2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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

Gold	Christian Cantwell  United States (USA)
Silver	Tomasz Majewski  Poland (POL)
Bronze	Ralf Bartels  Germany (GER)

Records

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	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	21.95	Stockholm, Sweden	30 July 2009
African record	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.97	Eugene, United States	2 June 2001
Asian record	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA)	21.13	Doha, Qatar	8 May 2009
North American 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
20.30m	19.90m

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 15, 2009	10:00	Qualification
August 15, 2009	20:15	Final

Results

Qualification

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	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	20.65			20.65	DQ[3]

Key: NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Christian Cantwell	United States (USA)	21.54	20.72	21.03	21.21	22.03	–	22.03	WL
	Tomasz Majewski	Poland (POL)	21.36	21.19	20.80	21.68	21.91	21.18	21.91
	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
	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	20.34	20.31	20.62	20.74	20.54	x	20.74	DQ[3]

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

See also

• 2009 Shot Put Year Ranking