2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	34 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	18th August 2016
	Medalist
	Ryan Crouser ( USA )
	Joe Kovacs ( USA )
	Tomas Walsh ( NZL )

The men's shot put at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was played on August 18, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 34 athletes took part.

The American Ryan Crouser was Olympic champion. He won ahead of fellow countryman Joe Kovacs . Bronze went to Tomas Walsh from New Zealand .

Tobias Dahm and David Storl started for Germany . While Dahm was eliminated in the qualification, Storl qualified for the final and finished seventh there.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Tomasz Majewski ( Poland ) Poland	21.89 m	London 2012
World Champion	Joe Kovacs ( USA ) United States	21.93 m	Beijing 2015
European champion	David Storl ( Germany ) Germany	21.31 m	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Jonathan Jones ( USA ) United States	20.54 m	San José 2015
South America champion	Germán Lauro ( Argentina ) Argentina	20.77 m	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Inderjeet Singh ( India ) India	20.41 m	Wuhan 2015
African champions	Jaco Engelbrecht ( South Africa ) South Africa	20.00 m	Durban 2016
Oceania Champion	Alex Rose ( Samoa ) Samoa	16.89 m	Cairns 2015

Existing records

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

Remarks:

All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
All widths are given in meters (m).

qualification

August 18, 2016, 9:55 am

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 20.65 m. Since only six 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. In the end, 20,40 m had to be pushed to be in the final. The rule of the second best attempt also came into play, because with the Romanian Andrei Gag and the Jamaican O'Dayne Richards, two athletes reached exactly this distance. Richards had the second best shot and reached the final.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Jacko Gill	New Zealand New Zealand	20.19	19.80	20.80	20.80
2	Joe Kovacs	United States United States	19.59	20.73	-	20.73
3	Tomasz Majewski	Poland Poland	19.87	20.56	20.15	20.56
4th	Stipe Žunić	Croatia Croatia	20.52	20.47	20.32	20.52
5	Franck Elemba	Congo Republic Republic of the Congo	19.94	19.94	20.45	20.45
6th	Andrei gag	Romania Romania	x	x	20.40	20.40
7th	Borja Vivas	Spain Spain	19.62	20.25	20.21	20.25
8th	Tim Nedow	Canada Canada	x	20.00	19.72	20.00
9	German Lauro	Argentina Argentina	19.89	19.56	19.61	19.89
10	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic Czech Republic	19.76	x	19.64	19.76
11	Tobias Dahm	Germany Germany	19.62	19.59	19.34	19.62
12	Darrell Hill	United States United States	18.99	19.56	19.50	19.56
13	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.48	x	x	19.48
14th	Nikolaos Skarvelis	Greece Greece	19.07	x	19.37	19.37
15th	Stephen Mozia	Nigeria Nigeria	x	x	18.98	18.98
16	Kemal Mešić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.84	x	18.78	18.78
17th	Ivan Ivanov	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	x	17.38	x	17.38

The Romanian Andrei Gag retired with a score of 20.40 m
With exactly 20.00 m, the Canadian Tim Nedow failed in the preliminary round
The Czech Tomáš Staněk did not reach the final with his 19.70 m

The German Tobias Dahm hit 19.72 m and was eliminated
Hamza Alić from Bosnia / Herzegovina failed with his 19.48 m in the qualification

