2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The Men's Shot Put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Medallists
| Gold |  Reese Hoffa (USA)
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| Silver | Adam Nelson (USA)
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| Bronze |  Rutger Smith (NED)
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Note: In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled. [1]
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) |
23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Westwood, United States
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| Event Record |  Werner Günthör (SUI) |
22.23 m | August 29, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
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Results
Qualification
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Nelson (USA) |
20.81 | Q |
| 2 |  Joachim Olsen (DEN) |
20.62 | Q |
| 3 |  Yury Bialou (BLR) |
20.26 | Q |
| 4 |  Tomasz Majewski (POL) |
20.25 | Q |
| 5 |  Dorian Scott (JAM) |
20.01 | q |
| 6 |  Anton Lyuboslavskiy (RUS) |
19.91 | |
| 7 |  Yves Niaré (FRA) |
19.62 | |
| 8 |  Milan Haborák (SVK) |
19.55 | |
| 9 |  Mika Vasara (FIN) |
19.55 | |
| 10 | Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) |
19.45 | |
| 11 |  Navpreet Singh (IND) |
19.35 | |
| 12 |  Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Habashi (KSA) |
19.20 | |
| 13 |  Germán Lauro (ARG) |
19.19 | |
| 14 |  Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) |
18.68 | |
| 15 | Noah Bryant (USA) |
18.58 | |
| 16 |  Antonin Žalský (CZE) |
18.50 | |
| 17 |  Ivan Emilianov (MDA) |
18.47 | |
 Peter Sack (GER) |
NM | ||
 Hamza Alic (BIH) |
NM | ||
 Dragan Peric (SRB) |
DNS |
Group B
| Place | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutger Smith (NED) |
21.04 | Q |
| 2 | Reese Hoffa (USA) |
20.89 | Q |
| 3 | Ralf Bartels (GER) |
20.33 | Q |
| 4 |  Dylan Armstrong (CAN) |
20.07 | q |
| 5 |  Miran Vodovnik (SLO) |
19.97 | q |
| 6 | Pavel Sofin (RUS) |
19.92 | q |
| 7 |  Scott Martin (AUS) |
19.81 | |
| 8 | Mikuláš Konopka (SVK) |
19.63 | |
| 9 | Petr Stehlík (CZE) |
19.51 | |
| 10 | Robert Häggblom (FIN) |
19.29 | |
| 11 |  Māris Urtāns (LAT) |
19.17 | |
| 12 |  Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) |
19.09 | |
| 13 |  Nedzad Mulabegovic (CRO) |
18.69 | |
| 14 | Milan Jotanović (SRB) |
18.57 | |
| 15 |  Chang Ming Huang (TPE) |
18.53 | |
| 16 | Daniel Taylor (USA) |
18.45 | |
| 17 |  Satoshi Hatase (JPN) |
17.71 | |
| 18 |  Lajos Kürthy (HUN) |
17.56 | |
 Manuel Martínez (ESP) |
NM | ||
| Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) |
Q, DQ |
Final
| Place | Athlete | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reese Hoffa (USA) |
22.04 | |
| 2 | Adam Nelson (USA) |
21.61 | SB |
| 3 | Rutger Smith (NED) |
21.13 | |
| 4 | Tomasz Majewski (POL) |
20.87 | PB |
| 5 | Miran Vodovnik (SLO) |
20.67 | SB |
| 6 | Ralf Bartels (GER) |
20.45 | Q |
| 7 | Yury Bialou (BLR) |
20.34 | |
| 8 | Dylan Armstrong (CAN) |
20.23 | |
| 9 | Pavel Sofin (RUS) |
19.62 | |
| Dorian Scott (JAM) |
NM | ||
| Joachim Olsen (DEN) |
NM | ||
| Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) |
DQ |
See also
References
- Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org
- ^ "Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005". IAAF. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.