2012 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

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Olympic rings
Men's Shot Put victory ceremony.jpg
sport athletics
discipline Shot put
gender Men
Attendees 40 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase August 3, 2012
Medalist
gold medal Tomasz Majewski ( POL ) PolandPoland 
Silver medal David Storl ( GER ) GermanyGermany 
Bronze medal Reese Hoffa ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 

The shot put men at the 2012 Olympics in London was on August 3, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium London discharged. Forty athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Tomasz Majewski from Poland . Silver went to the German David Storl . The bronze medal went to the American Reese Hoffa .

In addition to the medal winner, Ralf Bartels also competed for Germany, he failed in the qualification.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski ( Poland ) PolandPoland  21.51 m Beijing 2008
World Champion David Storl ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  21.78 m Daegu 2011
European champion 21.58 m Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champions O'Dayne Richards ( Jamaica ) JamaicaJamaica  19.16 m Mayagüez 2011
South America champion Germán Lauro ( Argentina ) ArgentinaArgentina  19.61 m Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion Chang Ming-huang ( Chinese Taipei ) Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  20.14 m Kobe 2011
African champions Burger Lambrechts ( South Africa ) South AfricaSouth Africa  19.51 m Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania Champion Emanuele Fuamatu ( Samoa ) SamoaSamoa  18.26 m Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record Randy Barnes ( USA ) United StatesUnited States  23.12 m Los Angeles , USA May 20, 1990
Olympic record Ulf Timmermann ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR  22.47 m Final from Seoul , South Korea September 23, 1988

Remarks:

  • All times in this article are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
  • All widths are noted in meters (m).

doping

The Belarusian Andrej Michnewitsch, bronze medalist from Beijing , finished eighth in the qualification with 19.89 m and was thus eliminated. At the beginning of March 2013, traces of prohibited substances were found in a sample from the 2005 World Championships in a subsequent doping test . In July 2013, the IAAF confirmed a lifelong ban, which was subsequently imposed by the disciplinary commission of the Belarusian anti-doping agency.

qualification

August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance was 20.65 m. Since only five 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 20.25 m was enough for the final.

Group A

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 David Storl GermanyGermany Germany 21.15 - - 21.15
2 Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 21.03 - - 21.03
3 German Lauro ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 20.10 x 20.75 20.75 NO
4th Pavel Lyschyn BelarusBelarus Belarus 19.85 20.10 20.57 20.57
5 Christian Cantwell United StatesUnited States United States 20.41 20.30 19.88 20.41
6th Dorian Scott JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 20.18 20.30 20.31 20.31
7th Soslan Tsirichow RussiaRussia Russia 19.25 19.78 20.17 20.17
8th Rutger Smith NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 20.08 x 19.55 20.08
9 Marco Fortes PortugalPortugal Portugal 19.59 20.06 19.50 20.06
10 Lajos Kürthy HungaryHungary Hungary 19.65 x x 19.65
11 Georgi Ivanov BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 19.42 19.40 19.63 19.63
12 Kemal Mešić Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.49 x 19.60 19.60
13 Michalis Stamatogiannis GreeceGreece Greece 18.67 x 19.24 19.24
14th Dale Stevenson AustraliaAustralia Australia 18.38 19.17 19.01 19.17
15th Māris Urtāns LatviaLatvia Latvia 18.92 19.13 x 19.13
16 Borja Vivas SpainSpain Spain 18.46 x 18.88 18.88
17th Stephen Sáenz MexicoMexico Mexico x 18.65 x 18.65
18th Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson IcelandIceland Iceland x 17.04 17.62 17.62
19th Adriatic Hoxha AlbaniaAlbania Albania 17.58 x 17.13 17.58
- Justin Rodhe CanadaCanada Canada x x x - without space

  • With 20.08 m, the Dutchman Rutger Smith was eliminated from the qualification

  • The Portuguese Marco Fortes did not reach the final with 20.06 m

  • With 19.65 m the Hungarian Lajos Kürthy failed in the qualification

  • His 19.63 m were not enough for the Bulgarian Georgi Ivanov to take part in the final.

  • The Greek Michalis Stamatogiannis hit 19.24 m in qualification and was eliminated

