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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueJapan National Stadium
Dates3 August 2021
(qualifying)
5 August 2021
(final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance23.30 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Crouser  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Kovacs  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Walsh  New Zealand
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The men's shot put event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] Thirty-one athletes from 22 nations competed. For the first time in Olympic history, the same three competitors received the same medals in back-to-back editions of an individual event.[2] Americans Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs and New Zealander Tom Walsh repeated their gold, silver, and bronze (respectively) performances from the 2016 Summer Olympics. They became the 15th, 16th, and 17th men to earn multiple medals in the shot put; Crouser was the 4th to repeat as champion.

Background

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This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

At the US Trials, Ryan Crouser broke the 29 year old world record by 25 centimetres. He was already the defending Olympic Champion. But the entire podium returned from Rio and silver medalist Joe Kovacs beat Crouser at the 2019 World Championships. Bronze medalist Thomas Walsh matched Crouser at the championships which Walsh won in 2017. Kovacs and Walsh were =#4 and #6 of all time respectively with their marks from that 2019 competition. #11 Darlan Romani, #17 Michał Haratyk, #19 Konrad Bukowiecki, #21 Bob Bertemes and #25 Tomáš Staněk were also in the field.

Bahrain made its men's shot put debut. The United States made its 28th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Summary

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Haratyk, Bukowiecki, Bertemes and Staněk didn't make the final.

On his first attempt at the final, Crouser threw 22.83 metres to improve upon his own Olympic Record from Rio. Romani threw 21.88 metres to take second for a few moments until Kovacs threw 22.19 metres. Crouser's second round throw improved the Olympic Record again, 22.93 metres. Only two other men had ever thrown that far, over 30 years before. Walsh got into the mix with 22.17 metres. After the throwers were re-ordered, Kovacs threw 22.65 metres to solidify his hold on silver. That looked significant because on his final attempt, Walsh dropped 22.47 metres, better than Kovacs' four other throws. Kovacs answered with 22.60 metres, not enough to catch Crouser. So with gold assured, Crouser wound up for one more throw, 23.30 m (76 ft 5+14 in); the second farthest throw in history, his third Olympic Record of the series and just 7 centimetres short of his month-old world record. Every one of Crouser's 6 throw series was farther than all but ten men have ever thrown. Crouser joined Ralph Rose (1904 & 1908), Parry O'Brien (1952 & 1956) (also Americans) and Tomasz Majewski of Poland (2008 & 2012), as the only men to defend their Olympic title in the shot put. For the first time in Olympic history the podium was a repeat of the previous Games, with Kovacs silver and Walsh bronze.[3]

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's shot put event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 21.10 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached.[4][5]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained at various meetings during the given period with the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[4][6]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the shot put.[4]

Entry number: 32. No ranking necessary to complete the field.

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 21.10 3  Italy Leonardo Fabbri
Nick Ponzio
Zane Weir
3  United States Ryan Crouser
Joe Kovacs
Payton Otterdahl
2  Egypt Mostafa Amr Hassan
Mohamed Magdi Hamza
2  Georgia Benik Abrahamyan
Giorgi Mujaridze
2  New Zealand Jacko Gill
Tom Walsh
2  Poland Konrad Bukowiecki
Michał Haratyk
2  Serbia Asmir Kolašinac
Armin Sinančević
2  South Africa Kyle Blignaut
Jason van Rooyen
1  Bahrain Abdelrahman Mahmoud
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesud Pezer
1  Brazil Darlan Romani
1  British Virgin Islands Eldred Henry
1  Canada Tim Nedow
1  Croatia Filip Mihaljević
1  Czech Republic Tomáš Staněk
1  Great Britain Scott Lincoln
1  India Tajinderpal Singh Toor
1  Luxembourg Bob Bertemes
1  Nigeria Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
1  Portugal Francisco Belo
0  ROC[Note RUS] Aleksandr Lesnoy
1  Romania Andrei Rares Toader
1  Sweden Wictor Petersson
1  Ukraine Ihor Musiyenko
World ranking 0
Total 32

Competition format

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The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gave each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (not yet set; 2016 used 20.65 metres); if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 would advance. The final provided each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers received an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws were not considered for the final).[7]

