2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

None May 2026 Men's shot put 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 23 August 30 22 Winning distance 21.93 Joe Kovacs USA David Storl GER O'Dayne Richards JAM 2013 2017 The men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 11 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list As the best thrower in a decade, Joe Kovacs looked to be the favorite, though David Storl was the two-time defending champion. With his first throw Kovacs took the lead at 21.23. Storl raised the lead to 21.46 on his second throw. But the surprise leader at the end of the third round was O'Dayne Richards equalling his Jamaican National Record from the Pan American Games at 21.69. In the fourth round, Tomas Walsh threw his Continental Record 21.58 to take the second position. A few throws later, Kovacs moved into second place with his 21.67 fourth throw. The medals were settled in the fifth round when Kovacs threw the 21.93 winner, followed immediately by Storl throwing his 21.74 silver medal winner. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/news/beijing-2015-mens-shot-final REPORT: MEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 23 August 2015 iaaf.org 27 August 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/throws/shot-put/outdoor/men Records & Lists – Shot put IAAF 19 August 2015 World recordRandy Barnes USA23.12Westwood, CA, United States20 May 1990Championship recordWerner Günthör SUI22.23Rome, Italy29 August 1987World LeadingJoe Kovacs USA22.56Monaco17 July 2015African recordJanus Robberts RSA21.97Eugene, OR, United States2 June 2001Asian recordSultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi KSA21.13Doha, Qatar8 May 2009NACAC recordRandy Barnes USA23.12Westwood, CA, United States20 May 1990South American recordGermán Lauro ARG21.26Doha, Qatar10 May 2013European recordUlf Timmermann GDR23.06Chania, Greece22 May 1988Oceanian recordTomas Walsh NZL21.50Mutterstadt, Germany25 July 2015The following records were established during the competition:Oceanian recordTomas Walsh NZL21.58Beijing, China23 August 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 20.45 Schedule Date Time Round23 August 2015 10:05 Qualification23 August 2015 19:30 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Qualification Qualification: 20.65 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q).Qualification results Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 A Joe Kovacs USA 2015 World 20.28 21.36 21.36 Q 2 B David Storl GER 2015 World 21.26 21.26 Q 3 A Reese Hoffa USA 2015 World 20.75 20.75 Q 4 B Germán Lauro ARG 2015 World 20.64 0.00 x 20.64 q 5 B Christian Cantwell USA 2015 World 19.61 0.00 x 20.63 20.63 q 6 B O'Dayne Richards JAM 2015 World 20.55 20.01 0.00 x 20.55 q 7 A Tomas Walsh NZL 2015 World 0.00 x 20.49 20.31 20.49 q 8 A Inderjeet Singh IND 2015 World 19.15 0.00 x 20.47 20.47 q 9 A Asmir Kolašinac SRB 2015 World 19.35 20.37 20.22 20.37 q 10 A Tomasz Majewski POL 2015 World 20.13 20.11 20.34 20.34 q 11 A Jan Marcell CZE 2015 World 20.32 19.47 0.00 x 20.32 q 12 B Jacko Gill NZL 2015 World 19.93 19.94 19.79 19.94 q 13 B Jordan Clarke USA 2015 World 19.29 19.88 19.89 19.89 14 A Bob Bertemes LUX 2015 World 19.87 19.60 19.64 19.87 NR Luxembourgish 15 A Darlan Romani BRA 2015 World 19.86 19.06 19.41 19.86 16 A Aleksandr Lesnoy RUS 2015 World 19.29 19.78 0.00 x 19.78 17 B Andrei Gag ROU 2015 World 0.00 x 19.74 0.00 x 19.74 18 A Mostafa Amr Hassan EGY 2015 World 18.97 19.42 19.65 19.65 19 B Tomáš Staněk CZE 2015 World 19.64 19.05 0.00 x 19.64 20 B Tim Nedow CAN 2015 World 19.41 0.00 x 19.63 19.63 21 B Franck Elemba CGO 2015 World 18.59 19.40 19.28 19.40 22 B Maksim Sidorov RUS 2015 World 0.00 x 19.35 19.28 19.35 23 B Marin Premeru CRO 2015 World 0.00 x 19.33 0.00 x 19.33 24 A Borja Vivas ESP 2015 World 18.88 19.19 19.28 19.28 25 A Jaco Engelbrecht RSA 2015 World 19.04 0.00 x 0.00 x 19.04 26 A Tsanko Arnaudov POR 2015 World 18.01 18.85 0.00 x 18.85 27 B Orazio Cremona RSA 2015 World 0.00 x 18.63 0.00 x 18.63 28 B Hamza Alić BIH 2015 World 0.00 x 18.62 0.00 x 18.62 29 B Konrad Bukowiecki POL 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 NM 29 B Georgi Ivanov BUL 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 NM 29 A Kemal Mešić BIH 2015 World 0.00 DNS Final The final was started at 19:30.Final results Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Joe Kovacs USA 2015 World 21.23 20.48 0.00 x 21.67 21.93 21.66 21.93 David Storl GER 2015 World 0.00 x 21.46 0.00 x 20.44 21.74 21.28 21.74 O'Dayne Richards JAM 2015 World 0.00 x 20.79 21.69 0.00 x 20.54 0.00 x 21.69 =NR Jamaican 04 4 Tomas Walsh NZL 2015 World 20.05 0.00 x 20.64 21.58 21.01 0.00 x 21.58 AR Oceanian 05 5 Reese Hoffa USA 2015 World 20.61 20.72 0.00 x 20.31 21.00 0.00 x 21.00 06 6 Tomasz Majewski POL 2015 World 20.57 20.82 20.17 20.59 20.50 0.00 x 20.82 SB 07 7 Asmir Kolašinac SRB 2015 World 0.00 x 20.11 20.36 0.00 x 0.00 x 20.71 20.71 08 8 Jacko Gill NZL 2015 World 19.99 20.11 19.54 19.44 19.54 19.49 20.11 09 9 Germán Lauro ARG 2015 World 19.70 0.00 x 0.00 x 19.70 10 Jan Marcell CZE 2015 World 0.00 x 19.00 19.69 19.69 11 Inderjeet Singh IND 2015 World 19.52 0.00 x 18.68 19.52 12 Christian Cantwell USA 2015 World 0.00 DNS References Shot put Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships