The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on .Start list

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 Athlete Date LocationWorld23.12Randy Barnes20 May 1990Westwood, CA, United StatesChampionship22.23Werner Günthör29 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading22.65Ryan Crouser25 Jun 2017Sacramento, CA, United StatesAfrican21.97Janus Robberts2 Jun 2001Eugene, OR, United StatesAsian21.13Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi8 May 2009Doha, QatarNACAC23.12Randy Barnes20 May 1990Westwood, CA, United StatesSouth American21.82Darlan Romani3 Jun 2017São Bernardo do Campo, BrazilEuropean23.06Ulf TimmermannChania, GreeceOceanian22.21Tomas Walsh5 Sep 2016Zagreb, 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 Round5 August 10:00 Qualification6 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 22.14 22.14 , 2 B David Storl 21.41 21.41 3 A Michał Haratyk 21.27 21.27 4 A Darrell Hill 21.11 21.11 5 B Jacko Gill 20.96 20.96 6 B Ryan Crouser 20.90 20.90 7 B Stipe Žunić 20.86 20.86 8 B Ryan Whiting 20.84 20.84 9 B Tomáš Stanek 20.76 20.76 10 A Joe Kovacs 20.62 20.67 20.67 11 A Andrei Gag 20.31 20.61 20.61 , 12 B Konrad Bukowiecki 20.11 20.55 20.55 13 A Jakub Szyszkowski 19.13 19.50 20.54 20.54 14 A Filip Mihaljević 20.33 20.33 15 B Darlan Romani 20.21 19.91 20.21 16 A Tim Nedow 19.66 20.09 20.03 20.09 17 A Tsanko Arnaudov 19.83 20.02 20.08 20.08 18 A Ladislav Prášil 20.04 19.76 19.92 20.04 19 A O'Dayne Richards 19.84 19.95 19.95 20 B Damien Birkinhead 19.90 19.79 19.50 19.90 21 A Mesud Pezer 19.51 19.88 19.88 22 A Carlos Tobalina 19.38 19.87 19.87 23 A Orazio Cremona 19.81 19.61 19.35 19.81 24 A Franck Elemba 19.18 19.74 19.40 19.74 25 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 19.27 19.70 19.72 19.72 26 A Aleksandr Lesnoy 19.67 19.67 27 B Jaco Engelbrecht 18.62 19.59 19.56 19.59 28 B Aliaksei Nichypar 19.39 19.54 19.41 19.54 29 B Francisco Belo 18.28 19.47 19.47 30 B Mostafa Amr Hassan 19.23 19.15 19.23 31 B Bob Bertemes 18.93 19.10 19.10 32 B Hamza Alić 18.95 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 21.38 21.64 21.75 21.70 21.63 22.03 22.03 Joe Kovacs 21.48 20.88 21.66 21.17 21.66 Stipe Žunić 21.01 21.46 21.04 21.08 21.46 4 Tomáš Staněk 21.04 21.41 20.99 21.41 5 Michał Haratyk 20.49 20.52 21.00 20.83 21.41 20.98 21.41 6 Ryan Crouser 21.07 21.09 21.20 21.14 21.20 7 Ryan Whiting 20.82 20.66 21.09 21.09 8 Konrad Bukowiecki 20.65 20.89 20.89 9 Jacko Gill 20.36 19.82 20.82 20.82 10 David Storl 20.80 20.80 11 Darrell Hill 20.79 20.56 20.79 12 Andrei Gag 19.96 19.96

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