The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.Start list
Summary Thomas Walsh came in as the defending champion. Five throws into the competition, he threw to improve upon his own Oceanian record set while winning the previous championships. Nobody would beat that mark in the competition, except Walsh himself, first equalling it in the third round then throwing as the final attempt of the day. Indoor marks now being acceptable, that mark moved him to the number 15# performer in the shot put of all time, displacing Ryan Whiting who was in the competition.
The race for the other medals was much more competitive. On their first attempts, Whiting threw 20.96m, Darrell Hill threw 21.06m, David Storl threw 21.14m and Darlan Romani threw 21.23m. Romani and Storl held those positions until the fourth round when, Tomáš Staněk threw 21.44m to move into silver position. Two throws later, Storl matched that mark exactly. With a superior 2nd (and 3rd) best throw, Storl held the tiebreaker. In the final round, Romani couldn't get back on the podium with his 21.37m, a new South American indoor record, then Storl improved on his tie breaking position again.
Results The final was started at 11:57.Final results
Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Tomas Walsh 22.13 22.13 22.31 22.31 , AR David Storl 21.14 21.15 21.08 21.44 21.18 21.44 Tomáš Staněk 20.28 21.12 21.44 20.27 21.44 Darlan Romani 21.23 21.09 20.97 21.04 21.37 21.37 AR Mesud Pezer 20.36 20.31 21.15 20.58 20.73 21.15 NR Darrell Hill 21.06 20.79 21.06 PB Ryan Whiting 20.96 20.28 20.45 21.03 21.03 SB Konrad Bukowiecki 18.35 20.99 20.15 20.99 Tim Nedow 20.09 20.82 20.69 20.82 SB 10 Michał Haratyk 19.89 19.89 20.69 20.69 11 O'Dayne Richards 19.93 19.72 19.90 19.93 PB 12 Tsanko Arnaudov 19.93 19.93 13 Maksim Afonin 19.84 19.84 14 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 18.62 19.78 19.78 15 Asmir Kolašinac 19.29 19.34 19.34 16 Damien Birkinhead 19.10 19.11 19.11
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