | B | Amin Nikfar Amin Nikfar Amin Abraham Paul Nikfar is an Iranian shot putter. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.... |
18.69 | 18.95 | 19.18 | 19.18 | ||
| 25 | B | Milan Jotanović | 18.39 | 18.21 | 18.39 | |||
| 26 | A | Borja Vivas Borja Vivas Borja Vivas Jiménez is a Spanish shot putter.-Achievements:-References:... |
18.37 | 18.22 | 18.37 | |||
| 27 | A | Hwang In-Sung | 17.75 | 17.62 | 17.75 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Storl David Storl David Storl is a German athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships... |
21.60 | 20.82 | 21.78 | 21.78 | PB | |||||
| Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single... |
20.79 | 20.58 | 20.82 | 21.64 | 21.40 | 21.64 | ||||
| Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships.... |
20.45 | 20.49 | 21.40 | 20.72 | 20.64 | 21.37 | 21.40 | |||
| Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs .... |
20.50 | 20.73 | 20.83 | 21.36 | 21.36 | |||||
| Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists... |
20.90 | 20.99 | 20.97 | 20.84 | 20.99 | |||||
| Marco Fortes Marco Fortes Marco Fortes is a male shot putter from Portugal. His personal best throw is 20.69 meters, achieved in June at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Spain... |
20.59 | 19.36 | 20.83 | 20.25 | 20.04 | 20.83 | ||||
| Ryan Whiting Ryan Whiting Ryan Keith Whiting is an American track and field athlete specializing in the shot put. His biggest international senior success to date is the seventh place in the final of the 2011 World Championships. Whiting studied at and represented Arizona State University... |
20.48 | 20.66 | 20.75 | 20.75 | ||||||
| Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games... |
20.29 | 20.14 | 19.73 | 20.02 | 20.29 | |||||
| Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg .... |
20.03 | 20.18 | 20.18 | |||||||
| 10 | Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005... |
20.03 | 20.14 | 20.12 | 20.14 | |||||
| 11 | Asmir Kolašinac Asmir Kolašinac Asmir Kolašinac is a Serbian shot putter. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games He has a personal best throw of 20.50m, thrown in Novi Sad on the 4th June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games.-Throwing... |
19.84 | 19.77 | 19.84 | ||||||
| 12 | Carlos Véliz Carlos Véliz Carlos Véliz is a male shot putter from Cuba. His personal best throw is 21.40 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Brazzaville.-Career:* 2006... |
19.70 | 19.70 |
External links
- Shot put results at IAAF website