2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_shot_put

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

International shot put competition

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15. The Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski entered the competition as the world-leading athlete and one of the favourites. Much was expected of the four-man United States team, consisting of defending champion Reese Hoffa, Olympic silver medalist Christian Cantwell, former world champion Adam Nelson, and newcomer Dan Taylor.[1]

Cantwell won the competition, recording a world-leading 22.03 m throw to fend off second-placed Majewski (who managed 21.91 m). Former champions Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m to win the host nation's first medal of the tournament.[2]

Medalists

GoldChristian Cantwell
 United States (USA)
SilverTomasz Majewski
 Poland (POL)
BronzeRalf Bartels
 Germany (GER)

Records

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
Championship record  Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.23 Rome, Italy 29 August 1987
World Leading  Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.95 Stockholm, Sweden 30 July 2009
African record  Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97 Eugene, United States 2 June 2001
Asian record  Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA) 21.13 Doha, Qatar 8 May 2009
North American record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
South American record  Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) 21.14 Santiago, Chile 29 July 2004
European record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Oceanian record  Scott Martin (AUS) 21.26 Melbourne, Australia 21 February 2008

Qualification standards

More information A standard, B standard ...

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

More information Rank, Group ...

Key: NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

More information Rank, Athlete ...

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

See also

  • 2009 Shot Put Year Ranking

References

General
Specific
  1. [1]
    Landells, Steve (2009-08-09). Men's Shot Put - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. [2]
    Landells, Steve (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's Shot Put - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-20. Archived 2009-09-08.
  3. [3]
    In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled. "Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005". IAAF. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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