2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

None thumb|250px|David Storl celebrating the announcement of his winning put at Daeguthumb|110px|Official Video The Men's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2. David Storl made a major improvement to achieve a new personal best of 21.50, leading the qualifying round by 45 cm (a foot and a half). 2007 Champion, Reese Hoffa, took the early lead and held it until Storl threw a new personal best of 21.60 in the second round. Andrei Mikhnevich put a 21.40 in the third round to get close to Storl. In the fourth round, world leader, Dylan Armstrong, took the lead with a 21.64, which held up as the leader until the final throw of the competition, when Storl threw a third personal best of 21.78 to win. In 2013, it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 and on were annulled.http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/andrei-mikhnevich-blr-results-annulled-from Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005 31 July 2013 IAAF 4 April 2014 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid StorlGermany 2011 WorldDylan ArmstrongCanada 2011 WorldChristian CantwellUnited States 2011 World Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows. World recordRandy Barnes USA23.12Westwood, United States20 May 1990Championship recordWerner Günthör SUI22.23Rome, Italy29 August 1987World LeadingDylan Armstrong CAN22.21Calgary, Canada25 June 2011African recordJanus Robberts RSA21.97Eugene, United States2 June 2001Asian recordSultan Al-Hebshi KSA21.13Doha, Qatar8 May 2009North, Central American and Caribbean recordRandy Barnes USA23.12Westwood, United States20 May 1990South American recordMarco Antonio Verni CHI21.14Santiago, Chile29 July 2004European recordUlf Timmermann GDR23.06Chania, Greece22 May 1988Oceanian recordScott Martin AUS21.26Melbourne, Australia21 February 2008 Qualification standards A standardB standard 20.50 20.00 Schedule Date Time RoundSeptember 1, 2011 10:00 QualificationSeptember 2, 2011 19:00 Final Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A David Storl Germany 2011 World 00.00 x 21.50 21.50 Q, PB 2 B Dylan Armstrong Canada 2011 World 20.52 21.05 21.05 Q 3 B Reese Hoffa United States 2011 World 20.96 20.96 Q 4 A Ryan Whiting United States 2011 World 20.40 20.77 20.77 Q 5 B Christian Cantwell United States 2011 World 20.55 20.73 20.73 Q 6 A Tomasz Majewski Poland 2011 World 20.73 20.73 Q 7 A Ralf Bartels Germany 2011 World 20.45 00.00 x 20.04 20.45 q 8 B Marco Fortes Portugal 2011 World 19.83 20.32 20.02 20.32 q 9 B Carlos Véliz Cuba 2011 World 20.24 19.79 00.00 x 20.24 q 10 A Adam Nelson United States 2011 World 20.23 00.00 x 00.00 x 20.23 q 11 A Asmir Kolašinac Serbia 2011 World 19.58 20.08 20.14 20.14 q 12 B Marco Schmidt Germany 2011 World 20.06 19.96 00.00 x 20.06 13 B Lajos Kürthy Hungary 2011 World 19.92 19.76 20.02 20.02 14 B Maksim Sidorov Russia 2011 World 18.56 19.95 00.00 x 19.95 15 B Pavel Lyzhyn Belarus 2011 World 19.91 00.00 x 00.00 x 19.91 16 A Kim Christensen Denmark 2011 World 19.02 19.40 19.74 19.74 17 B Hamza Alić Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 World 19.70 00.00 x 00.00 x 19.70 18 B Chang Ming-huang Chinese Taipei 2011 World 19.60 00.00 x 18.98 19.60 19 A Jan Marcell Czech Republic 2011 World 19.51 00.00 x 19.46 19.51 20 A Germán Lauro Argentina 2011 World 19.50 19.45 00.00 x 19.50 21 A Andriy Semenov Ukraine 2011 World 00.00 x 00.00 x 19.45 19.45 22 A Om Prakash Singh India 2011 World 19.29 19.06 00.00 x 19.29 23 B Amin Nikfar Iran 2011 World 18.69 18.95 19.18 19.18 24 B Milan Jotanović Serbia 2011 World 18.39 00.00 x 18.21 18.39 25 A Borja Vivas Spain 2011 World 18.37 00.00 x 18.22 18.37 26 A Hwang In-Sung South Korea 2011 World 17.75 17.62 00.00 x 17.75 27 A Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus 2011 World 20.79 20.79 DQ Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes David Storl Germany 2011 World 00.00 x 21.60 20.82 00.00 x 00.00 x 21.78 21.78 PB Dylan Armstrong Canada 2011 World 20.79 20.58 20.82 21.64 21.40 00.00 x 21.64 Christian Cantwell United States 2011 World 20.50 20.73 20.83 00.00 x 21.36 00.00 x 21.36 04 4 Reese Hoffa United States 2011 World 20.90 20.99 20.97 20.84 00.00 x 00.00 x 20.99 05 5 Marco Fortes Portugal 2011 World 20.59 00.00 x 19.36 20.83 20.25 20.04 20.83 06 6 Ryan Whiting United States 2011 World 00.00 x 20.48 20.66 20.75 00.00 x 00.00 x 20.75 07 7 Adam Nelson United States 2011 World 20.29 20.14 19.73 00.00 x 20.02 00.00 x 20.29 08 8 Tomasz Majewski Poland 2011 World 00.00 x 20.03 20.18 20.18 09 9 Ralf Bartels Germany 2011 World 20.03 20.14 20.12 20.14 10 Asmir Kolašinac Serbia 2011 World 19.84 00.00 x 19.77 19.84 11 Carlos Véliz Cuba 2011 World 19.70 00.00 x 00.00 x 19.70 12 Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus 2011 World 20.45 20.49 21.40 20.72 20.64 21.37 21.40 DQ References External links Shot put results at IAAF website Shot put Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships