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.[1]
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.[2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Christian Cantwell United States (USA)
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| Silver | Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL)
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| Bronze | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER)
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Records edit
| World record |  Randy Barnes (USA)
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23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| Championship record |  Werner Günthör (SUI)
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22.23 | Rome, Italy | 29 August 1987 |
| World Leading |  Tomasz Majewski (POL)
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21.95 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 July 2009 |
| African record |  Janus Robberts (RSA)
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21.97 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian record |  Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA)
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21.13 | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2009 |
| North American record | Randy Barnes (USA)
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23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| South American record |  Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)
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21.14 | Santiago, Chile | 29 July 2004 |
| European record |  Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
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23.06 | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Oceanian record |  Scott Martin (AUS)
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21.26 | Melbourne, Australia | 21 February 2008 |
Qualification standards edit
| A standard | B standard |
|---|---|
| 20.30m | 19.90m |
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2009 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| August 15, 2009 | 20:15 | Final |
Results edit
Qualification edit
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 | Poland (POL) |
21.19 | 21.19 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Pavel Lyzhyn |  Belarus (BLR) |
x | 20.72 | 20.72 | Q | |
| 3 | A | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) |
20.20 | 20.63 | 20.63 | Q | |
| 4 | A | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) |
20.50 | 20.50 | Q | ||
| 5 | B | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) |
20.16 | x | 20.41 | 20.41 | Q |
| 6 | B | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) |
20.23 | 19.90 | x | 20.23 | q |
| 7 | A | Miroslav Vodovnik |  Slovenia (SLO) |
19.80 | 20.22 | 20.05 | 20.22 | q, SB |
| 8 | A | Peter Sack | Germany (GER) |
20.09 | 20.20 | 19.98 | 20.20 | q |
| 9 | B | Carl Myerscough |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
20.17 | x | 19.79 | 20.17 | q |
| 10 | A | Pavel Sofin |  Russia (RUS) |
x | x | 20.16 | 20.16 | q |
| 11 | A | Hamza Alić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
x | 20.01 | 20.10 | 20.10 | q |
| 12 | A | Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
19.91 | x | 20.04 | 20.04 | |
| 13 | A | Justin Anlezark |  Australia (AUS) |
19.94 | 19.41 | 19.33 | 19.94 | |
| 14 | B | Taavi Peetre |  Estonia (EST) |
19.91 | 19.79 | 19.69 | 19.91 | |
| 15 | A | Māris Urtāns |  Latvia (LAT) |
19.89 | x | x | 19.89 | SB |
| 16 | A | Dylan Armstrong |  Canada (CAN) |
19.46 | 19.86 | x | 19.86 | |
| 17 | B | Marco Fortes |  Portugal (POR) |
18.70 | x | 19.81 | 19.81 | |
| 18 | B | Manuel Martínez |  Spain (ESP) |
19.74 | 19.80 | 19.73 | 19.80 | |
| 19 | B | Antonin Žalský |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
19.63 | 19.46 | 19.77 | 19.77 | |
| 20 | B | Yury Bialou | Belarus (BLR) |
19.38 | 19.75 | 19.35 | 19.75 | |
| 21 | B | Asmir Kolašinac |  Serbia (SRB) |
19.62 | 19.67 | x | 19.67 | |
| 22 | B | Lajos Kürthy |  Hungary (HUN) |
19.16 | 19.64 | x | 19.64 | |
| 23 | A | Carlos Véliz |  Cuba (CUB) |
18.82 | 19.62 | 19.48 | 19.62 | |
| 24 | B | Scott Martin | Australia (AUS) |
19.16 | 19.52 | 19.45 | 19.52 | |
| 25 | B | Dan Taylor | United States (USA) |
x | x | 19.39 | 19.39 | |
| 26 | B | Yves Niaré |  France (FRA) |
x | x | 19.37 | 19.37 | |
| 27 | B | David Storl | Germany (GER) |
19.19 | x | 19.18 | 19.19 | |
| 28 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović |  Croatia (CRO) |
19.15 | x | x | 19.15 | |
| 29 | A | Valeriy Kokoyev | Russia (RUS) |
18.02 | 19.13 | 18.90 | 19.13 | |
| 30 | B | Maksim Sidorov | Russia (RUS) |
18.92 | 18.77 | x | 18.92 | |
| 31 | A | Yasser Ibrahim Farag |  Egypt (EGY) |
18.40 | 18.69 | 18.54 | 18.69 | |
| 32 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) |
17.70 | 18.38 | x | 18.38 | |
| 33 | B | Georgi Ivanov |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
18.11 | x | x | 18.11 | |
| 34 | A | Adriatik Hoxha |  Albania (ALB) |
15.78 | 15.89 | x | 15.89 | |
| B | Germán Lauro |  Argentina (ARG) |
x | x | x | NM | ||
| B | Belarus (BLR) |
DQ[3] |
Key: NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) |
21.54 | 20.72 | 21.03 | 21.21 | 22.03 | – | 22.03 | WL |
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Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) |
21.36 | 21.19 | 20.80 | 21.68 | 21.91 | 21.18 | 21.91 | |
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Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) |
20.35 | 20.18 | 21.37 | 20.80 | 20.94 | 21.20 | 21.37 | PB |
| 4 | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) |
21.02 | x | 20.95 | 21.14 | 20.97 | 21.28 | 21.28 | |
| 5 | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) |
21.11 | 20.93 | x | x | x | x | 21.11 | SB |
| 6 | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) |
x | 20.98 | x | x | x | x | 20.98 | PB |
| 7 | Miroslav Vodovnik | Slovenia (SLO) |
19.60 | 19.50 | 20.50 | x | 19.82 | 20.14 | 20.50 | SB |
| 8 | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
20.00 | x | 19.80 | 20.00 | ||||
| 9 | Pavel Sofin | Russia (RUS) |
19.89 | 19.69 | 19.85 | 19.89 | ||||
| 10 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
18.42 | x | x | 18.42 | ||||
| Peter Sack | Germany (GER) |
x | x | x | NM | |||||
| Belarus (BLR) |
DQ[3] |
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
See also edit
References edit
- General
- Qualification results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- Final results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- Specific
- ^ Landells, Steve (2009-08-09). Men's Shot Put - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's Shot Put - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-20. Archived 2009-09-08.
- ^ a b In 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. "Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005". IAAF. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.