The men's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 17 July 2022.Timetable

Summary All the medalists returned from the previous World Championships, where all three were separated by a mere centimeter. In fact, seven of the 12 finalists returned 3 years later.

Fifth in the order, Olympic Champion Ryan Crouser was the first over 22 metres with a 22.21m. Ninth, defending champion Joe Kovacs upped the ante with his 22.63m. Indoor Champion Darlan Romani moved into third place with 21.69m, which held up until the next thrower, Josh Awotunde pushed Crouser into third place with a 22.24m. Crouser answered in the second round with a 22.71m. That held up until the fifth round. First returning Bronze medalist Tom Walsh threw 22.08 to become the fourth competitor over 22. Awotunde responded with a personal best 22.29m. Then Kovacs unleashed a 22.89, just 2 cm shy of his winning throw three years earlier to take the lead. Seconds later, as the next thrower in the ring, Crouser answered with a Championship Record . None of the leaders could improve in the sixth round leaving an American sweep on home soil.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record23.37 mEugene, United States18 June 2021Championship record22.91 mDoha, Qatar5 October 2019World Leading23.12 mEugene, United States24 June 2022African Record21.97 mEugene, United States2 June 2001Asian Record21.49 mPatiala, India21 June 2021North, Central American and Caribbean record23.37 mEugene, United States18 June 2021South American Record22.61 mStanford, United States30 June 2019European Record23.06 mChania, Greece22 May 1988Oceanian record22.90 mDoha, Qatar5 October 2019 The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Distance Record 17 July Final Ryan Crouser 22.94

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 21.10 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round15 July 18:55 Qualification17 July 18:27 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Ryan Crouser 22.28 22.28 Q 2 B Joe Kovacs 21.50 21.50 Q 3 A Tom Walsh 20.81 21.11 21.44 21.44 Q 4 B Nick Ponzio 21.00 21.35 21.35 Q 5 B Jacko Gill 20.16 21.24 21.24 Q 6 A Josh Awotunde 21.18 x 21.13 21.18 q 7 B Filip Mihaljević 20.56 21.17 x 21.17 q 8 B Adrian Piperi 21.03 x x 21.03 q 9 B Darlan Romani x 20.98 x 20.98 q 10 A Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 20.51 20.87 20.85 20.87 q 11 A Marcus Thomsen 19.90 20.27 19.83 20.27 q 12 B Uziel Muñoz 20.06 20.24 20.16 20.24 q 13 A Konrad Bukowiecki 19.43 x 20.24 20.24 14 B Michał Haratyk 19.89 20.08 20.13 20.13 15 A Roman Kokoshko 19.35 20.02 19.74 20.02 16 A Scott Lincoln 19.41 x 19.97 19.97 17 B Tsanko Arnaudov 18.06 19.68 19.93 19.93 18 A Andrei Toader 19.83 19.78 19.60 19.83 19 A Welington Morais 18.98 19.80 x 19.80 20 A Eric Favors 19.44 19.50 19.76 19.76 21 B Willian Dourado 19.65 19.41 19.73 19.73 22 A Leonardo Fabbri 19.49 x 19.73 19.73 23 B Simon Bayer 19.13 19.16 19.71 19.71 24 B Carlos Tobalina 19.45 19.47 19.70 19.70 25 A Nicholas Scarvelis 19.55 19.01 x 19.55 26 B Anastasios Latifllari 18.90 x 18.98 18.98 27 A Ignacio Carballo 18.74 18.06 x 18.74 28 B Dotun Ogundeji 18.35 x x 18.35 29 B John Kelly x x 17.92 17.92 A Tajinderpal Singh Toor r

Final

The final was started on 17 July at 18:27.Final results

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ryan Crouser 22.21 22.71 22.58 22.16 22.94 x 22.94 Joe Kovacs 22.62 x 22.17 22.16 22.89 22.42 22.89 Josh Awotunde 22.24 21.70 21.14 x 22.29 22.22 22.29 4 Tom Walsh 21.40 20.67 21.49 x 22.08 21.27 22.08 5 Darlan Romani 21.69 21.90 x 21.92 21.34 x 21.92 6 Filip Mihaljević 21.05 x x 21.35 21.82 21.58 21.82 7 Jacko Gill 19.19 20.75 20.82 21.03 x 21.40 21.40 8 Adrian Piperi 20.88 20.93 x 20.79 x x 20.93 9 Nick Ponzio 20.28 20.81 20.76 20.81 10 Marcus Thomsen 20.64 20.66 19.98 20.66 11 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 20.15 x 20.65 20.65 12 Uziel Muñoz 20.01 19.71 19.79 20.01

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