2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRyan WhitingDavid StorlTomasz Majewski

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record22.66Los Angeles, United States20 January 1989Championship record22.24Indianapolis, United States7 March 1987World Leading21.87Chemnitz, Germany28 January 2012African record21.47Norman, United States1 December 2001Asian record20.16Nanjing, China13 February 2012European record22.55Senftenberg, East Germany11 February 1989North and Central American and Caribbean record22.66Los Angeles, United States20 January 1989Oceanian Record20.83Valencia, Spain7 March 2008South American record20.15Leverkusen, West Germany31 January 1985

Qualification standards Indoor 20.00

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 9:55 QualificationMarch 9, 2012 19:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 20.70 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 23 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:54 and ended at 11:04.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 David Storl 21.43 21.43 SB, Q 2 Reese Hoffa 21.23 21.23 Q 3 Tomasz Majewski 20.33 21.17 21.17 Q 4 Germán Lauro 20.35 20.08 20.40 20.40 AR, q 5 Ryan Whiting 20.37 20.27 20.37 q 6 Rutger Smith 19.36 20.19 20.21 20.21 q 7 Ivan Yushkov 20.14 19.49 19.99 20.14 q 8 Maksim Sidorov 19.45 19.24 20.04 20.04 q 9 Dylan Armstrong 19.84 19.84 10 Marco Fortes 19.83 19.21 19.20 19.83 11 Dale Stevenson 19.72 19.80 19.80 12 Asmir Kolašinac 19.70 19.70 13 Carlos Véliz 19.60 19.64 19.64 14 Lajos Kürthy 19.62 19.62 15 Candy Bauer 19.60 19.60 16 Amin Nikfar 18.69 18.82 18.97 18.97 17 Burger Lambrechts 18.96 18.96 18 Borja Vivas 18.94 18.52 18.94 19 Kim Christensen 18.87 18.87 20 Hamza Alić 18.49 18.80 18.80 21 Chang Ming-Huang 18.75 18.75 22 Emanuele Fuamatu 18.60 18.60 NR 23 Hüseyin Atıcı 18.42 18.34 18.38 18.42

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 19:54 and ended at 20:04.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Ryan Whiting 21.59 21.06 21.16 22.00 21.98 22.00 WL David Storl 21.88 21.86 21.88 PB Tomasz Majewski 21.28 21.65 20.94 21.72 21.72 NR4 Reese Hoffa 20.41 21.55 20.86 21.55 5 Maksim Sidorov 20.22 20.21 20.78 20.50 20.78 6Germán Lauro 20.13 20.22 19.82 19.93 20.19 20.38 20.38 7Rutger Smith 20.30 20.30 8Ivan Yushkov 19.65 20.10 19.84 19.84 19.99 19.78 20.10

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