2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
| Events at the 2001 World Championships  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres.
Medalists
| Gold |  John GodinaUnited States (USA) |
| Silver | Adam Nelson United States (USA) |
| Bronze |  Arsi HarjuFinland (FIN) |
Schedule
- All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 08:30h | 04.08.2001 – 08:30h |
| Final Round | |
| 04.08.2001 – 16:00h | |
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 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) |
23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Westwood, United States |
| Event Record |  Werner Günthör (SUI) |
22.23 m | August 29, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
| Season Best |  Janus Robberts (RSA) |
21.97 m | June 2, 2001 | Eugene, United States |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | John Godina (USA) |
18.28 | 20.06 | 20.52 | 20.52 m | |
| 2 | 4 |  Manuel Martínez (ESP) |
20.08 | 20.44 | 20.50 | 20.50 m | |
| 3 | 5 |  Bradley Snyder (CAN) |
20.47 | — | — | 20.47 m | |
| 4 | 11 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) |
20.07 | 20.14 | — | 20.14 m | |
| 5 | 15 |  Petr Stehlík (CZE) |
19.68 | X | X | 19.68 m | |
| 6 | 18 |  Pavel Chumachenko (RUS) |
X | 19.35 | 19.27 | 19.35 m | |
| 7 | 19 |  Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) |
19.27 | X | X | 19.27 m | |
| 8 | 20 | John Davis (USA) |
X | 19.11 | X | 19.11 m | |
| 9 | 21 |  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) |
18.62 | 18.89 | — | 18.89 m | |
| 10 | 21 |  Mikuláš Konopka (SVK) |
18.60 | X | 18.89 | 18.89 m | |
| 11 | 24 |  Jimmy Nordin (SWE) |
18.85 | 18.65 | X | 18.85 m | |
| 12 | 24 |  Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) |
18.85 | X | 18.03 | 18.85 m | |
| 13 | 26 |  Yves Niaré (FRA) |
X | X | 18.71 | 18.71 m | |
| 14 | 28 |  Ivan Emelianov (MDA) |
X | 17.87 | 18.06 | 18.06 m | |
| 15 | 30 |  Mark Proctor (GBR) |
16.98 | X | 17.75 | 17.75 m | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Janus Robberts (RSA) |
21.26 | — | — | 21.26 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) |
20.72 | — | — | 20.72 m | PB |
| 3 | 6 |  Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) |
20.46 | — | — | 20.46 m | |
| 4 | 7 |  Dragan Perić (YUG) |
20.43 | — | — | 20.43 m | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Arsi Harju (FIN) |
19.70 | X | 20.39 | 20.39 m | |
| 6 | 9 |  Joachim Olsen (DEN) |
20.32 | 20.26 | — | 20.32 m | |
| 7 | 10 | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) |
20.11 | 20.05 | 20.31 | 20.31 m | SB |
| 8 | 12 | Adam Nelson (USA) |
20.13 | X | X | 20.13 m | |
| 9 | 13 | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) |
19.71 | 19.80 | 19.72 | 19.80 m | |
| 10 | 14 |  Gheorghe Guşet (ROM) |
X | 19.74 | X | 19.74 m | |
| 11 | 16 | Milan Haborák (SVK) |
19.35 | 19.52 | 19.46 | 19.52 m | |
| 12 | 17 | Ralf Bartels (GER) |
19.41 | 19.24 | X | 19.41 m | |
| 13 | 21 |  Gjøran Sørli (NOR) |
18.89 | X | X | 18.89 m | |
| 14 | 27 |  Justin Anlezark (AUS) |
18.70 | 18.33 | 18.14 | 18.70 m | SB |
| 15 | 29 |  Yojer Medina (VEN) |
X | 17.75 | 17.76 | 17.76 m | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
John Godina (USA) |
21.87 | 21.80 | X | X | X | X | 21.87 m | |
 |
Adam Nelson (USA) |
19.92 | 20.86 | 20.19 | 21.24 | X | X | 21.24 m | |
 |
Arsi Harju (FIN) |
20.28 | 20.01 | 20.59 | 20.93 | 20.10 | 20.79 | 20.93 m | SB |
| 4 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) |
20.78 | X | X | 20.91 | X | X | 20.91 m | |
| 5 | Dragan Perić (YUG) |
20.91 | X | 20.67 | X | X | X | 20.91 m | SB |
| 6 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) |
20.56 | 20.74 | X | 20.83 | 20.83 | X | 20.83 m | |
| 7 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) |
20.07 | X | 20.78 | X | 19.96 | X | 20.78 m | PB |
| 8 | Bradley Snyder (CAN) |
20.63 | X | X | X | X | 20.34 | 20.63 m | |
| 9 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) |
20.37 | 19.95 | 20.45 | 20.45 m | ||||
| 10 | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) |
20.41 | X | 20.42 | 20.42 m | SB | |||
| 11 | Joachim Olsen (DEN) |
18.94 | 20.38 | 20.24 | 20.38 m | ||||
| 12 | Janus Robberts (RSA) |
20.12 | X | 20.18 | 20.18 m | ||||
