2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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David Storl celebrating the announcement of his winning put at Daegu
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The Men's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.

David Storl made a major improvement to achieve a new personal best of 21.50, leading the qualifying round by 45 cm (a foot and a half).

2007 Champion, Reese Hoffa, took the early lead and held it until Storl threw a new personal best of 21.60 in the second round. Andrei Mikhnevich put a 21.40 in the third round to get close to Storl. In the fourth round, world leader, Dylan Armstrong, took the lead with a 21.64, which held up as the leader until the final throw of the competition, when Storl threw a third personal best of 21.78 to win.

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 and on were annulled.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
David Storl
 Germany (GER)
Dylan Armstrong
 Canada (CAN)
Christian Cantwell
 United States (USA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
Championship record  Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.23 Rome, Italy 29 August 1987
World Leading  Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 22.21 Calgary, Canada 25 June 2011
African record  Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97 Eugene, United States 2 June 2001
Asian record  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) 21.13 Doha, Qatar 8 May 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
South American record  Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) 21.14 Santiago, Chile 29 July 2004
European record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Oceanian record  Scott Martin (AUS) 21.26 Melbourne, Australia 21 February 2008

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
20.50 20.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 1, 2011 10:00 Qualification
September 2, 2011 19:00 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A David Storl  Germany (GER) x 21.50 21.50 Q, PB
2 B Dylan Armstrong  Canada (CAN) 20.52 21.05 21.05 Q
3 B Reese Hoffa  United States (USA) 20.96 20.96 Q
4 A Ryan Whiting  United States (USA) 20.40 20.77 20.77 Q
5 B Christian Cantwell  United States (USA) 20.55 20.73 20.73 Q
6 A Tomasz Majewski  Poland (POL) 20.73 20.73 Q
7 A Ralf Bartels  Germany (GER) 20.45 x 20.04 20.45 q
8 B Marco Fortes  Portugal (POR) 19.83 20.32 20.02 20.32 q
9 B Carlos Véliz  Cuba (CUB) 20.24 19.79 x 20.24 q
10 A Adam Nelson  United States (USA) 20.23 x x 20.23 q
11 A Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia (SRB) 19.58 20.08 20.14 20.14 q
12 B Marco Schmidt  Germany (GER) 20.06 19.96 x 20.06
13 B Lajos Kürthy  Hungary (HUN) 19.92 19.76 20.02 20.02
14 B Maksim Sidorov  Russia (RUS) 18.56 19.95 x 19.95
15 B Pavel Lyzhyn  Belarus (BLR) 19.91 x x 19.91
16 A Kim Christensen  Denmark (DEN) 19.02 19.40 19.74 19.74
17 B Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 19.70 x x 19.70
18 B Chang Ming-huang  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 19.60 x 18.98 19.60
19 A Jan Marcell  Czech Republic (CZE) 19.51 x 19.46 19.51
20 A Germán Lauro  Argentina (ARG) 19.50 19.45 x 19.50
21 A Andriy Semenov  Ukraine (UKR) x x 19.45 19.45
22 A Om Prakash Singh  India (IND) 19.29 19.06 x 19.29
23 B Amin Nikfar  Iran (IRI) 18.69 18.95 19.18 19.18
24 B Milan Jotanović  Serbia (SRB) 18.39 x 18.21 18.39
25 A Borja Vivas  Spain (ESP) 18.37 x 18.22 18.37
26 A Hwang In-Sung  South Korea (KOR) 17.75 17.62 x 17.75
A Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus (BLR) 20.79 20.79 DQ

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Storl  Germany (GER) x 21.60 20.82 x x 21.78 21.78 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dylan Armstrong  Canada (CAN) 20.79 20.58 20.82 21.64 21.40 x 21.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Cantwell  United States (USA) 20.50 20.73 20.83 x 21.36 x 21.36
4 Reese Hoffa  United States (USA) 20.90 20.99 20.97 20.84 x x 20.99
5 Marco Fortes  Portugal (POR) 20.59 x 19.36 20.83 20.25 20.04 20.83
6 Ryan Whiting  United States (USA) x 20.48 20.66 20.75 x x 20.75
7 Adam Nelson  United States (USA) 20.29 20.14 19.73 x 20.02 x 20.29
8 Tomasz Majewski  Poland (POL) x 20.03 20.18 20.18
9 Ralf Bartels  Germany (GER) 20.03 20.14 20.12 20.14
10 Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia (SRB) 19.84 x 19.77 19.84
11 Carlos Véliz  Cuba (CUB) 19.70 x x 19.70
Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus (BLR) 20.45 20.49 21.40 20.72 20.64 21.37 21.40 DQ

References

  1. ^ "Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005". IAAF. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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