Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	15 August 2008
Competitors	40 from 34 nations
Winning distance	21.51
Medalists
Tomasz Majewski   Poland   Christian Cantwell   United States   Dylan Armstrong   Canada

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
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 event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 20.30 m (66.6 ft) (A standard) and 19.80 m (64.96 ft) (B standard).^[2]

Andrei Mikhnevich was initially awarded the bronze medal but he was later disqualified for doping and the medal was awarded to 4th-place finisher Dylan Armstrong.^[3]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 15 August 2008	09:00 21:00	Qualifications Finals

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12 m	Westwood, USA	20 May 1990
Olympic record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.47 m	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	Tomasz Majewski	Poland	21.04			21.04	Q, PB
2	B	Adam Nelson	United States	20.56			20.56	Q
3	A	Christian Cantwell	United States	20.11	20.48		20.48	Q
4	A	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	20.43			20.43	Q
5	A	Reese Hoffa	United States	20.41			20.41	Q
6	B	Pavel Lyzhyn	Belarus	20.36	x	x	20.36	q
7	A	Pavel Sofin	Russia	20.29	x	x	20.29	q
8	B	Yuriy Bilonog	Ukraine	19.93	20.16	19.57	20.16	q
9	B	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	20.13	x	19.97	20.13	q
10	A	Yury Bialou	Belarus	x	20.12	19.87	20.12	q
11	B	Ivan Yushkov	Russia	20.02	19.83	20.00	20.02	q
12	B	Peter Sack	Germany	19.76	x	20.01	20.01
13	A	Andriy Semenov	Ukraine	18.95	19.59	20.01	20.01
14	B	Dorian Scott	Jamaica	19.54	19.94	19.71	19.94
15	B	Justin Anlezark	Australia	19.91	19.75	x	19.91
16	A	Hamza Alic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.33	19.48	19.87	19.87
17	A	Anton Lyuboslavskiy	Russia	19.14	x	19.87	19.87
18	B	Manuel Martínez	Spain	19.62	19.45	19.81	19.81
19	B	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	18.72	x	19.81	19.81
20	A	Scott Martin	Australia	19.75	x	x	19.75
21	A	Joachim Olsen	Denmark	19.62	19.69	19.74	19.74	SB
22	B	Yves Niare	France	x	x	19.73	19.73
23	A	Carlos Véliz	Cuba	19.58	19.25	19.16	19.58
24	A	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	18.78	19.57	19.34	19.57
25	B	Taavi Peetre	Estonia	x	x	19.57	19.57
26	B	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi	Saudi Arabia	x	18.67	19.51	19.51
27	B	Petr Stehlik	Czech Republic	x	19.41	x	19.41
28	B	Nedzad Mulabegovic	Croatia	19.11	19.35	18.88	19.35
29	A	Milan Haborák	Slovakia	x	19.32	x	19.32
30	B	Reinaldo Proenza	Cuba	19.15	19.06	19.20	19.20
31	A	Germán Lauro	Argentina	19.07	x	18.96	19.07
32	A	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia	18.32	x	19.01	19.01
33	A	Lajos Kürthy	Hungary	18.38	x	18.74	18.74
34	B	Ivan Emilianov	Moldova	18.64	18.27	x	18.64
35	A	Mihail Stamatoyiannis	Greece	x	18.45	18.30	18.45
36	B	Yasser Farag	Egypt	18.37	x	18.42	18.42
37	B	Marco Fortes	Portugal	x	x	18.05	18.05
38	A	Marco Antonio Verni	Chile	x	17.96	x	17.96
39	B	Chang Ming-Huang	Chinese Taipei	16.13	16.98	17.43	17.43
	A	Robert Häggblom	Finland	x	x	x	NM
	A	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria	x	x	x	NM
	B	Alexis Paumier	Cuba	x	x	x	NM
	B	Amin Nikfar	Iran	x	x	x	NM
	B	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus	20.38	20.48		20.48	DSQ
	A	Ralf Bartels	Germany				DNS

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Tomasz Majewski	Poland	20.80	20.47	21.21	21.51	x	20.44	21.51	PB
	Christian Cantwell	United States	20.39	20.98	20.88	20.86	20.69	21.09	21.09
	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	20.62	21.04	x	x	20.47	x	21.04	NR
4	Pavel Lyzhyn	Belarus	20.33	20.15	20.98	20.98	20.40	x	20.98	PB
5	Yuriy Bilonog	Ukraine	20.63	x	20.53	20.46	20.31	x	20.63	SB
6	Reese Hoffa	United States	x	19.81	20.53	20.38	x	x	20.53
7	Pavel Sofin	Russia	20.42	x	x	x	x	x	20.42
8	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	20.41	x	20.30				20.41
9	Yury Bialou	Belarus	20.06	x	x				20.06
10	Ivan Yushkov	Russia	19.67	19.55	x				19.67
	Adam Nelson	United States	x	x	x				NM
	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus	20.73	21.05	x	20.78	20.57	20.93	21.05	DSQ (doping)

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. http://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2014/08/20/canadas_dylan_armstrong_finally_gets_2008_beijing_olympics_bronze_medal_after_doping_dq.html