2007 World Championships in Athletics - Men's shot put
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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 2007 World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium
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 in Osaka
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, Japan
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Medallists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
    Q automatic qualification
    q qualification by rank
    DNS did not start
    NM no mark
    WR world record
    AR area record
    NR national record
    PB personal best
    SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record
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23.12 m May 20, 1990   Westwood
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Event Record  22.23 m August 29, 1987   Rome, Italy

Final

Place Athlete Mark Notes
1 22.04  
2 21.61 SB
3 21.27 SB
4 21.13  
5 20.87 PB
6 20.67 SB
7 20.45 Q
8 20.34  
9 20.23  
10 19.62  
NM  
NM  

Group A

Place Athlete Time Notes
1 20.81 Q
2 20.62 Q
3 20.26 Q
4 20.25 Q
5 20.01 q
6 19.91  
7 19.62  
8 19.55  
9 19.55  
10 19.45  
11 19.35  
12 19.20  
13 19.19  
14 18.68  
15 18.58  
16 18.50  
17 18.47  
NM  
NM  
DNS  

Group B

Place Athlete Time Notes
1 21.04 Q
2 20.89 Q
3 20.33 Q
4 20.23 Q
5 20.07 q
6 19.97 q
7 19.92 q
8 19.81  
9 19.63  
10 19.51  
11 19.29  
12 19.17  
13 19.09  
14 18.69  
15 18.57  
16 18.53  
17 18.45  
18 17.71  
19 17.56  
NM  
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