Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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The Men's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 20.30 m (66.6 ft) (A standard) and 19.80 m (64.96 ft) (B standard).[2]

Contents

[edit] Medalists

Gold  Tomasz Majewski
Poland (POL)
Silver  Christian Cantwell
United States (USA)
Bronze  Andrei Mikhnevich
Belarus (BLR)


[edit] Schedule

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


[edit] Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record United States Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 m Westwood, USA 20 May 1990
Olympic record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 m Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifying round

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

[edit] Group A

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 Result Notes
1 Tomasz Majewski Poland 21.04 21.04 Q, PB
2 Christian Cantwell United States 20.11 20.48 20.48 Q
3 Dylan Armstrong Canada 20.43 20.43 Q
4 Reese Hoffa United States 20.41 20.41 Q
5 Pavel Sofin Russia 20.29 x x 20.29 q
6 Yury Bialou Belarus x 20.12 19.87 20.12 q
7 Andriy Semenov Ukraine 18.95 19.59 20.01 20.01
8 Hamza Alic Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.33 19.48 19.87 19.87
9 Anton Lyuboslavskiy Russia 19.14 x 19.87 19.87
10 Scott Martin Australia 19.75 x x 19.75
11 Joachim Olsen Denmark 19.62 19.69 19.74 19.74 SB
12 Carlos Véliz Cuba 19.58 19.25 19.16 19.58
13 Māris Urtāns Latvia 18.78 19.57 19.34 19.57
14 Milan Haborak Slovakia x 19.32 x 19.32
15 Germán Lauro Argentina 19.07 x 18.96 19.07
16 Asmir Kolasinac Serbia 18.32 x 19.01 19.01
17 Lajos Imre Kurthy Hungary 18.38 x 18.74 18.74
18 Mihail Stamatoyiannis Greece x 18.45 18.30 18.45
19 Marco Antonio Verni Chile x 17.96 x 17.96
Robert Häggblom Finland x x x NM
Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria x x x NM
Ralf Bartels Germany DNS

[edit] Group B

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 Result Notes
1 Adam Nelson United States 20.56 20.56 Q
2 Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus 20.38 20.48 20.48 Q
3 Pavel Lyzhyn Belarus 20.36 x x 20.36 q
4 Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine 19.93 20.16 19.57 20.16 q
5 Rutger Smith Netherlands 20.13 x 19.97 20.13 q
6 Ivan Yushkov Russia 20.02 19.83 20.00 20.02 q
7 Peter Sack Germany 19.76 x 20.01 20.01
8 Dorian Scott Jamaica 19.54 19.94 19.71 19.94
9 Justin Anlezark Australia 19.91 19.75 x 19.91
10 Manuel Martínez Spain 19.62 19.45 19.81 19.81
11 Miran Vodovnik Slovenia 18.72 x 19.81 19.81
12 Yves Niare France x x 19.73 19.73
13 Taavi Peetre Estonia x x 19.57 19.57
14 Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Saudi Arabia x 18.67 19.51 19.51
15 Petr Stehlik Czech Republic x 19.41 x 19.41
16 Nedzad Mulabegovic Croatia 19.11 19.35 18.88 19.35
17 Reinaldo Proenza Cuba 19.15 19.06 19.20 19.20
18 Ivan Emilianov Moldova 18.64 18.27 x 18.64
19 Yasser Farag Egypt 18.37 x 18.42 18.42
20 Marco Fortes Portugal x x 18.05 18.05
21 Chang Ming-Huang Chinese Taipei 16.13 16.98 17.43 17.43
Amin Nikfar Iran x x x NM
Alexis Paumier Cuba x x x NM

WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

[edit] Final

August 15, 2008 - 21:00

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1 Tomasz Majewski Poland 20.80 20.47 21.21 21.51 x 20.44 21.51 PB
2 Christian Cantwell United States 20.39 20.98 20.88 20.86 20.69 21.09 21.09
3 Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus 20.73 21.05 x 20.78 20.57 20.93 21.05
4 Dylan Armstrong Canada 20.62 21.04 x x 20.47 x 21.04 NR
5 Pavel Lyzhyn Belarus 20.33 20.15 20.98 20.98 20.40 x 20.98 PB
6 Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine 20.63 x 20.53 20.46 20.31 x 20.63 SB
7 Reese Hoffa United States x 19.81 20.53 20.38 x x 20.53
8 Pavel Sof'in Russia 20.42 x x x x x 20.42
9 Rutger Smith Netherlands 20.41 x 20.30 20.41
10 Yury Bialou Belarus 20.06 x x 20.06
11 Ivan Yushkov Russia 19.67 19.55 x 19.67
Adam Nelson United States x x x NM

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
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