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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 2 August 2024 (qualification)
    3 August 2024 (final)
Competitors24 from 31 nations
Winning distance22.90 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryan Crouser  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Kovacs  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rajindra Campbell  Jamaica
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The men's shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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Since 2016, Ryan Crouser has virtually owned this event. Two successive Olympic Championships, two world records, two world championships and an indoor championship he added earlier in the season. Crouser was a world champion even back to the 2009 youth division. Crouser had been beaten before, most notably at the 2019 World Championships by Joe Kovacs by a single centimeter, in what might have been the greatest shot put competition ever. With Crouser nursing an injury the entire outdoor season, Kovacs beat him again at the U.S. Olympic Trials a month earlier. Kovacs had a history of finishing on the podium of every major championship since the 2015 World Championships, which he won. Crouser and Kovacs are the top two shot putters of all time. Earlier in the season, Leonardo Fabbri, threw 22.95m to become #5. Also in the competition were #7 Tom Walsh, #13 Payton Otterdahl and #25 Rajindra Campbell.[1]

In the qualifying round Tomáš Staněk, Otterdahl and Crouser were one and done, reaching the automatic qualifying mark of 21.35 on their first attempt. Jacko Gill and Walsh needed a second attempt to make it, while Fabbri took all three until he got off a 21.76m that led all qualifiers. Kovacs only managed 21.24m in three attempts, but that was enough to qualify seventh. Campbell had to rely on a first attempt 21.05m to squeak into the finals in tenth after two successive fouls.[2]

As the rain began to fall, Otterdahl got the first legal throw 21.39m. Kovacs got the next, 21.69m. Crouser threw almost a meter farther, 22.64m on his first attempt to put the three Americans in the top three positions after the first round. In the second round, Otterdahl improved to second position at 21.98m. After Crouser improved to 22.69m, Campbell tossed a 22.15m to move ahead of Otterdahl. In the third round, Otterdahl made a slight improvement to 22.01m but remained in third. Then Crouser made a bigger improvement to 22.90 m (75 ft 1+12 in). Bronze medalist at the last two Olympics, competing with an injured groin strain, Walsh fouled his third attempt in a row and did not move into the final rounds. In heavier rain, none of the competitors could stay in the ring. The trend continued through the fifth round and into the sixth. 24 successive attempts only had three inferior legal throws. In fourth place, in bad conditions, Kovacs used his final attempt to throw 22.15m to equal Campbell. And because Kovacs had a better second best throw, he had rocketed into second place. Now off the podium, Otterdahl got off his best throw 22.03m, but it wouldn't catch Campbell. Campbell still had one last chance to improve only enough to beat Kovacs' second best 21.71m, but Campbell fouled. Already the three time gold medalist, Crouser accepted congratulations and did not step into the ring again[3] The winning throw equaled the 24th best in history, but Crouser had 14 better throws on that list already.[1]

Background

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The men's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record  Ryan Crouser (USA) 23.56[4] Los Angeles, United States 27 May 2023
Olympic record 23.30 Tokyo, Japan 5 August 2021
World leading  Joe Kovacs (USA) 23.13[5] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[6]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m)
Africa (records)  Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97
Asia (records)  Mohammed Tolo (KSA) 21.80
Europe (records)  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Ryan Crouser (USA) 23.56 WR
Oceania (records)  Tom Walsh (NZL) 22.90
South America (records)  Darlan Romani (BRA) 22.61

Qualification

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For the men's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 21.50 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[7][8]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 20:10 (UTC+2). 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[9] Qualification: 21.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.[10]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Leonardo Fabbri  Italy 20.44 x 21.76 21.76 Q
2 A Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 21.61 21.61 Q, SB
3 B Payton Otterdahl  United States 21.52 21.52 Q
4 A Ryan Crouser  United States 21.49 21.49 Q
5 B Tom Walsh  New Zealand 20.65 21.48 21.48 Q
6 A Jacko Gill  New Zealand 21.14 21.35 21.35 Q
7 B Joe Kovacs  United States 20.65 21.06 21.24 21.24 q
8 B Uziel Muñoz  Mexico 20.69 20.43 21.22 21.22 q
9 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 21.13 21.00 x 21.13 q
10 A Rajindra Campbell  Jamaica 21.05 x x 21.05 q
11 B Zane Weir  Italy 20.29 21.00 x 21.00 q
12 A Marcus Thomsen  Norway 20.81 x 20.33 20.81 q
13 B Kyle Blignaut  South Africa x 20.03 20.78 20.78
14 A Filip Mihaljević  Croatia 20.09 20.04 20.75 20.75
15 B Mohammed Tolo  Saudi Arabia 20.63 x 20.65 20.65
16 A Tsanko Arnaudov  Portugal 20.02 19.80 20.31 20.31
17 A Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg 20.27 x x 20.27
18 B Andrei Toader  Romania 20.24 20.00 20.10 20.24
19 B Michał Haratyk  Poland 19.41 19.87 19.94 19.94
20 B Mostafa Hassan  Egypt 19.70 x x 19.70
21 B Scott Lincoln  Great Britain x x 19.69 19.69
22 B Roman Kokoshko  Ukraine x 19.36 19.22 19.36
23 A Nazareno Sasia  Argentina 19.33 x 19.06 19.33
24 B Armin Sinančević  Serbia x 19.31 x 19.31
25 A Mohamed Khalifa  Egypt x 19.27 x 19.27
26 A Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.01 19.03 18.94 19.03
27 A Eric Favors  Ireland 19.02 18.38 18.86 19.02
28 A Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland x 18.34 18.83 18.83
29 A Tajinderpal Singh Toor  India 18.05 x x 18.05
A Welington Morais  Brazil x x x NM
B Francisco Belo  Portugal x x x NM

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Final

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The final was held on 3 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening.[9]

Rank Order Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Ryan Crouser  United States 22.64 22.69 22.90 x x 22.90 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Joe Kovacs  United States 21.69 x 21.71 x x 22.15 22.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Rajindra Campbell  Jamaica 20.00 22.15 x x x x 22.15
4 2 Payton Otterdahl  United States 21.39 21.98 22.01 x x 22.03 22.03
5 11 Leonardo Fabbri  Italy x 20.96 x 21.70 x x 21.70
6 9 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 20.58 21.42 21.01 x x x 21.42
7 3 Jacko Gill  New Zealand x 20.81 21.15 x 19.23 20.47 21.15
8 10 Uziel Muñoz  Mexico 20.68 20.88 20.80 x 20.29 x 20.88
9 1 Marcus Thomsen  Norway x 20.58 20.67 Did not advance 20.67
10 5 Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 20.31 20.37 x Did not advance 20.37
11 7 Zane Weir  Italy x 20.24 x Did not advance 20.24
12 12 Tom Walsh  New Zealand x x x Did not advance NM

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's shot put".
  2. ^ a b "Men's Shot Put - Qualification reuslts" (PDF). OIympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Men's Shot Put - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Shot put men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Shot put men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Records – Shot put men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  9. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's Shot Put Qualification Results". olympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.