European Athletics Championships 2014 / Men's Shot Put

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22nd European Athletics Championships
Logo of the 22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline Shot put
gender Men
Attendees 23 athletes from 15 countries
venue SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich
Competition location Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase August 12 (qualification / final)
Medalist
gold medal Walentina Tichomirowa ( GER ) GermanyGermany 
Silver medal Borja Vivas ( ESP ) SpainSpain 
Bronze medal Tomasz Majewski ( POL ) PolandPoland 
The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The shot put men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on 12 August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

European champion was the German David Storl . He came here as defending champion, double world champion ( 2011 / 2013 ) and Olympic silver medalist from 2012 on. The Spaniard Borja Vivas secured the silver medal. Bronze went to the two-time Olympic champion ( 2008 /2012), Vice World Champion in 2009 and European champion in 2010 Tomasz Majewski of Poland .

Existing records

World record 23.12 m United StatesUnited States Randy Barnes Los Angeles , USA May 20, 1990
European record 23.06 m Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Ulf Timmermann Chania - Crete , Greece May 22, 1988
EM record 22.22 m SwitzerlandSwitzerland Werner Günthör EM Stuttgart , Germany August 28, 1986

The since 1986 existing EM -record remained unmatched even at these European Championships.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

- waived
x invalid

qualification

August 16, 2014, 5:35 p.m.

23 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 20.15 m. Six athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the six next-placed athletes to twelve shot putters (highlighted in light green). So finally 19.88 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

Tomáš Staněk did not reach the final with his 19.61 m
space Surname nation Result (noun) 1st attempt (m) 2. attempt (m) 3rd attempt (m)
1 Borja Vivas SpainSpain Spain 20.53 20.53 - -
2 Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia 20.15 19.82 20.15 -
3 Jan Marcell Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 20.09 19.23 20.09 19.60
4th Stipe Žunić CroatiaCroatia Croatia 19.94 19.67 19.94 19.80
5 Alexander Lesnoi RussiaRussia Russia 19.88 19.27 19.52 19.88
6th Tomáš Staněk Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 19.61 x 18.39 19.61
7th Yioser Toledo SpainSpain Spain 19.59 18.89 19.59 x
8th Jakub Szyszkowski PolandPoland Poland 19.46 19.15 x 19.46
9 Andrei gag RomaniaRomania Romania 19.18 19.18 19.08 18.88
10 Arttu Kangas FinlandFinland Finland 19.07 18.17 18.62 19.07
11 Kemal Mešić Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.81 x 18.81 x
12 Māris Urtāns LatviaLatvia Latvia 18.35 18.35 x x

  • 19.46 m were too little for Jakub Szyszkowski to take part in the final

  • Andrei Gag failed with 19.18 m in the qualification

  • Arttu Kangas - 19.07 m and thus eliminated

  • With 18.81 m Kemal Mešić retired in the qualification

  • 18.81 m were far too little for Māris Urtāns to be in the final

Group B

space Surname nation Result (noun) 1st attempt (m) 2. attempt (m) 3rd attempt (m)
1 David Storl GermanyGermany Germany 20.76 20.76 - -
2 Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 20.50 20.50 - -
3 Gaëtan Bucki FranceFrance France 20.21 20.05 20.21 -
4th Georgi Ivanov BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 20.18 20.18 - -
5 Valery Kokoyev RussiaRussia Russia 20.09 19.78 x 20.09
6th Carlos Tobalina SpainSpain Spain 20.06 18.04 20.06 20.04
7th Marco Fortes PortugalPortugal Portugal 20.03 19.19 18.86 20.03
8th Ladislav Prášil Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 19.83 19.83 x x
9 Marin Premeru CroatiaCroatia Croatia 19.55 x 18.95 19.55
10 Leif Arrhenius SwedenSweden Sweden 19.54 19.11 19.30 19.54
11 Hamza Alić Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.36 x 19.10 19.36

  • Ladislav Prášil only missed the final by five centimeters with his 19.83 m

  • Hamza Alić scored 19.36 m in qualification and was eliminated

final

August 12, 2014, 10:04 am

space Surname nation Result (noun) 1st attempt (m) 2. attempt (m) 3rd attempt (m) 4th attempt (m) 5th attempt (m) 6th attempt (m)
1 David Storl GermanyGermany Germany 21.41 21.41 x x 20.75 x 20.98
2 Borja Vivas SpainSpain Spain 20.86 20.07 20.86 20.59 20.69 x 20.38
3 Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 20.83 20.56 20.83 20.65 20.76 20.57 20.50
4th Stipe Žunić CroatiaCroatia Croatia 20.68 20.02 20.68 x x 19.73 19.86
5 Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia 20.55 x 20.11 20.36 x x 20.55
6th Jan Marcell Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 20.48 19.31 20.48 20.17 19.77 x x
7th Marco Fortes PortugalPortugal Portugal 20.35 19.65 20.32 20.35 x 20.21 19.66
8th Valery Kokoyev RussiaRussia Russia 20.23 18.93 19.59 20.23 x x x
9 Carlos Tobalina SpainSpain Spain 20.04 19.80 20.04 x not in the final of the
eight best athletes
10 Alexander Lesnoi RussiaRussia Russia 19.83 19.52 19.49 19.83
11 Gaëtan Bucki FranceFrance France 19.75 19.75 19.55 19.50
NM Georgi Ivanov BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria ogV x x x

  • Double world champion, Olympic runner-up and defending champion David Storl was successful again

  • There was bronze for the double Olympic champion, ex-vice world champion and ex-European champion Tomasz Majewski

  • Stipe Žunić, who was six inches short of bronze, came in fourth

  • Fifth place for Asmir Kolašinac, bronze medalist in 2012

  • Marco Fortes, fifth in 2012, reached seventh place

  • Valery Kokojew finished eighth

  • Carlos Tobalina finished ninth

  • The tenth place Alexander Lesnoi

  • Gaëtan Bucki - eleventh place

  • Georgi Ivanov failed to make a valid push in the final

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References and comments

  1. ↑ IAAF world records. Shot put men , accessed February 8, 2020
  2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Shot Put Men , p. 28 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on February 8, 2020