2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 August 2023. The winning margin was 1.17 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the men's shot put has been won by more than a metre at these championships.

Summary With two Olympic Championships and multiple world record improvements, defending champion Ryan Crouser was the clear favorite, but Crouser revealed on Instagram that pain in his leg over the previous two weeks turned out to be two blood clots. With the advice of his doctor, he was able to take anticoagulants to mitigate the danger of his traveling to Hungary for these championships. His single throw in the preliminary round was tentative, 21.48m barely sufficient for an automatic qualifier in eighth place.

Crouser was the first thrower in the finals. His first throw of the competition was 22.63m. Only two people in this competition had ever thrown that far. With a 21.55m Joe Kovacs moved into second place, followed immediately by World Indoor Champion Darlan Romani throwing 21.31m to move into third. Crouser led off the second round with a 22.98m improvement on his own Championship Record. Tom Walsh moved into second with a 21.69m with his New Zealand teammate Jacko Gill lurking in fourth with 21.46m. In the third round Gill improved to second with a 21.76m, only to have Walsh also improve to 21.93m. He was followed immediately by Leonardo Fabbri throwing a personal best 22.34m to take everybody but Crouser down a notch. In the fifth round, Kovacs put out a 22.12m to move back to third place, the next thrower Walsh couldn't quite answer with a 22.05m. On their final throw, nobody could improve so by the time Crouser got to the ring, his championship defense was guaranteed. With nothing on the line, Crouser let loose a for another Championship Record, along with being the #2 throw in history, just 5cm short of the record he set at UCLA earlier in the season.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record23.56 mLos Angeles, United States27 May 2023Championship record22.94 mEugene, Oregon17 July 2022World Leading23.56 mLos Angeles, United States27 May 2023African Record21.97 mEugene, United States2 June 2001Asian Record21.77 mBhubaneswar, India19 June 2023North, Central American and Caribbean record23.56 mLos Angeles, United States27 May 2023South 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 19 August Final Ryan Crouser 23.51

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 21.40.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows:

Date Time Round19 August 10:30 Qualification 20:37 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 Darlan Romani 22.37 22.37 Q, 2 A Zane Weir 20.81 21.82 21.82 Q 3 B Tom Walsh 21.73 21.73 Q 4 B Joe Kovacs 21.59 21.59 Q 5 B Payton Otterdahl 21.16 21.54 21.54 Q 6 A Jacko Gill 20.83 21.49 21.49 Q 7 A Ryan Crouser 21.48 21.48 Q 8 A Filip Mihaljević 21.10 20.03 21.10 q 9 B Armin Sinančević 20.39 x 20.92 20.92 q 10 A Rajindra Campbell 19.83 x 20.83 20.83 q 11 B Mostafa Amr Hassan 20.62 20.81 x 20.81 q 12 B Leonardo Fabbri 19.41 x 20.74 20.74 q 13 A Chukwuebuka Enekwechi x 20.41 20.68 20.68 14 A Mohamed Magdi Hamza 20.26 20.68 x 20.68 15 B Uziel Muñoz 20.62 19.96 20.42 20.62 16 B Tomáš Staněk x 20.41 19.91 20.41 17 B Welington Morais 20.30 19.87 19.95 20.30 18 A Scott Lincoln 20.18 19.77 20.22 20.22 19 A Asmir Kolašinac 20.01 x 19.95 20.01 20 A Josh Awotunde 19.98 x x 19.98 21 B Marcus Thomsen 19.97 x x 19.97 22 A Mesud Pezer 19.40 19.26 19.86 19.86 23 A Eric Favors 19.34 19.52 19.65 19.65 24 A 19.46 19.52 x 19.52 25 A Michał Haratyk 19.27 19.49 19.51 19.51 26 B Nazareno Sasia x x 19.51 19.51 27 A Francisco Belo 19.24 x x 19.24 28 B Konrad Bukowiecki 18.25 19.21 x 19.21 29 A Roman Kokoshko 18.56 19.09 19.17 19.17 30 B Tsanko Arnaudov x 19.03 19.17 19.17 31 B 18.48 x 19.08 19.08 32 B x x 18.88 18.88 33 A 17.71 18.57 18.84 18.84 34 B Kyle Blignaut 17.89 18.82 x 18.82 35 A 17.37 x 17.27 17.37 B Bob Bertemes x x x NM B Andrei Toader x x x NM

Final The final started on August 19 at 20:40.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ryan Crouser 22.63 22.98 22.28 x x 23.51 23.51 Leonardo Fabbri x 21.26 22.34 x x 21.22 22.34 Joe Kovacs 21.55 x 21.23 21.88 22.12 21.07 22.12 4 Tom Walsh x 21.69 21.93 21.40 22.05 21.51 22.05 5 Payton Otterdahl 20.08 20.47 21.01 21.78 21.86 21.73 21.86 6 Jacko Gill 20.33 21.46 21.76 21.33 21.02 21.28 21.76 7 Filip Mihaljević 20.32 20.32 20.88 21.57 x 21.44 21.57 8 Darlan Romani 21.31 21.10 x x 21.41 x 21.41 9 Armin Sinančević 20.78 20.18 x 20.78 10 Mostafa Amr Hassan x 20.14 20.17 20.17 11 Zane Weir x 19.99 x 19.99 Rajindra Campbell x x x NM

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