2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15. The Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski entered the competition as the world-leading athlete and one of the favourites. Much was expected of the four-man United States team, consisting of defending champion Reese Hoffa, Olympic silver medalist Christian Cantwell, former world champion Adam Nelson, and newcomer Dan Taylor.Landells, Steve (2009-08-09). Men's Shot Put - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.

Cantwell won the competition, recording a world-leading 22.03 m throw to fend off second-placed Majewski (who managed 21.91 m). Former champions Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m to win the host nation's first medal of the tournament.Landells, Steve (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's Shot Put - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-20. Archived 2009-09-08.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Records World record23.12Westwood, United States20 May 1990Championship record22.23Rome, Italy29 August 1987World Leading21.95Stockholm, Sweden30 July 2009African record21.97Eugene, United States2 June 2001Asian record21.13Doha, Qatar8 May 2009North American record23.12Westwood, United States20 May 1990South American record21.14Santiago, Chile29 July 2004European record23.06Chania, Greece22 May 1988Oceanian record21.26Melbourne, Australia21 February 2008

Qualification standards A standardB standard 20.30m 19.90m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009 10:00 QualificationAugust 15, 2009 20:15 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Tomasz Majewski 21.19 21.19 Q 2 A Pavel Lyzhyn 20.72 20.72Q 3 A Christian Cantwell 20.20 20.63 20.63 Q 4 A Adam Nelson 20.50 20.50 Q 5 B Ralf Bartels 20.16 20.41 20.41 Q 6 B Reese Hoffa 20.23 19.90 20.23 q 7 A Miroslav Vodovnik 19.80 20.22 20.05 20.22 q, SB 8 A Peter Sack 20.09 20.20 19.98 20.20 q 9 B Carl Myerscough 20.17 19.79 20.17 q 10 A Pavel Sofin 20.16 20.16 q 11 A Hamza Alić 20.01 20.10 20.10 q 12 A Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi 19.91 20.04 20.04 13 A Justin Anlezark 19.94 19.41 19.33 19.94 14 B Taavi Peetre 19.91 19.79 19.69 19.91 15 A Māris Urtāns 19.89 19.89 SB 16 A Dylan Armstrong 19.46 19.86 19.86 17 B Marco Fortes 18.70 19.81 19.81 18 B Manuel Martínez 19.74 19.80 19.73 19.80 19 B Antonin Žalský 19.63 19.46 19.77 19.77 20 B Yury Bialou 19.38 19.75 19.35 19.75 21 B Asmir Kolašinac 19.62 19.67 19.67 22 B Lajos Kürthy 19.16 19.64 19.64 23 A Carlos Véliz 18.82 19.62 19.48 19.62 24 B Scott Martin 19.16 19.52 19.45 19.52 25 B Dan Taylor 19.39 19.39 26 B Yves Niaré 19.37 19.37 27 B David Storl 19.19 19.18 19.19 28 A Nedžad Mulabegović 19.15 19.15 29 A Valeriy Kokoyev 18.02 19.13 18.90 19.13 30 B Maksim Sidorov 18.92 18.77 18.92 31 A Yasser Ibrahim Farag 18.40 18.69 18.54 18.69 32 A Borja Vivas 17.70 18.38 18.38 33 B Georgi Ivanov 18.11 18.11 34 A Adriatik Hoxha 15.78 15.89 15.89 B Germán Lauro B Andrei Mikhnevich 20.65 20.65 DQIn 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich 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.

Key: NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Christian Cantwell 21.54 20.72 21.03 21.21 22.03 22.03 WL Tomasz Majewski 21.36 21.19 20.80 21.68 21.91 21.18 21.91 Ralf Bartels 20.35 20.18 21.37 20.80 20.94 21.20 21.37 PB Reese Hoffa 21.02 20.95 21.14 20.97 21.28 21.28 Adam Nelson 21.11 20.93 21.11 SB Pavel Lyzhyn 20.98 20.98 PB Miroslav Vodovnik 19.60 19.50 20.50 19.82 20.14 20.50 SB Hamza Alić 20.00 19.80 20.00 Pavel Sofin 19.89 19.69 19.85 19.89 10 Carl Myerscough 18.42 18.42 Peter Sack Andrei Mikhnevich 20.34 20.31 20.62 20.74 20.54 20.74 DQ

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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