2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

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.[2]

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	20 May 1990	Westwood, CA, United States
Championship	22.23	Werner Günthör	SUI	29 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	22.65	Ryan Crouser	USA	25 Jun 2017	Sacramento, CA, United States
African	21.97	Janus Robberts	RSA	2 Jun 2001	Eugene, OR, United States
Asian	21.13	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi	KSA	8 May 2009	Doha, Qatar
NACAC	23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	20 May 1990	Westwood,CA, United States
South American	21.82	Darlan Romani	BRA	3 Jun 2017	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European	23.06	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	22 May 1988	Chania, Greece
Oceanian	22.21	Tomas Walsh	NZL	5 Sep 2016	Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.[5]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]