The men's shot put at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Christian Cantwell United States
|
Ralf Bartels Germany
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Dylan Armstrong Canada
|
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Randy Barnes (USA)
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22.66 | Los Angeles, United States | 20 January 1989 |
| Championship record |  Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
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22.24 | Indianapolis, United States | 7 March 1987 |
| World Leading | Christian Cantwell (USA)
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21.95 | New York City, United States | 29 January 2010 |
| African record |  Janus Robberts (RSA)
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21.47 | Norman, United States | 1 December 2001 |
| Asian record |  Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)
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20.09 | Schio, Italy | 11 February 2006 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
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22.55 | Senftenberg, East Germany | 11 February 1989 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
Randy Barnes (USA)
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22.66 | Los Angeles, United States | 20 January 1989 |
| Oceanian Record |  Scott Martin (AUS)
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20.83 | Valencia, Spain | 7 March 2008 |
| South American record |  Gert Weil (CHI)
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20.15 | Leverkusen, West Germany | 31 January 1985 |
Qualification standards edit
| Indoor |
|---|
| 20.00 m |
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2010 | 9:20 | Qualification, Group A |
| March 12, 2010 | 10:30 | Qualification, Group B |
| March 13, 2010 | 16:20 | Final |
Results edit
Qualification edit
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Ralf Bartels | Germany |
20.22 | 20.91 | 20.91 | Q | |
| 2 | B | Christian Cantwell | United States |
20.72 | 20.72 | Q | ||
| 3 | B | Scott Martin | Australia |
19.51 | 20.21 | 20.61 | 20.61 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Dylan Armstrong | Canada |
20.08 | 20.50 | 20.50 | Q | |
| 5 | B | David Storl | Germany |
x | 18.33 | 20.49 | 20.49 | Q |
| 6 | B | Carl Myerscough |  Great Britain |
18.79 | x | 20.44 | 20.44 | Q, SB |
| DQ | B | Pavel Lyzhyn |  Belarus |
Q[1] | ||||
| 7 | B | Tomasz Majewski |  Poland |
20.27 | x | 20.38 | 20.38 | Q |
| DQ | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus |
Q[1] | ||||
| 8 | A | Cory Martin | United States |
19.32 | x | 20.23 | 20.23 | |
| 9 | B | Asmir Kolašinac |  Serbia |
x | 20.03 | 20.10 | 20.10 | |
| 10 | A | Jan Marcell |  Czech Republic |
x | x | 20.04 | 20.04 | |
| 11 | A | Māris Urtāns |  Latvia |
18.95 | x | 19.97 | 19.97 | |
| 12 | A | Maksim Sidorov |  Russia |
18.10 | 19.88 | x | 19.88 | |
| 13 | A | Miran Vodovnik |  Slovenia |
19.59 | x | 19.82 | 19.82 | SB |
| 14 | A | Mihail Stamatoyiannis |  Greece |
19.07 | x | 19.51 | 19.51 | |
| 15 | B | Lajos Kürthy |  Hungary |
19.43 | x | 19.26 | 19.43 | |
| 16 | B | Sultan Al-Hebshi |  Saudi Arabia |
17.98 | 18.58 | 18.67 | 18.67 | |
| 17 | A | Zhang Jun |  China |
18.51 | x | x | 18.51 | |
| 18 | B | Yasser Ibrahim Farag |  Egypt |
18.06 | x | 17.75 | 18.06 | SB |
| B | Marco Fortes |  Portugal |
x | x | x | NM |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christian Cantwell | United States |
21.60 | x | 21.07 | 21.13 | 21.14 | 21.83 | 21.83 | |
| DQ | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus |
[1] | |||||||
 |
Ralf Bartels | Germany |
20.43 | 21.44 | 21.04 | 20.76 | 20.35 | 20.93 | 21.44 | PB |
 |
Dylan Armstrong | Canada |
21.12 | 20.62 | 20.92 | x | 21.39 | x | 21.39 | NR |
| 4 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland |
21.20 | x | 20.46 | x | 20.84 | 20.98 | 21.20 | NR |
| DQ | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus |
x | x | x | [1] | ||||
| 5 | David Storl | Germany |
x | x | 20.20 | 19.97 | 20.40 | x | 20.40 | |
| 6 | Scott Martin | Australia |
x | x | 19.36 | 19.76 | x | x | 19.76 | |
| 7 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain |
x | 18.50 | x | 18.66 | x | x | 18.66 |