Athletics 2016/Men's shot put

The men's shot put of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 34 athletes competing, the event was won by Ryan Crouser from United States, with Joe Kovacs from United States taking the silver medal and Tomas Walsh from New Zealand taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to push a "shot" of over 7 kilograms as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts to reach as far as possible, but contrary to the qualification, the eight best-placed athletes get another three attempts. The athlete with the farthest shot wins the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-four athletes qualified for the event with the Americans Joe Kovacs, world champion and world-leading results, Ryan Crouser, former world youth champion, and Darrell Hill as the big favorites. With two-time world champion David Storl, defending Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski, world indoor champion Tomas Walsh, and two-time world junior champion Konrad Bukowiecki also competing, the field was quite close. Other medal contenders would be Stephen Mozia, Michal Haratyk, Damien Birkinhead, and Andrei Gag.

Athlete	Nationality
Darrell Hill	United States
Jacko Gill	New Zealand
Andrei Marius Gag	Romania
Hamza Alic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
German Lauro	Argentina
Tomas Stanek	Czech Republic
Tomasz Majewski	Poland
Tim Nedow	Canada
Joe Kovacs	United States
Stipe Zunic	Croatia
Franck Elemba	Congo
Kemal Mesic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stephen Mozia	Nigeria
Ivan Ivanov	Kazakhstan
Tobias Dahm	Germany
Nicholas Scarvelis	Greece
Borja Vivas	Spain
Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria
Michal Haratyk	Poland
Asmir Kolasinac	Serbia
Ryan Crouser	United States
Ivan Emelianov	Moldova
Carlos Tobalina	Spain
Benik Abrahamyan	Georgia
David Storl	Germany
Filip Mihaljevic	Croatia
Darlan Romani	Brazil
Damiel Birkinhead	Australia
Tomas Walsh	New Zealand
Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands
Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina
O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica
Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland
Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	20 May 1990		Randy Barnes	23.12
OR	23 September 1988		Ulf Timmermann	22.47

Summary[]

Qualification[]

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Jacko Gill	20.19	19.80	20.80
2		Joe Kovacs	19.59	20.73
3		Tomasz Majewski	19.87	20.56	20.15
4		Stipe Zunic	20.52	20.47	20.32
5		Franck Elemba	19.94	19.94	20.45
6		Andrei Gag	x	x	20.40
7		Borja Vivas	19.62	20.25	20.21
8		Tim Nedow	x	20.00	19.72
9		German Lauro	19.89	19.56	19.61
10		Tomas Stanek	19.76	x	19.64
11		Tobias Dahm	19.62	19.59	19.34
12		Darrell Hill	18.99	19.56	19.50
13		Hamza Alic	19.48	x	x
14		Nicholas Scarvelis	19.07	x	19.37
15		Stephen Mozia	x	x	18.98
16		Kemal Mesic	18.84	x	18.78
17		Ivan Ivanov	x	17.38	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Ryan Crouser	21.59
2		Tomas Walsh	21.03
3		Darlan Romani	20.94NR
4		Konrad Bukowiecki	x	20.71
5		Damien Birkinhead	20.32	20.41	20.50
6		David Storl	20.47	x	20.30
7		O'Dayne Richards	19.38	20.40	x
8		Asmir Kolasinac	19.86	x	20.16
9		Carlos Tobalina	19.98	19.81	x
10		Michal Haratyk	19.36	x	19.97
11		Filip Mihaljevic	19.18	19.69	19.52
12		Mesud Pezer	19.06	19.29	19.55
13		Georgi Ivanov	19.08	19.49	x
14		Tsanko Arnaudov	x	18.88	x
15		Benik Abrahamyan	18.08	18.72	18.35
16		Ivan Emilianov	x	x	17.83
17		Eldred Henry	17.07	x	17.07

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Ryan Crouser	21.15	22.22	22.26	21.93	22.52OR	21.74
2		Joe Kovacs	21.78	x	21.52	x	x	21.35
3		Tomas Walsh	20.54	21.20	x	20.75	21.36	21.25
4		Franck Elemba	21.20NR	21.00	20.69	20.76	20.10	x
5		Darlan Romani	21.02NR	20.60	20.26	x	20.61	x
6		Tomasz Majewski	x	x	20.72	x	x	20.52
7		David Storl	x	20.48	20.64	x	20.46	20.60
8		O'Dayne Richards	x	20.64	20.34	x	x	x
9		Jacko Gill	20.12	20.50	20.26	Did not advance
10		Damien Birkinhead	20.45	x	20.02	Did not advance
11		Stipe Zunic	19.93	20.04	19.92	Did not advance
12		Konrad Bukowiecki	x	x	x	Did not advance

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Ryan Crouser	United States
	Joe Kovacs	United States
	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand
4	Franck Elemba	Congo
5	Darlan Romani	Brazil
6	Tomasz Majewski	Poland
7	David Storl	Germany
8	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica
9	Jacko Gill	New Zealand
10	Damien Birkinhead	Australia
11	Stipe Zunic	Croatia
12	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland
13	Andrei Gag	Romania
14	Borja Vivas	Spain
15	Asmir Kolasinac	Serbia
16	Tim Nedow	Canada
17	Carlos Tobalina	Spain
18	Michal Haratyk	Poland
19	German Lauro	Argentina
20	Tomas Stanek	Czech Republic
21	Filip Mihaljevic	Croatia
22	Tobias Dahm	Germany
23	Darrell Hill	United States
24	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina
25	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria
26	Hamza Alic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
27	Nicholas Scarvelis	Greece
28	Stephen Mozia	Nigeria
29	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal
30	Kemal Mesic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
31	Benik Abrahamyan	Georgia
32	Ivan Emilianov	Moldova
33	Ivan Ivanov	Kazakhstan
34	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands

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