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Shot Put, Men

Date3 – 5 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationJapan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants31 from 22 countries

There was no bigger favorite in athletics at Tokyo than American Ryan Crouser in the shot put, who was also the defending gold medalist. Crouser had not won the 2019 World Championship, losing by a centimetre to his teammate Joe Kovacs, but he had since re-written the all-time performance list. He had broken the world record with 23.37 at the US Olympic Trials and had multiple throws over 75 feet (22.86). The three medallists were back with Kovacs and New Zealander Tom Walsh still expected to challenge for medals.

In round one of the final Crouser took the lead with an Olympic record 22.83, the #13 performance of all-time. He extended that lead in round two with 22.93, the #4 performance ever. He continued his amazing series, bettering the pre-Tokyo Olympic record with all six throws, and finally, in round six, tossing 23.30, a mark bettered only by his own world record. His average throw in the finals was 22.87, a mark surpassed by only four other throwers.

Behind Crouser, Kovacs and Walsh contested the other medals, as the other competitors were basically a sideshow. Kovacs threw 22.19 in round one to stand second, while in round four he would improve to 22.65, with Walsh in third at 22.17. Walsh improved in round five with 22.18, but still stood third. In the final round Walsh threw 22.47 to solidify bronze while Kovacs threw 22.60, not enough to improve but a significant throw, and he would win silver.

In the end the podium was as expected – Crouser gold, Kovacs silver, Walsh bronze – which was the exact same podium as at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. After 125 years of modern Olympic Games, that marked the first time in Olympic history that an individual podium in any sport or event had been exactly the same at two consecutive Olympic Games.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
13915Ryan CrouserUSA22.05 (1)23.30 (1)Gold
23946Joe KovacsUSA20.93 (11)22.65 (2)Silver
33106Tom WalshNZL21.49 (2)22.47 (3)Bronze
41328Darlan RomaniBRA21.31 (4)21.88 (4)
52444Zane WeirITA21.25 (5)21.41 (5)
63397Kyle BlignautRSA20.97 (8)21.00 (6)
73483Armin SinančevićSRB20.96 (10)20.89 (7)
81718Mostafa Amr HassanEGY21.23 (6)20.73 (8)
93101Jacko GillNZL20.96 (9)20.71 (9)
103961Payton OtterdahlUSA20.90 (12)20.32 (10)
111224Mesud PezerBIH21.33 (3)20.08 (11)
123057Chukwuebuka EnekwechiNGR21.16 (7)19.74 (12)
13 r1/23195Michał HaratykPOL20.86 (13)
14 r1/22421Leonardo FabbriITA20.80 (14)
15 r1/21571Filip MihaljevićCRO20.67 (15)
16 r1/23234Francisco BeloPOR20.58 (16)
17 r1/21639Tomáš StaněkCZE20.47 (17)
18 r1/22055Scott LincolnGBR20.42 (18)
19 r1/23440Jason van RooyenRSA20.29 (19)
20 r1/22434Nick PonzioITA20.28 (20)
21 r1/22877Bob BertemesLUX20.16 (21)
22 r1/21355Abdelrahman MahmoudBRN20.14 (22)
23 r1/23187Konrad BukowieckiPOL20.01 (23)
24 r1/22306Tajinderpal Singh ToorIND19.99 (24)
25 r1/21717Mohamed Magdi HamzaEGY19.82 (25)
26 r1/23368Andrei ToaderROU19.81 (26)
27 r1/22085Giorgi MujaridzeGEO19.76 (27)
28 r1/23567Wictor PeterssonSWE19.73 (28)
29 r1/23482Asmir KolašinacSRB19.68 (29)
30 r1/23787Ihor MusiyenkoUKR19.56 (30)
31 r1/21436Tim NedowCAN19.42 (31)

Qualifying Round

Date3 August 2021 — 19:14
FormatTop 12 and ties and all those reaching 20.65 metres advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark Distance
13915Ryan CrouserUSA22.05Q
23106Tom WalshNZL21.49Q
31224Mesud PezerBIH21.33Q
41328Darlan RomaniBRA21.31Q
52444Zane WeirITA21.25Q
61718Mostafa Amr HassanEGY21.23Q
73057Chukwuebuka EnekwechiNGR21.16q
83397Kyle BlignautRSA20.97q
93101Jacko GillNZL20.9620.65q
103483Armin SinančevićSRB20.9620.50q
113946Joe KovacsUSA20.93q
123961Payton OtterdahlUSA20.90q
133195Michał HaratykPOL20.86
142421Leonardo FabbriITA20.80
151571Filip MihaljevićCRO20.67
163234Francisco BeloPOR20.58
171639Tomáš StaněkCZE20.47
182055Scott LincolnGBR20.42
193440Jason van RooyenRSA20.29
202434Nick PonzioITA20.28
212877Bob BertemesLUX20.16
221355Abdelrahman MahmoudBRN20.14
233187Konrad BukowieckiPOL20.01
242306Tajinderpal Singh ToorIND19.99
251717Mohamed Magdi HamzaEGY19.82
263368Andrei ToaderROU19.81
272085Giorgi MujaridzeGEO19.76
283567Wictor PeterssonSWE19.73
293482Asmir KolašinacSRB19.68
303787Ihor MusiyenkoUKR19.56
311436Tim NedowCAN19.42

