Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Olympic Stadium
Date18 August 2016
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning distance22.52 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Crouser
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Kovacs
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomas Walsh
 New Zealand
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    • The men's shot put competition at the

    Tomas Walsh
    earned New Zealand's first medal in the men's shot put (in the country's first appearance in the event since 1972).

    Summary

    In the final, the surprise find of the season

    Tomas Walsh threw 21.20 m, to equal Elemba's distance, but with his second throw of 21.00 Elemba held the tiebreaker for bronze position. For his third round throw, Crouser improved his best to 22.26 m, to advance to become the number 14 thrower in history. After dropping off four competitors and changing the throwing order, Walsh moved into the bronze medal position with a 21.36 m in the fifth round. Then Crouser put the exclamation point on his night's work with a 22.52 m (73 ft 10+1⁄2 in), beating Ulf Timmermann's Olympic Record from 1988; the days of East German doping dominance
    . It moved him into a tie for the number 10 thrower in history. Since 2004, only Kovacs has thrown farther.

    The medals were presented by

    IAAF
    .

    Background

    This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2012 Games were two-time defending gold medalist Tomasz Majewski of Poland, silver medalist David Storl of Germany, sixth-place finisher Germán Lauro of Argentina, and seventh-place finisher Asmir Kolašinac of Serbia. Storl had won the world championships on either side of the London Games (2011 and 2013), while Joe Kovacs had beaten him in 2015 (Storl came second). Ryan Crouser had a strong performance at the U.S. trials, joining Storl and Kovacs among the favorites for 2016.[2]

    The British Virgin Islands, the Republic of the Congo, and Georgia each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 27th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

    Qualification

    Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

    A

    IAAF. Only outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the shot put.[3][4]

    Competition format

    Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 20.65 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reached the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

    Records

    Prior to the competition[update], the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

    World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12
    Westwood
    , United States    		 20 May 1990
    Olympic record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988
    2016 World leading  Joe Kovacs (USA) 22.13 Eugene, Oregon, United States 22 May 2016

    Ryan Crouser broke the 28-year-old Olympic record with his fifth throw of the final, hitting a mark of 22.52 metres. The following national records were established during the competition:

    Nation Athlete Round Distance Notes
    Brazil Darlan Romani Qualifying 20.94
    Congo Franck Elemba Final 21.20
    Brazil Darlan Romani Final 21.02

    Schedule

    All times are

    UTC-3
    )

    Date Time Round
    Thursday, 18 August 2016 9:55
    20:30    		 Qualifying
    Final

    Results

    Qualifying round

    Qualification rule: qualification standard 20.65m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

    Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
    1 B Ryan Crouser  United States 21.59 — — 21.59 Q
    2 B
    Tomas Walsh
    		  New Zealand 21.03 — — 21.03 Q
    3 B Darlan Romani  Brazil 20.94 — — 20.94 Q, NR
    4 A Jacko Gill  New Zealand 20.19 19.80 20.80 20.80 Q
    5 A Joe Kovacs  United States 19.59 20.73 — 20.73 Q
    6 B Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland X 20.71 — 20.71 Q
    7 A Tomasz Majewski  Poland 19.87 20.56 20.15 20.56 q
    8 A Stipe Žunić  Croatia 20.52 20.47 20.32 20.52 q
    9 B Damien Birkinhead  Australia 20.32 20.41 20.50 20.50 q
    10 B David Storl  Germany 20.47 X 20.30 20.47 q
    11 A Franck Elemba  Republic of the Congo 19.94 19.94 20.45 20.45 q
    12 B O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica 19.38 20.40 X 20.40 q
    13 A Andrei Gag  Romania X X 20.40 20.40
    14 A Borja Vivas  Spain 19.62 20.25 20.21 20.25
    15 B Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia 19.86 X 20.16 20.16
    16 A Tim Nedow  Canada X 20.00 19.72 20.00
    17 B Carlos Tobalina  Spain 19.98 19.81 X 19.98
    18 B Michał Haratyk  Poland 19.36 X 19.97 19.97
    19 A Germán Lauro  Argentina 19.89 19.56 19.61 19.89
    20 A Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 19.76 X 19.64 19.76
    21 B Filip Mihaljević  Croatia 19.18 19.69 19.52 19.69
    22 A Tobias Dahm  Germany 19.62 19.59 19.34 19.62
    23 A
    Darrell Hill
    		  United States 18.99 19.56 19.50 19.56
    24 B Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.06 19.29 19.55 19.55
    25 B
    Georgi Ivanov
    		  Bulgaria 19.08 19.49 X 19.49
    26 A Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.48 X X 19.48
    27 A Nicholas Scarvelis  Greece 19.07 X 19.37 19.37
    28 A Stephen Mozia  Nigeria X X 18.98 18.98
    29 B Tsanko Arnaudov  Portugal X 18.88 X 18.88
    30 A Kemal Mešić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.84 X 18.78 18.78
    31 B Benik Abrahamyan  Georgia 18.08 18.72 18.35 18.72
    32 B Ivan Emilianov  Moldova X X 17.83 17.83
    33 A Ivan Ivanov  Kazakhstan X 17.38 X 17.38
    34 B Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands 17.07 X 17.07 17.07

    Final

    Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
    1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Crouser  United States 21.15 22.22 22.26 21.93 22.52 21.74 22.52 OR
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Kovacs  United States 21.78 X 21.52 X X 21.35 21.78
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
    Tomas Walsh
    		  New Zealand 20.54 21.20 X 20.75 21.36 21.25 21.36
    4 Franck Elemba  Republic of the Congo 21.20 21.00 20.69 20.76 20.11 X 21.20 NR
    5 Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.02 20.60 20.26 X 20.61 X 21.02 NR
    6 Tomasz Majewski  Poland X X 20.72 X X 20.52 20.72
    7 David Storl  Germany X 20.48 20.64 X 20.46 20.60 20.64
    8 O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica X 20.64 20.34 X X X 20.64
    9 Jacko Gill  New Zealand 20.15 20.50 20.26 Did not advance 20.50
    10 Damien Birkinhead  Australia 20.45 X 20.02 Did not advance 20.45
    11 Stipe Žunić  Croatia 19.93 20.04 19.92 Did not advance 20.04
    — Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland X X X Did not advance NM

    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put.
    1. ^ Men's Shot Put – Standings Archived 2016-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
    2. ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
    3. ^ "IAAF approves entry standards for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
    4. IAAF
      . Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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