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2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.[1][2] A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

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Gold Edis Elkasević
  Croatia
Silver Sean Shields
  United States
Bronze Mika Vasara
  Finland

Results

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Final

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16 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Edis Elkasević   Croatia x 20.59 x x 20.75 21.47 21.47
  Sean Shields   United States x 19.73 x 19.46 20.54 19.89 20.54
  Mika Vasara   Finland 18.98 x 20.21 19.78 x 20.50 20.50
4 Michał Hodun   Poland 20.41 20.42 x 19.91 x x 20.42
5 Bertrand Vili   France 19.37 19.61 20.09 20.12 x x 20.12
6 Dmitriy Sivakov   Belarus 18.84 19.29 18.88 19.51 19.96 19.97 19.97
7 Yasser Ibrahim   Egypt 18.67 18.97 19.25 19.17 19.49 x 19.49
8 Vikas Gowda   India 19.30 x 18.64 18.55 18.88 18.88 19.30
9 Taavi Peetre   Estonia 18.72 x 18.02 18.72
10 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi   Qatar x 18.66 x 18.66
11 Chris Meisner   Canada 17.87 18.54 x 18.54
12 Jeremy Silverman   United States 18.38 18.29 18.38 18.38

Qualifications

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16 Jul

Group A

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Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Bertrand Vili   France 19.54 - - 19.54 Q
2 Michał Hodun   Poland 19.24 - - 19.24 Q
3 Vikas Gowda   India 17.85 18.02 19.05 19.05 Q
4 Jeremy Silverman   United States 18.42 x 18.77 18.77 q
5 Yasser Ibrahim   Egypt 18.19 18.70 18.05 18.70 q
6 Magnus Lohse   Sweden 17.60 17.85 17.07 17.85
7 Anton Lyuboslavskiy   Russia x 17.76 17.77 17.77
8 John Meszaros   Australia x x 17.73 17.73
9 Jonathan Doucette   Canada 17.30 17.31 x 17.31
10 Gustavo de Mendonça   Brazil x x 17.15 17.15
11 Georgi Ivanov   Bulgaria x x 17.12 17.12
12 Vasil Najdov   North Macedonia 16.40 x 15.84 16.40
13 Zurab Gigaia   Georgia 16.15 15.22 16.06 16.15
14 Kimani Kirton   Jamaica 15.87 x x 15.87

Group B

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Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Mika Vasara   Finland 20.43 - - 20.43 Q
2 Sean Shields   United States 20.35 - - 20.35 Q
3 Edis Elkasević   Croatia 20.20 - - 20.20 Q
4 Dmitriy Sivakov   Belarus 18.89 18.89 18.63 18.89 q
5 Taavi Peetre   Estonia 18.76 18.53 x 18.76 q
6 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi   Qatar 18.51 x x 18.51 q
7 Chris Meisner   Canada 18.38 x 18.48 18.48 q
8 Ranvijay Singh   India x 18.29 17.99 18.29
9 Philipp Barth   Germany 17.89 17.87 x 17.89
10 Paul Peulich   Australia 17.17 17.88 x 17.88
11 Berne van den Bergh   South Africa 16.64 17.76 16.98 17.76
12 Hwang In-Sung   South Korea 17.22 17.64 17.20 17.64
13 Milan Jotanovic   Yugoslavia 17.38 17.45 x 17.45
14 Sultan Al-Hebsi   Saudi Arabia 16.99 x 16.45 16.99

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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