2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.

Men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	5 August (qualification) 6 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 21 nations
Winning distance	22.03 m (72 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Medalists
Tomas Walsh   New Zealand   Joe Kovacs   United States   Stipe Žunić   Croatia

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Summary

2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.

In the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić moved into third with 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03 metres.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	20 May 1990	Westwood, CA, United States
Championship	22.23	Werner Günthör	SUI	29 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	22.65	Ryan Crouser	USA	25 Jun 2017	Sacramento, CA, United States
African	21.97	Janus Robberts	RSA	2 Jun 2001	Eugene, OR, United States
Asian	21.13	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi	KSA	8 May 2009	Doha, Qatar
NACAC	23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	20 May 1990	Westwood,CA, United States
South American	21.82	Darlan Romani	BRA	3 Jun 2017	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European	23.06	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	22 May 1988	Chania, Greece
Oceanian	22.21	Tomas Walsh	NZL	5 Sep 2016	Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
5 August	10:00	Qualification
6 August	20:35	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	22.14			22.14	Q, SB
2	B	David Storl	Germany	21.41			21.41	Q
3	A	Michał Haratyk	Poland	21.27			21.27	Q
4	A	Darrell Hill	United States	x	x	21.11	21.11	Q
5	B	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	20.96			20.96	Q
6	B	Ryan Crouser	United States	20.90			20.90	Q
7	B	Stipe Žunić	Croatia	20.86			20.86	Q
8	B	Ryan Whiting	United States	20.84			20.84	Q
9	B	Tomáš Stanek	Czech Republic	20.76			20.76	Q
10	A	Joe Kovacs	United States	20.62	20.67	x	20.67	q
11	A	Andrei Gag	Romania	20.31	x	20.61	20.61	q, SB
12	B	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	x	20.11	20.55	20.55	q
13	A	Jakub Szyszkowski	Poland	19.13	19.50	20.54	20.54
14	A	Filip Mihaljević	Croatia	x	x	20.33	20.33
15	B	Darlan Romani	Brazil	x	20.21	19.91	20.21
16	A	Tim Nedow	Canada	19.66	20.09	20.03	20.09
17	A	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal	19.83	20.02	20.08	20.08
18	A	Ladislav Prášil	Czech Republic	20.04	19.76	19.92	20.04
19	A	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica	x	19.84	19.95	19.95
20	B	Damien Birkinhead	Australia	19.90	19.79	19.50	19.90
21	A	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina	x	19.51	19.88	19.88
22	A	Carlos Tobalina	Spain	19.38	19.87	x	19.87
23	A	Orazio Cremona	South Africa	19.81	19.61	19.35	19.81
24	A	Franck Elemba	Congo	19.18	19.74	19.40	19.74
25	B	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria	19.27	19.70	19.72	19.72
26	A	Aleksandr Lesnoy	Authorised Neutral Athletes	x	19.67	x	19.67
27	B	Jaco Engelbrecht	South Africa	18.62	19.59	19.56	19.59
28	B	Aliaksei Nichypar	Belarus	19.39	19.54	19.41	19.54
29	B	Francisco Belo	Portugal	18.28	19.47	x	19.47
30	B	Mostafa Amr Hassan	Egypt	19.23	x	19.15	19.23
31	B	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	x	18.93	19.10	19.10
32	B	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	x	18.95	x	18.95

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	21.38	21.64	21.75	21.70	21.63	22.03	22.03
	Joe Kovacs	United States	21.48	20.88	21.66	x	21.17	x	21.66
	Stipe Žunić	Croatia	21.01	21.46	21.04	21.08	x	x	21.46
4	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic	21.04	21.41	x	x	x	20.99	21.41
5	Michał Haratyk	Poland	20.49	20.52	21.00	20.83	21.41	20.98	21.41
6	Ryan Crouser	United States	21.07	21.09	x	x	21.20	21.14	21.20
7	Ryan Whiting	United States	20.82	x	20.66	x	x	21.09	21.09
8	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	x	20.65	20.89	x	x	x	20.89
9	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	20.36	19.82	20.82				20.82
10	David Storl	Germany	x	x	20.80				20.80
11	Darrell Hill	United States	20.79	20.56	x				20.79
12	Andrei Gag	Romania	19.96	x	x				19.96