Records

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

World record  Ryan Crouser (USA) 23.37 Eugene, United States 18 June 2021
Olympic record  Ryan Crouser (USA) 22.52 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18 August 2016
Area Distance (m) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 21.97 Janus Robberts  South Africa
Asia (records) 21.49 TajinderPal Toor  India
Europe (records) 23.06 Ulf Timmermann  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
23.37 WR Ryan Crouser  United States
Oceania (records) 22.90 Tom Walsh  New Zealand
South America (records) 22.61 Darlan Romani  Brazil

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Athlete Nation Distance (m) Record
August 5 Final Ryan Crouser  United States 23.30 OR

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's shot put took place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 3 August 2021 19:00 Qualifying
Thursday, 5 August 2021 9:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Ryan Crouser  United States 22.05 22.05 Q
2 A Tom Walsh  New Zealand x 20.38 21.49 21.49 Q
3 B Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.41 21.33 21.33 Q
4 A Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.00 21.31 21.31 Q
5 B Zane Weir  Italy 20.84 21.25 21.25 Q, PB
6 A Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt x 20.65 21.23 21.23 Q, SB
7 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 20.53 21.16 20.95 21.16 q
8 B Kyle Blignaut  South Africa 20.30 20.97 20.56 20.97 q
9 B Jacko Gill  New Zealand 20.65 20.52 20.96 20.96 q
10 A Armin Sinančević  Serbia 20.50 20.96 x 20.96 q
11 A Joe Kovacs  United States 20.81 20.93 20.81 20.93 q
12 A Payton Otterdahl  United States 19.56 20.28 20.90 20.90 q
13 B Michał Haratyk  Poland 20.58 20.86 20.72 20.86
14 B Leonardo Fabbri  Italy 19.42 20.80 x 20.80
15 B Filip Mihaljević  Croatia x 20.09 20.67 20.67
16 A Francisco Belo  Portugal x 20.58 20.24 20.58
17 A Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 20.23 20.47 19.78 20.47
18 B Scott Lincoln  Great Britain 20.42 19.60 x 20.42
19 A Jason van Rooyen  South Africa 18.92 20.06 20.29 20.29
20 A Nick Ponzio  Italy x 20.28 x 20.28
21 B Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg 20.14 x 20.16 20.16
22 A Abdelrahman Mahmoud  Bahrain 18.95 20.14 19.93 20.14
23 A Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland 20.01 x 19.44 20.01
24 A Tajinderpal Singh Toor  India 19.99 x x 19.99
25 B Mohamed Magdi Hamza  Egypt 19.33 x 19.82 19.82
26 A Andrei Toader  Romania 19.81 x 19.41 19.81
27 A Giorgi Mujaridze  Georgia 18.71 19.76 19.55 19.76
28 B Wictor Petersson  Sweden 19.64 x 19.73 19.73
29 B Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia x 19.68 x 19.68
30 B Ihor Musiyenko  Ukraine 19.07 19.42 19.56 19.56
31 A Tim Nedow  Canada x 19.27 19.42 19.42

Final

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Rank Order Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Ryan Crouser  United States 22.83 22.93 22.86 22.74 22.54 23.30 23.30 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 Joe Kovacs  United States 22.19 20.95 21.95 22.65 22.29 22.60 22.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Tom Walsh  New Zealand 21.09 22.17 x 21.37 22.18 22.47 22.47 SB
4 10 Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.88 21.22 20.96 x x 20.70 21.88 SB
5 3 Zane Weir  Italy 20.85 20.25 20.68 21.40 21.41 x 21.41 PB
6 9 Kyle Blignaut  South Africa 20.29 x 21.00 20.96 20.46 x 21.00
7 8 Armin Sinančević  Serbia 20.89 x x 20.44 x x 20.89
8 6 Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt 20.51 20.73 x x 20.63 20.73 20.73
9 12 Jacko Gill  New Zealand x 20.71 20.71 Did not advance 20.71
10 5 Payton Otterdahl  United States 20.32 x x Did not advance 20.32
11 1 Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina x x 20.08 Did not advance 20.08
12 2 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria x 18.87 19.74 Did not advance 19.74

References

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  3. ^ Chavez, Chris. "USA's Crouser Shatters Shot Put Olympic Record to Win Gold Again". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Athletics Explanatory Guide". Tokyo 2020. August 2019.