2015 World Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

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World Athletics Championships 2015
athletics
discipline Men's shot put
city China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing
place Beijing National Stadium
Attendees 31 athletes from 23 countries
Competition phase 23rd August 2015
Medalist
gold gold Joe Kovacs ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
Silver medals silver David Storl ( GER ) GermanyGermany 
Bronze medals bronze O'Dayne Richards ( JAM ) JamaicaJamaica 
The new world champion: Joe Kovacs, USA

The shot put men at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 23, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China instead. Qualification - in the morning - and the final - in the evening - were held on the same day.

The US American Joe Kovacs won the world title . David Storl from Germany became vice world champion. The Jamaican O'Dayne Richards won the bronze medal.

Records

World record United StatesUnited States Randy Barnes 23.12 m Westwood , USA May 20, 1990
Championship record SwitzerlandSwitzerland Werner Günthör 22.23 m World Cup in Rome , Italy August 29, 1987

qualification

23 August 2015, 10:05 am local time (4:05 am CEST )

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance was 20.65 m. Since only three athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve athletes (highlighted in light green). So finally 19.94 m was enough for the final.

Group A

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m)
01 Joe Kovacs United StatesUnited States United States 20.28 21.36 - 21.36
02 Reese Hoffa United StatesUnited States United States 20.75 - - 20.75
03 Tomas Walsh New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand x 20.49 20.31 20.49
04th Inderjeet Singh IndiaIndia India 19.15 x 20.47 20.47
05 Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia 19.35 20.37 20.22 20.37
06th Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 20.13 20.11 20.34 20.34
07th Jan Marcell Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 20.32 19.47 x 20.32
07th Bob Bertemes LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 19.87 19.60 19.64 19.87
09 Darlan Romani BrazilBrazil Brazil 19.86 19.06 19.41 19.86
10 Alexander Lesnoi RussiaRussia Russia 19.29 19.78 x 19.78
11 Mostafa Amr Hassan EgyptEgypt Egypt 18.97 19.42 19.65 19.65
12 Borja Vivas SpainSpain Spain 18.88 19.19 19.28 19.28
13 Jaco Engelbrecht South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 19.04 x x 19.04
14th Tsanko Arnaudov PortugalPortugal Portugal 18.01 18.85 x 18.85
DNS Kemal Mešić Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • The Luxembourg Bob Bertemes missed the final with his 19.87 m by seven centimeters

  • The Brazilian Darlan Romani retired with 19.86 m in the qualification

  • Kemal Mešić from Bosnia and Herzegovina decided not to start

Group B

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m)
01 David Storl GermanyGermany Germany 21.26 - - 21.26
02 German Lauro ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 20.64 x - 20.64
03 Christian Cantwell United StatesUnited States United States 19.61 x 20.63 20.63
04th O'Dayne Richards JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 20.55 20.01 x 20.55
05 Jacko Gill New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 19.93 19.94 19.79 19.94
06th Jordan Clarke United StatesUnited States United States 19.29 19.88 19.89 19.89
07th Andrei gag RomaniaRomania Romania x 19.74 x 19.74
08th Tomáš Staněk Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 19.41 x 19.63 19.63
09 Tim Nedow CanadaCanada Canada 19.41 x 19.63 19.63
10 Franck Elemba Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 18.59 19.40 19.28 19.40
11 Maxim Sidorov RussiaRussia Russia x 19.35 19.28 19.35
12 Marin Premeru CroatiaCroatia Croatia x 19.33 x 19.33
13 Orazio Cremona South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa x 18.63 x 18.63
14th Hamza Alić Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina x 18.62 x 18.62
NM Konrad Bukowiecki PolandPoland Poland x x x without space
Georgi Ivanov BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria x x x

  • With 19.74 m, the Romanian Andrei Gag was eliminated from the qualification

  • The Czech Tomáš Staněk did not reach the final with 19.63 m pushed

  • The Canadian Tim Nedow achieved 19.63 m and was eliminated from the qualification