Group B

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Ryan Crouser	United States United States	21.59	-	-	21.59
2	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand New Zealand	21.03	-	-	21.03
3	Darlan Romani	Brazil Brazil	20.94	-	-	20.94	NO
4th	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland Poland	x	20.71	-	20.71
5	Damien Birkinhead	Australia Australia	20.32	20.41	20.50	20.50
6th	David Storl	Germany Germany	20.47	x	20.30	20.47
7th	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica Jamaica	19.38	20.40	x	20.40
8th	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia Serbia	19.86	x	20.16	20.16
9	Carlos Tobalina	Spain Spain	19.98	19.81	x	19.98
10	Michał Haratyk	Poland Poland	19.36	x	19.97	19.97
11	Filip Mihaljevic	Croatia Croatia	19.18	19.69	19.52	19.69
12	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.06	19.29	19.55	19.55
13	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria Bulgaria	19.08	19.49	x	19.49
14th	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal Portugal	x	18.88	x	18.88
15th	Benik Abramian	Georgia Georgia	18.08	18.72	18.35	18.72
16	Ivan Emilianov	Armenia Armenia	x	x	17.83	17.83
17th	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands	17.07	x	17.07	17.07

The Serb Asmir Kolašinac scored 20.16 m, which was not enough for the final
19.97 m were not enough for Michał Haratyk from Poland to make it into the final
The Bulgarian Georgi Ivanov was eliminated with 19.49 m in the preliminary round

final

The medalists:
right Olympic champion Ryan Crouser (USA)
middle silver medalist Joe Kovacs (USA)
left bronze medalist Tomas Walsh (NZL)

August 18, 2016, 8:30 p.m.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, six of them directly via the qualifying distance and another six via their placements. Two US-Americans, New Zealanders and Poles each met one participant from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Jamaica, Croatia, Poland and the Republic of the Congo.

Each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight athletes were then given three more attempts, the last four were eliminated.

The top favorite was the reigning world champion Joe Kovacs from the USA. But he had strong competitors. Among them were the 2013 world champion, 2015 runner-up and reigning European champion David Storl from Germany, the 2012 Polish Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski, the Jamaican World Cup third O'Dayne Richards and the New Zealand World Cup fourth Tomas Walsh.

With 21.78 m, Kovacs took the lead in the first round ahead of the Congolese Franck Elemba (21.20 m) and the US athlete Ryan Crouser (21.15 m). In lap two, Crouser reached 22.22 m, taking the lead. Walsh reached 21.20 m and moved up to fourth behind Elemba. In the third round, Crouser improved to 22.26 m. Majewski was sixth behind the Brazilian Darlan Romani, Storl was seventh, level with Richards in eighth.

In the fifth attempt, Crouser exceeded Ulf Timmermann's 28-year-old Olympic record by five centimeters with 22.52 m . Walsh reached 21.36 m and so set off a little towards the bronze medal of Elemba. None of the other participants could improve. There were no more changes in the last round either. Ryan Crouser was Olympic champion and Joe Kovacs made it second for a US one-two. Tomas Walsh won the bronze medal.

In the 28th Olympic final, Ryan Crouser won the 18th gold medal in the USA. Tomas Walsh was the first New Zealander to win a medal in the shot put .

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Ryan Crouser	United States United States	21.15	22.22	22.26	21.93	22.52	21.74	22.52	OR
2	Joe Kovacs	United States United States	21.78	x	21.52	x	x	21.35	21.78
3	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand New Zealand	20.54	21.20	x	20.75	21.36	21.25	21.36
4th	Franck Elemba	Congo Republic Republic of the Congo	21.20	21.00	20.69	20.76	20.11	x	21.20	NO
5	Darlan Romani	Brazil Brazil	21.02	20.60	20.26	x	20.61	x	21.02	NO
6th	Tomasz Majewski	Poland Poland	x	x	20.72	x	x	20.52	20.72
7th	David Storl	Germany Germany	x	20.48	20.64	x	20.46	20.60	20.64	better second over Richards
8th	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica Jamaica	x	20.64	20.34	x	x	x	20.64

9	Jacko Gill	New Zealand New Zealand	20.15	20.50	20.26	not in the final of the eight best athletes			20.50
10	Damien Birkinhead	Australia Australia	20.45	x	20.02				20.45
11	Stipe Žunić	Croatia Croatia	19.93	20.04	19.92				20.04
ogV	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland Poland	x	x	x				-	without space