2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
Introduction The '''Men's Shot Put''' event at the '''2009 World Championships in Athletics''' was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15.The Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski entered the competition as the world-leading athlete and one of the favourites. Much was expected of the four-man United States team, consisting of defending champion Reese Hoffa, Olympic silver medalist Christian Cantwell, former world champion Adam Nelson, and newcomer Dan Taylor.Cantwell won the competition, recording a world-leading 22.03 m throw to fend off second-placed Majewski (who managed 21.91 m). Former champions Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m to win the host nation's first medal of the tournament.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records '''World record''''''23.12'''Westwood, United States20 May 1990'''Championship record''''''22.23'''Rome, Italy29 August 1987'''World Leading''''''21.95'''Stockholm, Sweden30 July 2009'''African record''''''21.97'''Eugene, United States2 June 2001'''Asian record''''''21.13'''Doha, Qatar8 May 2009'''North American record''''''23.12'''Westwood, United States20 May 1990'''South American record''''''21.14'''Santiago, Chile29 July 2004'''European record''''''23.06'''Chania, Greece22 May 1988'''Oceanian record''''''21.26'''Melbourne, Australia21 February 2008
Qualification standards A standardB standard 20.30m 19.90m
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009  '''10:00'''   '''Qualification'''August 15, 2009  '''20:15'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  Result  Notes 1   A  Tomasz Majewski    '''21.19'''    '''21.19'''   Q 2   A  Pavel Lyzhyn     '''20.72'''   '''20.72'''Q 3  A  Christian Cantwell    20.20  '''20.63'''   '''20.63''' Q 4   A  Adam Nelson     '''20.50'''    '''20.50''' Q 5   B  Ralf Bartels    20.16     '''20.41'''  '''20.41'''   Q 6  B  Reese Hoffa     '''20.23'''   19.90    '''20.23'''  q 7   A  Miroslav Vodovnik    19.80  '''20.22'''  20.05  '''20.22'''  q, SB 8   A  Peter Sack    20.09  '''20.20'''  19.98  '''20.20'''  q 9   B  Carl Myerscough    '''20.17'''    19.79  '''20.17'''  q 10   A  Pavel Sofin        '''20.16'''  '''20.16'''  q 11    A  Hamza Alić      20.01  '''20.10'''  '''20.10'''  q 12  A  Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi    19.91    '''20.04'''  '''20.04'''  13  A  Justin Anlezark    '''19.94'''  19.41  19.33  '''19.94''' 14  B  Taavi Peetre    '''19.91'''  19.79  19.69  '''19.91''' 15  A  Māris Urtāns    '''19.89'''      '''19.89'''  SB 16  A  Dylan Armstrong    19.46  '''19.86'''     '''19.86'''  17  B  Marco Fortes     18.70    '''19.81'''  '''19.81'''  18  B  Manuel Martínez    19.74  '''19.80'''  19.73  '''19.80'''  19  B  Antonin Žalský     19.63  19.46  '''19.77'''  '''19.77'''  20   B  Yury Bialou     19.38  '''19.75'''  19.35  '''19.75''' 21   B  Asmir Kolašinac     19.62  '''19.67'''    '''19.67'''  22   B  Lajos Kürthy     19.16  '''19.64'''     '''19.64'''  23   A  Carlos Véliz    18.82  '''19.62'''  19.48  '''19.62''' 24   B  Scott Martin    19.16   '''19.52'''  19.45  '''19.52'''  25   B  Dan Taylor        '''19.39'''  '''19.39'''   26   B  Yves Niaré        '''19.37'''  '''19.37'''   27  B  David Storl    '''19.19'''    19.18  '''19.19'''  28   A  Nedžad Mulabegović    '''19.15'''      '''19.15'''  29   A  Valeriy Kokoyev    18.02  '''19.13'''  18.90  '''19.13'''  30   B  Maksim Sidorov    '''18.92'''  18.77    '''18.92'''  31  A  Yasser Ibrahim Farag    18.40  '''18.69'''  18.54  '''18.69'''  32  A  Borja Vivas    17.70  '''18.38'''     '''18.38'''  33  B  Georgi Ivanov     '''18.11'''      '''18.11'''  34  A  Adriatik Hoxha    15.78  '''15.89'''    '''15.89'''     B  Germán Lauro          ''''''     B  Andrei Mikhnevich    '''20.65'''    '''20.65'''  DQ'''Key''':  NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Final=== Rank   Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3   #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Christian Cantwell    21.54  20.72  21.03  21.21  '''22.03'''    '''22.03'''  '''WL'''   Tomasz Majewski    21.36  21.19  20.80  21.68  '''21.91'''  21.18  '''21.91'''    Ralf Bartels    20.35  20.18  '''21.37'''  20.80  20.94  21.20  '''21.37'''  PB   Reese Hoffa     21.02    20.95  21.14  20.97  '''21.28'''  '''21.28'''    Adam Nelson     '''21.11'''  20.93          '''21.11'''  SB   Pavel Lyzhyn     '''20.98'''          '''20.98'''  PB   Miroslav Vodovnik    19.60  19.50  '''20.50'''    19.82  20.14  '''20.50'''  SB   Hamza Alić    '''20.00'''   19.80     '''20.00'''    Pavel Sofin    '''19.89'''  19.69  19.85     '''19.89'''  10  Carl Myerscough    '''18.42'''         '''18.42'''    Peter Sack             ''''''    Andrei Mikhnevich    20.34  20.31  20.62  '''20.74'''  20.54    '''20.74'''  DQ'''Key''':  PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
See also * 2009 Shot Put Year Ranking
References ;General* Qualification results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. * Final results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.;Specific
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