Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3 August.[1] Forty athletes from 34 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Tomasz Majewski of Poland, the nation's second consecutive and third overall victory in the men's shot put. Majewski was the third man to successfully defend Olympic shot put gold (after Ralph Rose and Parry O'Brien), both of whom added a silver medal after their two golds). David Storl of Germany took silver, the first medal for united Germany since 1936 (though East Germany had won multiple medals). Reese Hoffa took bronze to keep the American podium streak going at eight consecutive Games.

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Men's shot put victory ceremony
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date3 August
Competitors40 from 34 nations
Winning distance21.89
Medalists
Tomasz Majewski  Poland
David Storl  Germany
Reese Hoffa  United States

Summary

In the qualification rounds, the first athletics event of the Olympics, the athletes with the best credentials coming in; (2007 World Champion) Reese Hoffa, (2011 World Champion) David Storl and (defending champion) Tomasz Majewski placed themselves in the favorite role, by tossing an automatic qualifier on their first attempt. Ryan Whiting and German Lauro had to take all three attempts to make their automatic qualifier, Lauro's becoming the new National Record for Argentina. It took 20.25 to make it to the finals, held in the evening.

The results of the first preliminary round foretold the final results. Those three athletes led from the first round, with Storl literally flexing his muscles in the ring as he took the early lead, then improving his position slightly in the second round. Lauro added 7 cm to the national record he had set in the morning in the second round and another 2 cm in the third, but in the end that was only good enough for sixth place. Majewski edged into the lead with his third attempt, while Hoffa made his best attempt in the fourth round. (2009 World Champion) Christian Cantwell came within 4 cm of grabbing the bronze medal from his American teammate in the final round, then Majewski put a cap on his victory with the best throw in the competition 21.89 on the final throw.[3] Majewski is the first to repeat as champion since Parry O'Brien in 1956, with Ralph Rose from 1908 the only other, and the first non-American to do that.

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top five finishers from 2008 returned: Tomasz Majewski of Poland, Christian Cantwell of the United States, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus (whose bronze medal would later be stripped and reassigned to Armstrong), Dylan Armstrong of Canada, and Pavel Lyzhyn of Belarus (also later disqualified), along with original seventh-place finisher Reese Hoffa of the United States and original ninth-place finisher Rutger Smith of the Netherlands. Since then, Cantwell had won the 2009 world championships and David Storl of Germany had won the 2011 worlds. Majewski and Armstrong had taken silver at those events. Those four men, along with the other Americans (Hoffa and Ryan Whiting, the 2012 indoor world champion) were the favored contenders.[2]

Albania made its debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 26th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's shot put event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's shot put was 20.50 metres; the B standard was 20.00 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the shot put through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event.[4][5][6]

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 20.65 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reached the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[7]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Randy Barnes (USA)23.12Westwood, United States20 May 1990
Olympic record Ulf Timmermann (GDR)22.47Seoul, South Korea23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national record were set during this competition.

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Qualifying20.75
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Final20.82
Argentina National Record Germán Lauro Final20.84

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 3 August 201210:00
20:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 20.65m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1BReese Hoffa United States 21.3621.36Q
2ADavid Storl Germany 21.1521.15Q
3ATomasz Majewski Poland 21.0321.03Q
4BRyan Whiting United States 20.2920.2520.7820.78Q
5AGermán Lauro Argentina 20.10X20.7520.75Q, NR
6APavel Lyzhyn Belarus 19.8520.1020.5720.57q
7BDylan Armstrong Canada 19.99X20.4920.49q
8BAsmir Kolašinac Serbia 20.4420.44q
9AChristian Cantwell United States 20.4120.3019.8820.41q
10BMaksim Sidorov Russia X19.5920.4020.40q
11ADorian Scott Jamaica 20.1820.3020.3120.31q
12BChang Ming-Huang Chinese Taipei 19.14X20.2520.25q
13ASoslan Tsirikhov Russia 19.2519.7820.1720.17
14ARutger Smith Netherlands 20.08X19.5520.08
15AMarco Fortes Portugal 19.5920.0619.5020.06
16BRalf Bartels Germany X20.0019.8920.00
17BNedžad Mulabegović Croatia 19.1819.8619.7219.86
18BOm Prakash Singh India 19.4019.86X19.86
19BHüseyin Atıcı Turkey 19.4719.4919.7419.74
20ALajos Kürthy Hungary 19.65XX19.65
21AGeorgi Ivanov Bulgaria 19.4219.4019.6319.63
22BAntonín Žalský Czech Republic X19.6219.4919.62
23AKemal Mešić Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.49X19.6019.60
24AMihail Stamatoyiannis Greece 18.67X19.2419.24
25ADale Stevenson Australia 18.3819.1719.0119.17
26AMāris Urtāns Latvia 18.9219.13X19.13
27BKim Christensen Denmark 18.40X19.1319.13
28BCarl Myerscough Great Britain 18.7518.95X18.95
29BRaigo Toompuu Estonia 18.8718.91X18.91
30ABorja Vivas Spain 18.46X18.8818.88
31AStephen Saenz Mexico X18.65X18.65
32BAmin Nikfar Iran 18.62XX18.62
33BCarlos Véliz Cuba 18.26X18.5718.57
34BEmanuele Fuamatu Samoa 17.78XX17.78
35AOdinn Bjorn Thorsteinsson Iceland X17.0417.6217.62
36AAdriatik Hoxha Albania 17.58X17.1317.58
AJustin Rodhe Canada XXXNo mark
BZhang Jun China XXXNo mark
BAndriy Semenov Ukraine XXXNo mark
BAndrei Mikhnevich Belarus 19.81 19.55 19.89 19.89 DQ

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Tomasz Majewski Poland 21.1921.7221.87X21.7221.8921.89
David Storl Germany 21.8421.8621.41XXX21.86PB
Reese Hoffa United States 20.9820.9521.2321.1119.53X21.23
4Christian Cantwell United States 20.2120.95Xx20.6521.1921.19
5Dylan Armstrong Canada 20.1620.9320.74XX20.3420.93
6Germán Lauro Argentina 19.4020.8220.8420.3420.65X20.84NR
7Asmir Kolašinac Serbia 20.1820.71X20.5420.46X20.71
8Pavel Lyzhyn Belarus 20.69XX19.9320.04X20.69
9Ryan Whiting United States 20.2120.2120.64Did not advance20.64
10Dorian Scott Jamaica 19.5120.61XDid not advance20.61
11Maksim Sidorov Russia X20.41XDid not advance20.41
12Chang Ming-Huang Chinese Taipei 19.99X19.64Did not advance19.99

References

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