2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.[1][2]

Men's shot put
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates3 March
Competitors16 from 14 nations
Winning distance22.31 CR
Medalists
    New Zealand
    Germany
    Czech Republic

Summary

Thomas Walsh came in as the defending champion. Five throws into the competition, he threw 22.13 m (72 ft 7 14 in) 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 22.31 m (73 ft 2 14 in) 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.[3]

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Tomas Walsh New Zealand22.13x22.13xx22.3122.31CR, AR
David Storl Germany21.1421.1521.0821.44x21.1821.44SB
Tomáš Staněk Czech Republic20.2821.12x21.44x20.2721.44
4Darlan Romani Brazil21.23x21.0920.9721.0421.3721.37AR
5Mesud Pezer Bosnia and Herzegovina20.3620.3121.1520.5820.7321.15NR
6Darrell Hill United States21.06x20.79xx21.06PB
7Ryan Whiting United States20.96x20.2820.4521.0321.03SB
8Konrad Bukowiecki Poland18.3520.9920.15xx20.99
9Tim Nedow Canada20.0920.8220.6920.82SB
10Michał Haratyk Poland19.8919.8920.6920.69
11O'Dayne Richards Jamaica19.9319.7219.9019.93PB
12Tsanko Arnaudov Portugalx19.93x19.93
13Maksim Afonin Authorised Neutral Athletes19.84xx19.84
14Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Nigeria18.6219.78x19.78
15Asmir Kolašinac Serbia19.29x19.3419.34
16Damien Birkinhead Australia19.1019.11x19.11

References

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