2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.[1][2]

Men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	23 August
Competitors	30 from 22 nations
Winning distance	21.93
Medalists
Joe Kovacs    United States   David Storl    Germany   O'Dayne Richards    Jamaica

As the best thrower in a decade, Joe Kovacs looked to be the favorite, though David Storl was the two-time defending champion. With his first throw Kovacs took the lead at 21.23. Storl raised the lead to 21.46 on his second throw. But the surprise leader at the end of the third round was O'Dayne Richards equalling his Jamaican National Record from the Pan American Games at 21.69. In the fourth round, Tomas Walsh threw his Continental Record 21.58 to take the second position. A few throws later, Kovacs moved into second place with his 21.67 fourth throw. The medals were settled in the fifth round when Kovacs threw the 21.93 winner, followed immediately by Storl throwing his 21.74 silver medal winner.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12	Westwood, CA, United States	20 May 1990
Championship record	Werner Günthör (SUI)	22.23	Rome, Italy	29 August 1987
World Leading	Joe Kovacs (USA)	22.56	Monaco	17 July 2015
African record	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.97	Eugene, OR, United States	2 June 2001
Asian record	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA)	21.13	Doha, Qatar	8 May 2009
NACAC record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12	Westwood,CA, United States	20 May 1990
South American record	Germán Lauro (ARG)	21.26	Doha, Qatar	10 May 2013
European record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	23.06	Chania, Greece	22 May 1988
Oceanian record	Tomas Walsh (NZL)	21.50	Mutterstadt, Germany	25 July 2015
The following records were established during the competition:
Oceanian record	Tomas Walsh (NZL)	21.58	Beijing, China	23 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards[5]
20.45

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
23 August 2015	10:05	Qualification
23 August 2015	19:30	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 20.65 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q).[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Mark	Notes
1	A	Joe Kovacs	United States (USA)	20.28	21.36		21.36	Q
2	B	David Storl	Germany (GER)	21.26			21.26	Q
3	A	Reese Hoffa	United States (USA)	20.75			20.75	Q
4	B	Germán Lauro	Argentina (ARG)	20.64	x		20.64	q
5	B	Christian Cantwell	United States (USA)	19.61	x	20.63	20.63	q
6	B	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica (JAM)	20.55	20.01	x	20.55	q
7	A	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand (NZL)	x	20.49	20.31	20.49	q
8	A	Inderjeet Singh	India (IND)	19.15	x	20.47	20.47	q
9	A	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia (SRB)	19.35	20.37	20.22	20.37	q
10	A	Tomasz Majewski	Poland (POL)	20.13	20.11	20.34	20.34	q
11	A	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic (CZE)	20.32	19.47	x	20.32	q
12	B	Jacko Gill	New Zealand (NZL)	19.93	19.94	19.79	19.94	q
13	B	Jordan Clarke	United States (USA)	19.29	19.88	19.89	19.89
14	A	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg (LUX)	19.87	19.60	19.64	19.87	NR
15	A	Darlan Romani	Brazil (BRA)	19.86	19.06	19.41	19.86
16	A	Aleksandr Lesnoy	Russia (RUS)	19.29	19.78	x	19.78
17	B	Andrei Gag	Romania (ROM)	x	19.74	x	19.74
18	A	Mostafa Amr Hassan	Egypt (EGY)	18.97	19.42	19.65	19.65
19	B	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic (CZE)	19.64	19.05	x	19.64
20	B	Tim Nedow	Canada (CAN)	19.41	x	19.63	19.63
21	B	Franck Elemba	Congo (CGO)	18.59	19.40	19.28	19.40
22	B	Maksim Sidorov	Russia (RUS)	x	19.35	19.28	19.35
23	B	Marin Premeru	Croatia (CRO)	x	19.33	x	19.33
24	A	Borja Vivas	Spain (ESP)	18.88	19.19	19.28	19.28
25	A	Jaco Engelbrecht	South Africa (RSA)	19.04	x	x	19.04
26	A	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal (POR)	18.01	18.85	x	18.85
27	B	Orazio Cremona	South Africa (RSA)	x	18.63	x	18.63
28	B	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	x	18.62	x	18.62
	B	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland (POL)	x	x	x	NM
	B	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria (BUL)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Kemal Mešić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)				DNS

Final

The final was started at 19:30.[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	# 4	# 5	# 6	Mark	Notes
	Joe Kovacs	United States (USA)	21.23	20.48	x	21.67	21.93	21.66	21.93
	David Storl	Germany (GER)	x	21.46	x	20.44	21.74	21.28	21.74
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica (JAM)	x	20.79	21.69	x	20.54	x	21.69	=NR
4	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand (NZL)	20.05	x	20.64	21.58	21.01	x	21.58	AR
5	Reese Hoffa	United States (USA)	20.61	20.72	x	20.31	21.00	x	21.00
6	Tomasz Majewski	Poland (POL)	20.57	20.82	20.17	20.59	20.50	x	20.82	SB
7	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia (SRB)	x	20.11	20.36	x	x	20.71	20.71
8	Jacko Gill	New Zealand (NZL)	19.99	20.11	19.54	19.44	19.54	19.49	20.11
9	Germán Lauro	Argentina (ARG)	19.70	x	x				19.70
10	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	19.00	19.69				19.69
11	Inderjeet Singh	India (IND)	19.52	x	18.68				19.52
	Christian Cantwell	United States (USA)							DNS

References

1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Start list
3. "REPORT: MEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
4. "Records & Lists – Shot put". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
6. Qualification results
7. Final results