Group A

Date3 August 2021 — 19:14
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
115Tom WalshNZL21.49x (NP)20.38 (7)21.49 (1)Q
28Darlan RomaniBRA21.3121.00 (1)21.31 (1)p (DNS)Q
310Mostafa Amr HassanEGY21.23x (NP)20.65 (4)21.23 (2)Q
47Armin SinančevićSRB20.9620.50 (3)20.96 (2)x (NP)q
512Joe KovacsUSA20.9320.81 (2)20.93 (3)20.81 (4)q
69Payton OtterdahlUSA20.9019.56 (8)20.28 (=8)20.90 (3)q
75Francisco BeloPOR20.58x (NP)20.58 (5)20.24 (6)
813Tomáš StaněkCZE20.4720.23 (4)20.47 (6)19.78 (8)
94Jason van RooyenRSA20.2918.92 (10)20.06 (11)20.29 (5)
1011Nick PonzioITA20.28x (NP)20.28 (=8)x (NP)
113Abdelrahman MahmoudBRN20.1418.95 (9)20.14 (10)19.93 (7)
1214Konrad BukowieckiPOL20.0120.01 (5)x (NP)19.44 (10)
131Tajinderpal Singh ToorIND19.9919.99 (6)x (NP)x (NP)
1416Andrei ToaderROU19.8119.81 (7)x (NP)19.41 (12)
152Giorgi MujaridzeGEO19.7618.71 (11)19.76 (12)19.55 (9)
166Tim NedowCAN19.42x (NP)19.27 (13)19.42 (11)

Group B

Date3 August 2021 — 20:40
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
114Ryan CrouserUSA22.0522.05 (1)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
212Mesud PezerBIH21.3320.41 (7)21.33 (1)p (DNS)Q
315Zane WeirITA21.2520.84 (2)21.25 (2)p (DNS)Q
41Chukwuebuka EnekwechiNGR21.1620.53 (5)21.16 (3)20.95 (2)q
53Kyle BlignautRSA20.9720.30 (8)20.97 (4)20.56 (5)q
66Jacko GillNZL20.9620.65 (3)20.52 (7)20.96 (1)q
710Michał HaratykPOL20.8620.58 (4)20.86 (5)20.72 (3)
88Leonardo FabbriITA20.8019.42 (11)20.80 (6)x (NP)
913Filip MihaljevićCRO20.67x (NP)20.09 (8)20.67 (4)
102Scott LincolnGBR20.4220.42 (6)19.60 (10)x (NP)
117Bob BertemesLUX20.1620.14 (9)x (NP)20.16 (6)
1211Mohamed Magdi HamzaEGY19.8219.33 (12)x (NP)19.82 (7)
135Wictor PeterssonSWE19.7319.64 (10)x (NP)19.73 (8)
144Asmir KolašinacSRB19.68x (NP)19.68 (9)x (NP)
159Ihor MusiyenkoUKR19.5619.07 (13)19.42 (11)19.56 (9)

Final Round

Date5 August 2021 — 11:06
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark DistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3Round #4Round #5Round #6
17-8-8Ryan CrouserUSA23.3022.83 (1)22.93 (1)22.86 (1)22.74 (1)22.54 (1)23.30 (1)OR
211-7-7Joe KovacsUSA22.6522.19 (2)20.95 (4)21.95 (2)22.65 (2)22.29 (2)22.60 (2)
34-6-6Tom WalshNZL22.4721.09 (4)22.17 (2)x (NP)21.37 (4)22.18 (3)22.47 (3)
410-5-5Darlan RomaniBRA21.8821.88 (3)21.22 (3)20.96 (4)x (NP)x (NP)20.70 (5)
53-2-4Zane WeirITA21.4120.85 (6)20.25 (7)20.68 (6)21.40 (3)21.41 (4)x (NP)
69-4-3Kyle BlignautRSA21.0020.29 (9)x (NP)21.00 (3)20.96 (5)20.46 (6)x (NP)
78-3-2Armin SinančevićSRB20.8920.89 (5)x (NP)x (NP)20.44 (6)x (NP)x (NP)
86-1-1Mostafa Amr HassanEGY20.7320.51 (7)20.73 (5)x (NP)x (NP)20.63 (5)20.73 (4)
912Jacko GillNZL20.71x (NP)20.71 (6)20.71 (5)
105Payton OtterdahlUSA20.3220.32 (8)x (NP)x (NP)
111Mesud PezerBIH20.08x (NP)x (NP)20.08 (7)
122Chukwuebuka EnekwechiNGR19.74x (NP)18.87 (8)19.74 (8)