1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Events at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.^[1][2] A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

Gold	Ralf Bartels  Germany
Silver	Justin Anlezark  Australia
Bronze	Clay Cross  Australia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ralf Bartels	Germany	16.31	16.61	17.92	x	17.49	18.71	18.71
	Justin Anlezark	Australia	17.76	17.47	18.06	18.20	18.21	16.53	18.21
	Clay Cross	Australia	17.51	17.69	15.86	17.09	x	16.72	17.69
4	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	16.84	16.59	17.10	x	17.35	x	17.35
5	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	17.33	17.09	16.41	x	16.79	16.63	17.33
6	Ian Waltz	United States	17.21	16.90	17.09	17.29	17.31	x	17.31
7	Jarkko Haukijärvi	Finland	16.80	16.86	16.96	16.74	17.09	16.92	17.09
8	Iker Sukía	Spain	16.63	16.77	16.69	16.40	16.45	16.66	16.77
9	Matthias Wiese	Germany	16.48	x	16.07				16.48
10	Attila Pintér	Hungary	15.75	15.87	16.14				16.14
11	Yves Niaré	France	15.44	16.12	x				16.12
12	Mirosław Dec	Poland	x	15.10	15.74				15.74

Qualifications

23 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ralf Bartels	Germany	17.93	-	-	17.93	Q
2	Clay Cross	Australia	16.00	17.75	-	17.75	Q
3	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	16.27	17.35	-	17.35	Q
4	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	17.15	-	-	17.15	Q
5	Iker Sukía	Spain	16.83	16.54	x	16.83	q
6	Yves Niaré	France	15.79	16.59	x	16.59	q
7	Váios Tíngas	Greece	16.12	16.20	16.25	16.25
8	John Davis	United States	15.97	x	15.08	15.97
9	Jhonny Rodríguez	Colombia	15.90	15.60	15.67	15.90
10	Igor Tuchak	Russia	15.79	15.85	15.63	15.85
11	Arpad Sinko	Yugoslavia	15.42	x	15.38	15.42
12	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	x	14.57	x	14.57

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Justin Anlezark	Australia	17.43	-	-	17.43	Q
2	Jarkko Haukijärvi	Finland	17.21	-	-	17.21	Q
3	Ian Waltz	United States	17.08	17.08	-	17.08	Q
4	Attila Pintér	Hungary	15.93	16.64	16.84	16.84	q
5	Mirosław Dec	Poland	16.68	16.67	16.20	16.68	q
6	Matthias Wiese	Germany	16.62	15.80	x	16.62	q
7	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	16.49	16.26	x	16.49
8	Yevgeniy Belyakov	Russia	16.16	15.98	16.24	16.24
9	Marius Vornicu	Romania	16.17	15.94	16.15	16.17
10	Erwin Simpelaar	Netherlands	15.79	x	16.03	16.03
11	Charles Winchester	Cook Islands	11.37	x	11.16	11.37

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Cook Islands (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015