  • The Latvian Māris Urtāns did not reach the final with 19.13 m

Group B

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Reese Hoffa United StatesUnited States United States 21.36 - - 21.36
2 Ryan Whiting United StatesUnited States United States 20.29 20.25 20.78 20.78
3 Dylan Armstrong CanadaCanada Canada 19.99 x 20.49 20.49
4th Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia 20.44 - - 20.44
5 Maxim Sidorov RussiaRussia Russia x 19.59 20.40 20.40
6th Chang Ming-huang Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 19.14 x 20.25 20.25
7th Ralf Bartels GermanyGermany Germany x 20.00 19.89 20.00
8th Nedžad Mulabegović CroatiaCroatia Croatia 19.18 19.86 x 19.86
9 Om Prakash Singh IndiaIndia India 19.40 19.86 x 19.86
10 Hüseyin Atıcı TurkeyTurkey Turkey 19.47 19.49 19.74 19.74
11 Antonín Žalský Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic x 19.62 19.49 19.62
12 Kim Christensen DenmarkDenmark Denmark 18.40 x 19.13 19.13
13 Carl Myerscough United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 18.75 18.95 x 18.95
14th Raigo Toompuu EstoniaEstonia Estonia 18.87 18.91 x 18.91
15th Amin Nikfar IranIran Iran 18.62 x x 18.62
16 Carlos Véliz CubaCuba Cuba 18.26 x 18.57 18.57
17th Emanuele Fuamutu SamoaSamoa Samoa 17.78 x x 17.78
ogV Zhang Jun China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China x x x - without space
Andriy Semenov UkraineUkraine Ukraine x x x
DOP Andrei Michnewitsch BelarusBelarus Belarus 19.81 19.55 19.89 19.89

  • The German Ralf Bartels hit exactly twenty meters in qualification and was eliminated

  • 19.13 m were not enough for the Danish Kim Christensen to reach the final

  • The Iranian Amin Nikfar retired with 18.62 m in qualification

  • The Chinese Zhang Jun failed to qualify with three invalid kicks

  • Doping offender Andrej Michnewitsch from Belarus

final

Award ceremony:
left David Storl (silver), center Tomasz Majewski (gold), right Reese Hoffa (bronze)

August 3, 2012, 8:30 p.m.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, five of them by qualifying distance and seven more by placing in the top twelve. Three Americans fought for the medals together with one participant each from Argentina, Germany, Jamaica, Canada, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Taiwan and Belarus.

The favorites were the Polish Olympic champion from 2008 Tomasz Majewski, the German world and European champion David Storl and the world number one from 2012 Dylan Armstrong from Canada. The three US athletes, Christian Cantwell, Reese Hoffa and Ryan Whiting, were also rated highly.

In the first lap Storl took the lead with 21.84 m, followed by Majewski with 21.19 m and Hoffa with 20.98 m. Storl was able to improve by a further two centimeters in the second attempt, Majewski overtook Hoffa with 21.72 m, who in turn increased to 21.23 m in the third attempt. In the next round, Majewski took the lead with 21.87 from Storl. Thus Majewski led ahead of Storl, Hoffa, Cantwell, Armstrong and Germán Lauro, who was able to improve the Argentine national record three times in this competition. Whiting was eliminated in ninth place after three attempts.

Hoffa and Storl had failed attempts in the last round. Majewski hit the ball to 21.89 m and was able to repeat his Olympic victory in Beijing. After the Americans Ralph Rose ( 1904 and 1908 ) and Parry O'Brien ( 1952 and 1956 ) Majewski is only the third shot putter to win two gold medals in consecutive games. Cantwell had improved to 21.19 m, but remained in fourth place ahead of Armstrong and Lauro.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Expanse annotation
1 Tomasz Majewski PolandPoland Poland 21.19 21.72 21.87 x 21.72 21.89 21.89
2 David Storl GermanyGermany Germany 21.84 21.86 21.41 x x x 21.86
3 Reese Hoffa United StatesUnited States United States 20.98 20.95 21.23 21.11 19.53 x 21.23
4th Christian Cantwell United StatesUnited States United States 20.21 20.95 x x 20.65 21.19 21.19
5 Dylan Armstrong CanadaCanada Canada 20.16 20.93 20.74 x x 20.34 20.93
6th German Lauro ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 19.40 20.82 20.84 20.34 20.65 x 20.84 NO
7th Asmir Kolašinac SerbiaSerbia Serbia 20.18 20.71 x 20.54 20.46 x 20.71
8th Pavel Lyschyn BelarusBelarus Belarus 20.69 x x 19.93 20.04 x 20.69
9 Ryan Whiting United StatesUnited States United States 20.21 20.21 20.64 not in the final of the
eight best athletes		 20.64
10 Dorian Scott JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 19.51 20.61 x 20.61
11 Maxim Sidorov RussiaRussia Russia x 20.41 x 20.41
12 Chang Ming-huang Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 19.99 x 19.64 19.99

  • Olympic champion:
    Tomasz Majewski, Poland

  • Silver medal:
    David Storl, Germany

  • Bronze medal:
    Reese Hoffa, USA

  • The American Olympic fifth Christian Cantwell

  • The Canadian Dylan Armstrong finished fifth

  • Asmir Kolašinac from Serbia was Olympic 7th

  • The Belarusian Olympic champion Pavel Lyschyn

  • The American Ryan Whiting came in ninth place

  • The Russian Maxim Sidorow took eleventh place

  • Chang Ming-huang from Chinese Taipei finished twelfth

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 678 , accessed on September 15, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Communication from the IAAF of July 31, 2013 (English / French) , accessed on September 15, 2018