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 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 20.30 m (66.6 ft) (A standard) and 19.80 m (64.96 ft) (B standard).

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  15.08.2008 – 09:05h	15.08.2008 – 10:35h
  Final Round
  15.08.2008 – 21:00h

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....		21.04			21.04	Q, PB
2	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 ....		20.11	20.48		20.48	Q
3	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...		20.43			20.43	Q
4	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...		20.41			20.41	Q
5	Pavel Sofin Pavel Sofin Pavel Sofin is a Russian shot putter.His personal best is 20.63 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Sochi. He has 20.68 metres on the indoor track, achieved in March 2006 in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:...		20.29			20.29	q
6	Yury Bialou Yury Bialou Yury Bialou is a male shot putter from Belarus. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Minsk.-Achievements:-References:...			20.12	19.87	20.12	q
7	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...		18.95	19.59	20.01	20.01
8	Hamza Alic 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,...		19.33	19.48	19.87	19.87
9	Anton Lyuboslavskiy		19.14		19.87	19.87
10	Scott Martin Scott Martin Scott Martin is an Australian shot putter and discus throw competitor. He rose to prominence in a National Australia Bank advertisement promoting the 2006 Commonwealth Games; in the ad, Martin was shown taking part in a ballet class to improve his discus technique...		19.75			19.75
11	Joachim Olsen		19.62	19.69	19.74	19.74	SB
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...		19.58	19.25	19.16	19.58
13	Māris Urtāns Maris Urtans Māris Urtāns is a male shot putter from Latvia. His personal best throw is 21.63 metres, achieved in 19 June 2010 in Belgrad....		18.78	19.57	19.34	19.57
14	Milan Haborak Milan Haborák Milan Haborák is a Slovak shot putter.Haborák's personal best throw is 20.87 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Turnov. He first broke the 20-metre barrier in 2000. Haborák received a two-year ban in 2004 for using hormones...			19.32		19.32
15	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...		19.07		18.96	19.07
16	Asmir Kolasinac 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...		18.32		19.01	19.01
17	Lajos Imre Kurthy		18.38		18.74	18.74
18	Mihail Stamatoyiannis Mihail Stamatoyiannis Michalis Stamatogiannis is a Greek shot putter.He finished tenth at the 1999 World Youth Championships and ninth at the 2000 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....			18.45	18.30	18.45
19	Marco Antonio Verni Marco Antonio Verni Marco Antonio Verni is a Chilean shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Santiago de Chile....			17.96		17.96

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Robert Häggblom

Robert Markus Häggblom is a Finnish shot putter.He won the gold medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships and finished fourth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...

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Georgi Ivanov (athlete)

Georgi Stoyanov Ivanov is an Bulgarian shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.02 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sofia.He won the gold medals at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships...

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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...

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Group B

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	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...		20.56			20.56	Q
2	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....		20.38	20.48		20.48	Q
3	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:...		20.36			20.36	q
4	Yuriy Bilonog		19.93	20.16	19.57	20.16	q
5	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...		20.13		19.97	20.13	q
6	Ivan Yushkov Ivan Yushkov Ivan Yushkov is a Russian shot putter.His personal best throw is 21.01 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Sochi.-Achievements:-References:...		20.02	19.83	20.00	20.02	q
7	Peter Sack Peter Sack Peter Sack is a German shot putter.He finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships behind Ralf Bartels and Mikuláš Konopka. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without...		19.76		20.01	20.01
8	Dorian Scott Dorian Scott Dorian Armand Scott is a Jamaican shot putter. His personal best is 21.45 meters, achieved in March 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida...		19.54	19.94	19.71	19.94
9	Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....		19.91	19.75		19.91
10	Manuel Martínez		19.62	19.45	19.81	19.81
11	Miran Vodovnik Miran Vodovnik Miran Vodovnik is a Slovenian shot putter. His personal best throw and Slovene record is 20.76 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Thessaloniki....		18.72		19.81	19.81
12	Yves Niare Yves Niaré Yves Niaré is a male shot putter from France. His personal best throw is 20.72 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Versailles....				19.73	19.73
13	Taavi Peetre Taavi Peetre Taavi Peetre was an Estonian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented his country at two Olympic Games and also took part in the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions. His personal best shot put mark of 20.33 m is the second best by an Estonian thrower after Heino Sild...				19.57	19.57
14	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi is a Saudi Arabian shot putter.His personal best was set at the 2009 Doha meeting, throwing a new area record of 21.13 m and finishing in third, only behind Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski and World Champion Reese...			18.67	19.51	19.51
15	Petr Stehlik Petr Stehlík Petr Stehlík is a Czech shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Turnov. The Czech record is currently held by Remigius Machura with 21.93 metres....			19.41		19.41
16	Nedzad Mulabegovic Nedžad Mulabegovic Nedžad Mulabegović is a Croatian shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.56 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona, Spain....		19.11	19.35	18.88	19.35
17	Reinaldo Proenza		19.15	19.06	19.20	19.20
18	Ivan Emilianov Ivan Emilianov Ivan Emilianov is a Moldovan shot putter.He competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the World Championships in 2001 and 2007, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and 2008 and the European Championships in 2002 and 2006 without reaching the finals.He achieved his best throw of...		18.64	18.27		18.64
19	Yasser Farag		18.37		18.42	18.42
20	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...				18.05	18.05
21	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...		16.13	16.98	17.43	17.43

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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....

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Alexis Paumier

Alexis Paumier is a Cuban shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.78 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Havana.He won the silver medals at the 2001 and 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games...

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Final

August 15, 2008 - 21:00

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....		20.80	20.47	21.21	21.51		20.44	21.51	PB
	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 ....		20.39	20.98	20.88	20.86	20.69	21.09	21.09
	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....		20.73	21.05		20.78	20.57	20.93	21.05
4	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...		20.62	21.04			20.47		21.04	NR
5	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:...		20.33	20.15	20.98	20.98	20.40		20.98	PB
6	Yuriy Bilonog		20.63		20.53	20.46	20.31		20.63	SB
7	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...			19.81	20.53	20.38			20.53
8	Pavel Sof'in Pavel Sofin Pavel Sofin is a Russian shot putter.His personal best is 20.63 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Sochi. He has 20.68 metres on the indoor track, achieved in March 2006 in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:...		20.42						20.42
9	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...		20.41		20.30				20.41
10	Yury Bialou Yury Bialou Yury Bialou is a male shot putter from Belarus. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Minsk.-Achievements:-References:...		20.06						20.06
11	Ivan Yushkov Ivan Yushkov Ivan Yushkov is a Russian shot putter.His personal best throw is 21.01 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Sochi.-Achievements:-References:...		19.67	19.55					19.67

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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...

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