The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres.
Doping
Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin during the championships and his results were subsequently disqualified.[1][2][3]
Medalists
Gold | John Godina United States (USA) |
Silver | Adam Nelson United States (USA) |
Bronze | Arsi Harju Finland (FIN) |
Schedule
- All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Qualification Round |
Group A | Group B |
04.08.2001 – 08:30h | 04.08.2001 – 08:30h |
Final Round |
04.08.2001 – 16:00h |
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 |
DQ | disqualified |
Records
Qualification
Group A
Group B
Final
Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
![1st place, gold medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png) | John Godina (USA) | 21.87 | 21.80 | X | X | X | X | 21.87 m | |
![2nd place, silver medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png) | Adam Nelson (USA) | 19.92 | 20.86 | 20.19 | 21.24 | X | X | 21.24 m | |
![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 20.28 | 20.01 | 20.59 | 20.93 | 20.10 | 20.79 | 20.93 m | SB |
4 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.78 | X | X | 20.91 | X | X | 20.91 m | |
5 | Dragan Perić (YUG) | 20.91 | X | 20.67 | X | X | X | 20.91 m | SB |
6 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.56 | 20.74 | X | 20.83 | 20.83 | X | 20.83 m | |
7 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) | 20.07 | X | 20.78 | X | 19.96 | X | 20.78 m | PB |
8 | Bradley Snyder (CAN) | 20.63 | X | X | X | X | 20.34 | 20.63 m | |
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9 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) | 20.37 | 19.95 | 20.45 | | 20.45 m | |
10 | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 18.94 | 20.38 | 20.24 | | 20.38 m | |
11 | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 20.12 | X | 20.18 | | 20.18 m | |
DQ (10) | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) | 20.41 | X | 20.42 | | 20.42 m | Doping |
See also
References
- ^ "IAAF News 2002, Issue 53, 55-59". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ Amy Shipley: Mikhnevich's Win Is a Shot For Americans, The Washington Post, 24 August 2003
- ^ IAAF: IAAF World Championships in Athletics > 8th IAAF World Championships > Shot Put - men, iaaf.org