These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece. The original winner, Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach born November 21, 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter.During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal...

, was later disqualified for doping.

Medalists

Gold	John Godina John Godina John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Silver	Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...  (GER)
Bronze	C.J. Hunter United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	A	John Godina John Godina John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...		21.10			21.10	Q
	B	Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal...		20.53			20.53	Q
	B	Yuriy Belonog		19.75	20.31		20.31	Q
	B	Roman Virastyuk Roman Virastyuk Roman Virastyuk is a Ukrainian shot putter, best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships and the sixth place at the 1996 Olympic Games...		20.13			20.13	Q
	A	Mika Halvari Mika Halvari Mika Kristian Halvari is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame....		20.10			20.10	Q
	B	C.J. Hunter		19.48	19.68	20.05	20.05	Q
	B	Kevin Toth Kevin Toth Kevin Toth is a former American shot put athlete.His personal best throw is 22.67 meters, which places him 7th on the all-time performers list.-References:* *...				19.99	19.99	Q
	B	Paolo Dal Soglio Paolo Dal Soglio Paolo Dal Soglio is an Italian shot putter, best known for his gold medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and the fourth place at the 1996 Olympic Games. His personal best was 21.23 metres, achieved in September 1996 in Grosseto.-Achievements:-References:...		18.83	19.93		19.93	Q
	A	Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts is a South African shot putter.He attended Laerskool Nelspruit, where he was head-boy in 1986 and Hoërskool Waterkloof, where he was vice head-boy in 1991....			19.36	19.91	19.91	Q, PB
10	A	Michael Mertens Michael Mertens Michael Mertens is a retired German shot putter.He represented the sports clubs VfL Wolfsburg and LG Göttingen, and won silver medals at the German championships in 1997 and 2000....		19.88			19.88	Q
11	B	Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza is a retired shot putter and discus thrower from Lithuania, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His personal best in the shot put event is 20.91 metres, thrown on 13 May 1987 in Leselidze.-Achievements:-References:**...	Lithuania	19.71		18.99	19.71
12	B	Manuel Martínez		19.61	19.23		19.61
13	A	Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is a former American shot putter who holds both the current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics....		19.23	19.51		19.51
14	A	Arsi Harju Arsi Harju Arsi Ilari Harju is a Finnish shot putter with the team Perhon kiri. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a distance of 21.29 metres. His personal best is 21.39, which he put in the qualifiers for the same Olympics. Due to his success in the Olympics and elsewhere that year,...				19.43	19.43
15	A	Corrado Fantini Corrado Fantini Corrado Fantini is an Italian shot putter. His personal best was 20.78 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...		19.30	18.74		19.43
16	A	Miroslav Menc Miroslav Menc Miroslav Menc is a Czech shot putter, whose personal best put is 20.64 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Ostrava.He has an indoor personal best of 20.68 metres...		19.07	19.23		19.23
17	B	Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak is a Qatari shot putter. His best finishes include eleventh place at the 1995 World Championships and tenth place at the 1996 Olympic Games...		18.09	18.90	19.08	19.08
18	B	Dragan Perić Dragan Peric Dragan Perić is a retired Serbian shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in both events...		18.86	19.05	18.93	19.05
19	B	Stevimir Ercegovac Stevimir Ercegovac Stevimir Ercegovac is a former Croatian shot putter, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...		19.00			19.00
20	A	Bradley Snyder		17.76	18.52	18.94	18.94
21	B	Yoger Medina	Venezuela	18.36	18.31	18.92	18.92
22	A	Viktor Bulat		17.97	18.61		18.61
23	B	Dmitriy Goncharuk		18.33	18.60		18.60
24	A	Kjell Ove Hauge Kjell Ove Hauge Kjell Ove Hauge is a retired Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented Gloppen Athletics club.- Athletic career :...		18.12		18.37	18.37
25	A	Sergey Rubtsov		18.16			18.16
26	B	Shaun Pickering	United Kingdom	18.10	17.84	17.42	18.10
27	B	Vyacheslav Lykho Vyacheslav Lykho Vyacheslav Lykho is a retired shot putter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in Split due to a doping...		17.77	17.67	18.04	18.04
28	A	Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals....		17.25	17.84	18.00	18.00
29	A	Mark Proctor	United Kingdom	17.99			17.99
30	A	Milan Haborák Milan Haborák Milan Haborák is a Slovak shot putter.Haborák's personal best throw is 20.87 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Turnov. He first broke the 20-metre barrier in 2000. Haborák received a two-year ban in 2004 for using hormones...		17.85			17.85
31	A	Alexios Leonidis		17.77			17.77
32	B	Faaea Talalemotu		13.96	13.11	12.92	13.96

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Oleksandr Bagach

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	John Godina John Godina John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...		21.24	21.39	21.44	21.19	21.20		21.44
	Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal...		20.79	20.18	20.41	21.05		21.24	21.24
	C.J. Hunter		20.22	20.30				20.33	20.33
	Yuriy Belonog			20.22		20.26			20.26
	Mika Halvari Mika Halvari Mika Kristian Halvari is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame....			20.13					20.13
	Roman Virastyuk Roman Virastyuk Roman Virastyuk is a Ukrainian shot putter, best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships and the sixth place at the 1996 Olympic Games...		20.00	20.01	20.12				20.12
	Kevin Toth Kevin Toth Kevin Toth is a former American shot put athlete.His personal best throw is 22.67 meters, which places him 7th on the all-time performers list.-References:* *...		19.50	20.02					20.02
	Michael Mertens Michael Mertens Michael Mertens is a retired German shot putter.He represented the sports clubs VfL Wolfsburg and LG Göttingen, and won silver medals at the German championships in 1997 and 2000....		19.82	19.91	19.86				19.91
	Paolo Dal Soglio Paolo Dal Soglio Paolo Dal Soglio is an Italian shot putter, best known for his gold medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and the fourth place at the 1996 Olympic Games. His personal best was 21.23 metres, achieved in September 1996 in Grosseto.-Achievements:-References:...		19.77						19.77
10	Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts is a South African shot putter.He attended Laerskool Nelspruit, where he was head-boy in 1986 and Hoërskool Waterkloof, where he was vice head-boy in 1991....			19.39					19.39
11	Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza is a retired shot putter and discus thrower from Lithuania, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His personal best in the shot put event is 20.91 metres, thrown on 13 May 1987 in Leselidze.-Achievements:-References:**...		18.25						18.25

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Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach born November 21, 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter.During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal...

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