  • For Franck Elemba from the Republic of Congo, 19.40 m was not enough to make it into the final

  • The Russian Maxim Sidorow failed with 19.35 m in the qualification

  • For Hamza Alić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the world championship was over after his 18.62 m

  • The Pole Konrad Bukowiecki failed in qualifying with a valid shot

final

August 23, 2015, 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. CEST )

Since 2011, the German David Storl had won almost all major international titles. He was world champion in 2011 and 2013 and European champion in 2012 and 2014 . He only had to be content with silver at the 2012 Olympic Games . He was one of the big favorites here too. But his competition was tough. There were the three Americans Reese Hoffa - Olympic third in 2012 and fourth in the World Cup in 2011 and 2013, Christian Cantwell - third in the World Cup in 2013 and Olympic advanced in 2012 - as well as Joa Kovacs, who was very impressive this year with his widths. Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski from Poland - also European champion from 2010 and European championship third from 2012 - was also to be expected. The Canadian fifth in the Olympics and third in the 2013 World Cup, Dylan Armstrong, was not at the start.

The competition took a high-class course from the start. With his first shot of 21.23 m, Kovacs took the lead. In the second round Storl countered with 21.46 m and was initially at the front. In lap three O'Dayne Richards reached 21.69 m, which he now surprisingly took the lead. He had broken a Jamaican national record.

In the first final round of the best eight shot putters, New Zealander Thomas Walsh rose to 21.58 m - that was a new Oceania record - and was briefly second behind Richards. But Kovacs hit 21.67 m and regained silver. There were only 23 centimeters between Storl in fourth place and the leading Richards, nothing was decided yet. The order changed again on lap five. First, Storl achieved 21.75 m and was first. But Kovacs rose to 21.93 m and displaced the German again from the top position. It stayed that way, nothing changed in the front ranks in the last round.

Joe Kovacs was the new world champion, David Storl took second place ahead of O'Dayne Richards. Thomas Walsh in fourth place was eleven centimeters short of the bronze medal. Reese Hoffa was fifth with exactly 21.00 m ahead of Tomasz Majewski.

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Width (m)
Gold medal icon.svg Joe Kovacs United StatesUnited States United States 21.23 20.48 x 21.67 21.93 21.66 21.93
Silver medal icon.svg David Storl GermanyGermany Germany x 21.46 x 20.44 21.74 21.28 21.74
Bronze medal icon.svg O'Dayne Richards JamaicaJamaica Jamaica x 20.79 21.69 x 20.54 x 21.69 NO
04th Tomas Walsh New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 20.05 x 20.64 21.58 21.01 x 21.58 OZ
05 Reese Hoffa United StatesUnited States United States 20.61 20.72 x 20.31 21.00 x 21.00
06th Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 20.57 20.82 20.17 20.59 20.50 x 20.82 SB
07th Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia x 20.11 20.36 x x 20.71 20.71
08th Jacko Gill New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 19.99 20.11 19.54 19.44 19.54 19.49 20.11
09 German Lauro ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 19.70 x x not in the final of the
eight best athletes 		19.70
10 Jan Marcell Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic x 19.00 19.69 19.69
11 Inderjeet Singh IndiaIndia India 19.52 x 18.68 19.52
DNS Christian Cantwell United StatesUnited States United States

  • World champion with rotary joint technology: Joe Kovacs from the United States

  • This time there was again a silver medal for the German David Storl

  • Bronze with a new Jamaican record: O'Dayne Richards

  • New Zealander Tom Walsh came in fourth with a new Oceania record

  • Fifth place for the American Reese Hoffa

  • Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski finished sixth

  • The Serb Asmir Kolašinac Powell came in seventh place

  • Jacko Gill, the second New Zealander in this final, finished eighth

  • The American Olympic champion Christian Cantwell did not start in the final

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