Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F53–54

Men's Shot Put F53/54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	16 September
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning distance	8.72
Medalists
Mauro Maximo   Mexico   Markku Niinimaki   Finland   Che Jon Fernandes   Greece

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The men's shot put F53/54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:05 on 16 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Mauro Maximo, representing Mexico.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Cl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Pts.	Notes
	Mauro Maximo	Mexico	F53	8.20	8.50	8.72	8.35	8.29	8.18	8.72	1073	WR
	Markku Niinimaki	Finland	F54	9.08	9.74	9.92	9.69	9.63	9.58	9.92	1021	WR
	Che Jon Fernandes	Greece	F53	8.15	8.21	8.17	7.94	8.29	8.17	8.29	1020	SB
4	Ales Kisy	Czech Republic	F53	x	8.05	8.07	7.90	8.25	8.16	8.25	1015	SB
5	Andreas Gratt	Austria	F54	9.54	9.43	9.50	9.62	8.87	9.22	9.62	990	SB
6	Georg Tischler	Austria	F54	9.27	9.42	9.61	9.35	8.96	9.13	9.61	989
7	Germano Bernardi	Italy	F54	8.93	9.18	9.46	8.39	9.45	9.39	9.46	974	SB
8	Husam F A Azzam	Palestine	F53	7.50	7.49	7.89	7.30	7.42	7.41	7.89	971	SB
9	Scot Severn	United States	F53	7.76	7.74	7.40	-	-	-	7.76	955	SB
10	Daniel Nobbs	Great Britain	F54	8.66	8.20	9.13	-	-	-	9.13	940
11	Gerasimos Vryonis	Greece	F53	7.40	7.20	7.54	-	-	-	7.54	928
12	Milan Blaha	Czech Republic	F54	8.88	8.82	8.85	-	-	-	8.88	914	SB
13	Andrej Germic	Slovakia	F54	8.46	8.84	8.41	-	-	-	8.84	910	SB
14	Damianos Daktylidis	Greece	F53	7.00	7.23	7.08	-	-	-	7.23	890
15	Carlos Leon	United States	F53	6.95	6.55	6.86	-	-	-	6.95	855

WR = World Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

• "Men's Shot Put - F53/54 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.