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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueANZ Stadium
Date22 September 2000 (qualification and finals)
Competitors37 from 27 nations
Winning distance21.29
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsi Harju
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam Nelson
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Godina
 United States
← 1996
2004 →

The men's shot put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September. The shot put has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Thirty-seven athletes from 27 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances were scrapped and they started afresh with up to six throws.[2] The event was won by Arsi Harju of Finland, the nation's first victory in the men's shot put since 1920 (and second overall) and first medal in the event since 1936. Americans Adam Nelson and John Godina took silver and bronze, respectively, with Godina becoming the 12th man to earn multiple shot put medals (adding to his 1996 silver).

Background

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This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1996 Games were silver medalist John Godina of the United States, fourth-place finisher Paolo Dal Soglio of Italy, fifth-place finisher Oliver-Sven Buder of Germany, sixth-place finisher Roman Virastyuk of Ukraine, eighth-place finisher (and 1992 finalist) Dragan Perić of Yugoslavia, and tenth-place finisher Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar. Godina, the 1995 and 1997 world champion, had finished fourth in the U.S. trials and was able to compete only as a replacement for C.J. Hunter (reigning world champion and 1996 Olympic seventh-place finisher), who was disqualified before competing.[1]

Croatia, Cuba, Moldova, and Slovakia each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 19.70 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 19.30 metres or further could be entered.[3]

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 20.10 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[1][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Los Angeles, United States 22 May 1988
Olympic record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance
 Spain Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Final 20.55

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 22 September 2000 10:00
18:45
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The qualifying round was held on Friday, 22 September 2000. The qualifying distance was 20.10 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Arsi Harju  Finland B 19.40 21.39 21.39 Q, PB
2 John Godina  United States A 20.58 20.58 Q
3 Yuriy Bilonog  Ukraine B 20.53 20.53 Q
4 Adam Nelson  United States A 20.12 20.12 Q
5 Timo Aaltonen  Finland A 20.04 X 19.82 20.04 q
6 Milan Haborak  Slovakia B 20.00 X X 20.00 q
7 Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus A X X 19.97 19.97 q
8 Oliver-Sven Buder  Germany A 19.96 X 19.80 19.96 q
9 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez  Spain A 19.94 18.95 19.86 19.94 q
10 Miroslav Menc  Czech Republic B 19.68 19.18 19.92 19.92 q
11 Andrew Bloom  United States B X 19.65 19.83 19.83 q
12 Janus Robberts  South Africa B 19.75 19.16 19.79 19.79 q
13 Bradley Snyder  Canada A 19.77 X 19.59 19.77
14 Burger Lambrechts  South Africa A X 19.74 19.75 19.75
15 Ville Tiisanoja  Finland B 19.04 19.44 19.66 19.66
16 Dragan Peric  FR Yugoslavia A 19.04 19.46 19.49 19.49
17 Joachim Olsen  Denmark B 19.32 X 19.41 19.41
18 Pavel Chumachenko  Russia B 18.99 19.40 X 19.40
19 Paolo Dal Soglio  Italy B 19.39 X X 19.39
20 Roman Virastyuk  Ukraine A 18.91 19.04 19.27 19.27
21 Chima Ugwu  Nigeria A 19.07 19.11 X 19.11
22 Karel Potgieter  South Africa A 19.02 X 19.00 19.02
23 Mikulas Konopka  Slovakia A 18.59 X 18.99 18.99
24 Stevimir Ercegovac  Croatia A 18.74 18.98 X 18.98
25 Szilard Kiss  Hungary B 18.60 18.61 18.95 18.95
26 Michael Mertens  Germany B 18.64 18.48 18.72 18.72
27 Bahadur Singh Sagoo  India B 18.70 X X 18.70
28 Saulius Kleiza  Lithuania A 18.57 X 18.59 18.59
29 Justin Anlezark  Australia B 18.59 18.11 18.46 18.59
30 Gheorghe Guset  Romania A 18.46 X 18.56 18.56
31 Mark Proctor  Great Britain B X 18.49 X 18.49
32 Shakti Singh  India A 18.40 17.96 18.13 18.40
33 Alexis Paumier  Cuba A 18.31 X 18.04 18.31
34 Bilal Saad Mubarak  Qatar B 18.30 X X 18.30
35 Vaios Tigkas  Greece A 17.52 18.13 17.84 18.13
36 Ivan Emilianov  Moldova B X 17.38 17.63 17.63
37 Sergey Rubtsov  Kazakhstan B 15.49 15.90 X 15.90

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsi Harju  Finland 21.20 21.29 20.77 X 20.37 X 21.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam Nelson  United States 20.53 21.20 21.21 X 20.97 X 21.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Godina  United States X 20.40 20.25 20.71 21.20 X 21.20
4 Andrew Bloom  United States 20.87 X 20.11 X 19.92 20.16 20.87
5 Yuriy Bilonoh  Ukraine 20.57 20.84 X 20.43 20.22 X 20.84
6 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez  Spain 19.89 19.45 X 19.50 20.55 19.70 20.55 NR
7 Janus Robberts  South Africa 18.81 19.72 X 18.87 19.06 20.32 20.32
8 Oliver-Sven Buder  Germany 19.89 20.18 X 19.64 X X 20.18
9 Andrey Mikhnevich  Belarus 19.48 X X Did not advance 19.48
10 Miroslav Menc  Czech Republic 19.02 19.16 19.39 Did not advance 19.39
11 Milan Haborák  Slovakia X X 19.06 Did not advance 19.06
12 Timo Aaltonen  Finland X 18.64 X Did not advance 18.64

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.
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