The men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.Start list

As the best thrower in a decade, Joe Kovacs looked to be the favorite, though David Storl was the two-time defending champion. With his first throw Kovacs took the lead at 21.23. Storl raised the lead to 21.46 on his second throw. But the surprise leader at the end of the third round was O'Dayne Richards equalling his Jamaican National Record from the Pan American Games at 21.69. In the fourth round, Tomas Walsh threw his Continental Record 21.58 to take the second position. A few throws later, Kovacs moved into second place with his 21.67 fourth throw. The medals were settled in the fifth round when Kovacs threw the 21.93 winner, followed immediately by Storl throwing his 21.74 silver medal winner.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record23.12Westwood, CA, United States20 May 1990Championship record22.23Rome, Italy29 August 1987World Leading22.56Monaco17 July 2015African record21.97Eugene, OR, United States2 June 2001Asian record21.13Doha, Qatar8 May 2009NACAC record23.12Westwood, CA, United States20 May 1990South American record21.26Doha, Qatar10 May 2013European record23.06Chania, Greece22 May 1988Oceanian record21.50Mutterstadt, Germany25 July 2015The following records were established during the competition:Oceanian record21.58Beijing, China23 August 2015

Qualification standards Entry standards 20.45

Schedule Date Time Round23 August 2015 10:05 Qualification23 August 2015 19:30 Final

Results Qualification Qualification: 20.65 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q).Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 A Joe Kovacs 20.28 21.36 21.36 2 B David Storl 21.26 21.26 3 A Reese Hoffa 20.75 20.75 4 B Germán Lauro 20.64 20.64 5 B Christian Cantwell 19.61 20.63 20.63 6 B O'Dayne Richards 20.55 20.01 20.55 7 A Tomas Walsh 20.49 20.31 20.49 8 A Inderjeet Singh 19.15 20.47 20.47 9 A Asmir Kolašinac 19.35 20.37 20.22 20.37 10 A Tomasz Majewski 20.13 20.11 20.34 20.34 11 A Jan Marcell 20.32 19.47 20.32 12 B Jacko Gill 19.93 19.94 19.79 19.94 13 B Jordan Clarke 19.29 19.88 19.89 19.89 14 A Bob Bertemes 19.87 19.60 19.64 19.87 15 A Darlan Romani 19.86 19.06 19.41 19.86 16 A Aleksandr Lesnoy 19.29 19.78 19.78 17 B Andrei Gag 19.74 19.74 18 A Mostafa Amr Hassan 18.97 19.42 19.65 19.65 19 B Tomáš Staněk 19.64 19.05 19.64 20 B Tim Nedow 19.41 19.63 19.63 21 B Franck Elemba 18.59 19.40 19.28 19.40 22 B Maksim Sidorov 19.35 19.28 19.35 23 B Marin Premeru 19.33 19.33 24 A Borja Vivas 18.88 19.19 19.28 19.28 25 A Jaco Engelbrecht 19.04 19.04 26 A Tsanko Arnaudov 18.01 18.85 18.85 27 B Orazio Cremona 18.63 18.63 28 B Hamza Alić 18.62 18.62 B Konrad Bukowiecki B Georgi Ivanov A Kemal Mešić

Final The final was started at 19:30.Final results

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Joe Kovacs 21.23 20.48 21.67 21.93 21.66 21.93 David Storl 21.46 20.44 21.74 21.28 21.74 O'Dayne Richards 20.79 21.69 20.54 21.69 = Tomas Walsh 20.05 20.64 21.58 21.01 21.58 Reese Hoffa 20.61 20.72 20.31 21.00 21.00 Tomasz Majewski 20.57 20.82 20.17 20.59 20.50 20.82 Asmir Kolašinac 20.11 20.36 20.71 20.71 Jacko Gill 19.99 20.11 19.54 19.44 19.54 19.49 20.11 Germán Lauro 19.70 19.70 10 Jan Marcell 19.00 19.69 19.69 11 Inderjeet Singh 19.52 18.68 19.52 Christian Cantwell

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