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2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres.

Doping

Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin during the championships and his results were subsequently disqualified.[1][2][3]

Medalists

GoldUnited States John Godina
United States (USA)
SilverUnited States Adam Nelson
United States (USA)
BronzeFinland Arsi Harju
Finland (FIN)

Schedule

More information Qualification Round, Group A ...

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best
DQdisqualified

Records

More information Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships ...

Qualification

Group A

More information Rank, Overall ...

Group B

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Final

More information Rank, Athlete ...

See also


References

  1. "IAAF News 2002, Issue 53, 55-59". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. Amy Shipley: Mikhnevich's Win Is a Shot For Americans, The Washington Post, 24 August 2003

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