2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the
2012 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's shot put at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.

Medalists

Gold David Storl
 Germany
Silver Rutger Smith
 Netherlands
Bronze Asmir Kolašinac
 Serbia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
European record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Championship record  Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.22 Stuttgart, West Germany 28 August 1986
World Leading  Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.00 Eugene, United States 24 June 2012
European Leading  Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.60 Eugene, United States 2 June 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 June 2012 9:45 Qualification
29 June 2012 21:20 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Rutger Smith  Netherlands 20.55 20.55 Q, SB
2 A David Storl  Germany 20.30 20.30 Q
3 A Antonín Žalský  Czech Republic 19.94 19.88 19.94 q
4 B Marco Schmidt  Germany 19.18 19.85 x 19.85 q
5 B Nedžad Mulabegović  Croatia 19.47 19.49 19.79 19.79 q
6 A Kim Christensen  Denmark 18.77 18.83 19.69 19.69 q
7 A Borja Vivas  Spain 19.67 x x 19.67 q
8 B Marco Fortes  Portugal 19.15 18.84 19.66 19.66 q
9 B Hüseyin Atıcı  Turkey 17.96 x 19.64 19.64 q
10 A Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia 19.42 19.62 x 19.62 q
11 A Dmytro Savytskyy  Ukraine 19.23 19.52 19.51 19.52 q
12 B Lajos Kürthy  Hungary x 19.11 19.48 19.48 q
13 A Leif Arrhenius  Sweden x 18.64 19.33 19.33
14 A Carl Myerscough  Great Britain 18.61 19.30 x 19.30
15 A Māris Urtāns  Latvia 19.08 19.25 x 19.25
16 B Georgi Ivanov  Bulgaria 19.14 19.02 x 19.14
17 B Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.66 18.84 19.03 19.03
18 B Michalis Stamatogiannis  Greece 18.68 18.94 18.95 18.95
19 B Ladislav Prášil  Czech Republic 18.87 x x 18.87
20 A Marin Premeru  Croatia 18.71 x 18.56 18.71
21 B Božidar Antunović  Serbia 18.69 x 18.56 18.69
22 A Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson  Iceland x 18.19 x 18.19
23 A Georgios Arestis  Cyprus 18.16 18.13 18.15 18.16
24 B Adriatik Hoxha  Albania 16.40 x 17.00 17.00
25 A Anton Lyuboslavskiy  Russia DNS
25 B Damian Kusiak  Poland DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st David Storl  Germany 21.19 x 21.58 x x 21.58 SB
2nd Rutger Smith  Netherlands 20.25 x 20.55 x 20.15 x 20.55 =SB
3rd Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia 20.22 20.36 x 19.88 20.33 x 20.36
4 Hüseyin Atıcı  Turkey 18.70 20.24 20.02 20.08 19.89 x 20.24
5 Marco Fortes  Portugal 19.47 19.29 20.24 19.38 19.84 18.54 20.24
6 Antonín Žalský  Czech Republic 19.94 x 19.63 x x x 19.94
7 Borja Vivas  Spain 19.54 19.59 19.81 19.37 19.35 19.37 19.81
8 Marco Schmidt  Germany 19.42 19.65 x x x 18.97 19.65
9 Lajos Kürthy  Hungary 19.23 19.55 x 19.55
10 Dmytro Savytskyy  Ukraine 19.30 x 19.30 19.30
11 Nedžad Mulabegović  Croatia 19.26 x 19.09 19.26
12 Kim Christensen  Denmark 18.72 19.00 18.91 19.00

References

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