Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September. The shot put has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Thirty-seven athletes from 27 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances were scrapped and they started afresh with up to six throws.[2] The event was won by Arsi Harju of Finland, the nation's first victory in the men's shot put since 1920 (and second overall) and first medal in the event since 1936. Americans Adam Nelson and John Godina took silver and bronze, respectively, with Godina becoming the 12th man to earn multiple shot put medals (adding to his 1996 silver).

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueANZ Stadium
Date22 September 2000 (qualification and finals)
Competitors37 from 27 nations
Winning distance21.29
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsi Harju
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam Nelson
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Godina
 United States
← 1996
2004 →

Background

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This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1996 Games were silver medalist John Godina of the United States, fourth-place finisher Paolo Dal Soglio of Italy, fifth-place finisher Oliver-Sven Buder of Germany, sixth-place finisher Roman Virastyuk of Ukraine, eighth-place finisher (and 1992 finalist) Dragan Perić of Yugoslavia, and tenth-place finisher Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar. Godina, the 1995 and 1997 world champion, had finished fourth in the U.S. trials and was able to compete only as a replacement for C.J. Hunter (reigning world champion and 1996 Olympic seventh-place finisher), who was disqualified before competing.[1]

Croatia, Cuba, Moldova, and Slovakia each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 19.70 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 19.30 metres or further could be entered.[3]

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 20.10 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[1][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World record   Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Los Angeles, United States 22 May 1988
Olympic record   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance
  Spain Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Final 20.55

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 22 September 2000 10:00
18:45
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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The qualifying round was held on Friday, 22 September 2000. The qualifying distance was 20.10 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Arsi Harju   Finland B 19.40 21.39 21.39 Q, PB
2 John Godina   United States A 20.58 20.58 Q
3 Yuriy Bilonog   Ukraine B 20.53 20.53 Q
4 Adam Nelson   United States A 20.12 20.12 Q
5 Timo Aaltonen   Finland A 20.04 X 19.82 20.04 q
6 Milan Haborak   Slovakia B 20.00 X X 20.00 q
7 Andrei Mikhnevich   Belarus A X X 19.97 19.97 q
8 Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany A 19.96 X 19.80 19.96 q
9 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez   Spain A 19.94 18.95 19.86 19.94 q
10 Miroslav Menc   Czech Republic B 19.68 19.18 19.92 19.92 q
11 Andrew Bloom   United States B X 19.65 19.83 19.83 q
12 Janus Robberts   South Africa B 19.75 19.16 19.79 19.79 q
13 Bradley Snyder   Canada A 19.77 X 19.59 19.77
14 Burger Lambrechts   South Africa A X 19.74 19.75 19.75
15 Ville Tiisanoja   Finland B 19.04 19.44 19.66 19.66
16 Dragan Peric   FR Yugoslavia A 19.04 19.46 19.49 19.49
17 Joachim Olsen   Denmark B 19.32 X 19.41 19.41
18 Pavel Chumachenko   Russia B 18.99 19.40 X 19.40
19 Paolo Dal Soglio   Italy B 19.39 X X 19.39
20 Roman Virastyuk   Ukraine A 18.91 19.04 19.27 19.27
21 Chima Ugwu   Nigeria A 19.07 19.11 X 19.11
22 Karel Potgieter   South Africa A 19.02 X 19.00 19.02
23 Mikulas Konopka   Slovakia A 18.59 X 18.99 18.99
24 Stevimir Ercegovac   Croatia A 18.74 18.98 X 18.98
25 Szilard Kiss   Hungary B 18.60 18.61 18.95 18.95
26 Michael Mertens   Germany B 18.64 18.48 18.72 18.72
27 Bahadur Singh Sagoo   India B 18.70 X X 18.70
28 Saulius Kleiza   Lithuania A 18.57 X 18.59 18.59
29 Justin Anlezark   Australia B 18.59 18.11 18.46 18.59
30 Gheorghe Guset   Romania A 18.46 X 18.56 18.56
31 Mark Proctor   Great Britain B X 18.49 X 18.49
32 Shakti Singh   India A 18.40 17.96 18.13 18.40
33 Alexis Paumier   Cuba A 18.31 X 18.04 18.31
34 Bilal Saad Mubarak   Qatar B 18.30 X X 18.30
35 Vaios Tigkas   Greece A 17.52 18.13 17.84 18.13
36 Ivan Emilianov   Moldova B X 17.38 17.63 17.63
37 Sergey Rubtsov   Kazakhstan B 15.49 15.90 X 15.90

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Arsi Harju   Finland 21.20 21.29 20.77 X 20.37 X 21.29
  Adam Nelson   United States 20.53 21.20 21.21 X 20.97 X 21.21
  John Godina   United States X 20.40 20.25 20.71 21.20 X 21.20
4 Andrew Bloom   United States 20.87 X 20.11 X 19.92 20.16 20.87
5 Yuriy Bilonoh   Ukraine 20.57 20.84 X 20.43 20.22 X 20.84
6 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez   Spain 19.89 19.45 X 19.50 20.55 19.70 20.55 NR
7 Janus Robberts   South Africa 18.81 19.72 X 18.87 19.06 20.32 20.32
8 Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany 19.89 20.18 X 19.64 X X 20.18
9 Andrey Mikhnevich   Belarus 19.48 X X Did not advance 19.48
10 Miroslav Menc   Czech Republic 19.02 19.16 19.39 Did not advance 19.39
11 Milan Haborák   Slovakia X X 19.06 Did not advance 19.06
12 Timo Aaltonen   Finland X 18.64 X Did not advance 18.64

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.
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