European Athletics Championships 2018 / Men's Shot Put

discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	30 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Berlin
Competition location	Breitscheidplatz (qualification) ; Olympiastadion Berlin (final)
Competition phase	August 6, 2018 (qualification) ; August 7, 2018 (final)
	Medalist
	Michał Haratyk ( POL )
	Konrad Bukowiecki ( POL )
	David Storl ( GER )

Berlin Olympic Stadium

The shot put men at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place on 6 August at the Breitscheidplatz (qualification) and on 7 August at the Olympic Stadium (finals) in the German capital Berlin instead.

There was a Polish one-two. Michał Haratyk became European champion . Second place went to Konrad Bukowiecki . The German David Storl won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	United States Randy Barnes	23.12 m	Westwood , USA	May 20, 1990
European record	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Ulf Timmermann	23.06 m	Chania - Crete , Greece	May 22, 1988
Championship record	Switzerland Werner Günthör	22.22 m	EM in Stuttgart , BR Germany (today Germany )	August 28, 1986

qualification

The Pole Jakub Szyszkowski was 19.67 m short of three centimeters from the final

The Norwegian Marcus Thomsen retired with 19.59 m in the qualification

19.40 m was not enough for Belarusian Georgi Ivanov to be in the final

August 6, 2018, 5:35 p.m. CEST , Breitscheidplatz

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 20.40 m. Since only four athletes exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve shot putters - highlighted in light green. So finally 19.70 m had to be pushed in order to be in the final.

Group A

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Maxim Afonin	Authorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes	20.04	20.33	20.15	20.33
2	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.57	19.96	20.16	20.16
3	Alyaksey Nichypar	Belarus Belarus	19.97	x	19.90	19.97
4th	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland Poland	17.73	19.89	x	19.89
5	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg Luxembourg	19.70	19.64	x	19.70
6th	Jakub Szyszkowski	Poland Poland	19.05	19.24	19.67	19.67
7th	Francisco Belo	Portugal Portugal	18.83	19.66	x	19.66
8th	Ihor Musiyenko	Ukraine Ukraine	18.65	18.59	19.61	19.61
9	Frédéric Dagée	France France	x	19.56	19.55	19.56
10	Carlos Tobalina	Spain Spain	18.50	18.77	19.41	19.41
11	Tomaš Đurović	Montenegro Montenegro	18.96	18.92	19.33	19.33
12	Filip Mihaljevic	Croatia Croatia	x	19.32	x	19.32
13	Osman Can Ozdeveci	Turkey Turkey	18.22	18.60	18.77	18.77
14th	Kemal Mešić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	x	x	18.70	18.70
15th	Leonardo Fabbri	Italy Italy	18.04	x	x	18.04

Group B

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	David Storl	Germany Germany	20.63	-	-	20.63
2	Stipe Žunić	Croatia Croatia	20.61	-	-	20.61
3	Michał Haratyk	Poland Poland	20.59	-	-	20.59
4th	Alexander Lesnoi	Authorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes	19.36	20.47	-	20.47
5	Nikolaos Skarvelis	Greece Greece	19.91	19.73	20.24	20.24 SB
6th	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal Portugal	18.96	19.89	x	19.89
7th	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic Czech Republic	x	19.77	19.76	19.77
8th	Marcus Thomsen	Norway Norway	19.44	19.59	19.58	19.59
9	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria Bulgaria	17.79	19.40	19.09	19.40 SB
10	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.30	19.34	x	19.34
11	Andrei gag	Romania Romania	19.26	x	18.47	19.26
12	Giorgi Mujaridze	Georgia Georgia	19.18	x	x	19.18
13	Blaž Zupančič	Slovenia Slovenia	18.65	x	18.83	18.83
14th	Arttu Kangas	Finland Finland	x	x	18.17	18.17
NM	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia Serbia	x	x	x	without space

final

August 7, 2018, 8:33 p.m. CEST , Olympiastadion

To narrow favorites for the German David Storl belonged - European Champion 2012 / 2014 / 2016 , World Champion 2011 / 2013 , the Croat Stipe Žunić as WM -Dritter of 2017 and the two poles Michał Haratyk - Vice European Champion 2016 - and Konrad Bukowiecki - EM -Vierter 2016th

With his first stroke Storl scored 21.41 m, which brought him the lead. The competition was decided in round two. Haratyk hit the ball to 21.72 m, Bukowiecki 21.66 m. The Czech Tomáš Staněk also had his best attempt with 21.16 m. The Luxembourg Bob Bertemes came to 21.00 m, Žunić to 20.73 m. In the next rounds there were only two changes regarding ranks one to eight. In lap four Maxim Afonin scored 20.68 m, Alexander Lesnoi increased to 21.04 m with his penultimate shot. Michał Haratyk was the new European champion, Konrad Bukowiecki came second. David Storl won the bronze medal.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Michał Haratyk	Poland Poland	20.94	21.72	x	21.50	x	21.66	21.72
	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland Poland	20.01	21.66	20.96	x	x	20.84	21.66 NU23R
	David Storl	Germany Germany	21.41	x	x	21.34	x	x	21.41
4th	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic Czech Republic	20.56	21.16	x	x	x	21.15	21.16
5	Alexander Lesnoi	Authorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes	20.10	x	20.38	20.57	21.04	20.80	21.04
6th	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg Luxembourg	20.55	21.00	19.82	20.07	x	19.81	21.00 NO
7th	Stipe Žunić	Croatia Croatia	20.24	20.73	x	x	x	x	20.73
8th	Maxim Afonin	Authorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes	x	19.59	20.38	20.68	20.06	x	20.68
9	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal Portugal	19.93	20.05	20.33	not in the final of the eight best athletes			20.33
10	Alyaksey Nichypar	Belarus Belarus	19.35	19.98	20.27				20.27
11	Nikolaos Skarvelis	Greece Greece	19.63	20.11	x				20.11
12	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.91	x	19.80				19.91