2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12 m	May 20, 1990	Westwood, United States
Event Record	Werner Günthör (SUI)	22.23 m	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.97 m	June 2, 2001	Eugene, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	John Godina (USA)	18.28	20.06	20.52	20.52 m
2	4	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	20.08	20.44	20.50	20.50 m
3	5	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	20.47	—	—	20.47 m
4	11	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	20.07	20.14	—	20.14 m
5	15	Petr Stehlík (CZE)	19.68	X	X	19.68 m
6	18	Pavel Chumachenko (RUS)	X	19.35	19.27	19.35 m
7	19	Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR)	19.27	X	X	19.27 m
8	20	John Davis (USA)	X	19.11	X	19.11 m
9	21	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	18.62	18.89	—	18.89 m
10	21	Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)	18.60	X	18.89	18.89 m
11	24	Jimmy Nordin (SWE)	18.85	18.65	X	18.85 m
12	24	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	18.85	X	18.03	18.85 m
13	26	Yves Niaré (FRA)	X	X	18.71	18.71 m
14	28	Ivan Emelianov (MDA)	X	17.87	18.06	18.06 m
15	30	Mark Proctor (GBR)	16.98	X	17.75	17.75 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Janus Robberts (RSA)	21.26	—	—	21.26 m
2	2	Conny Karlsson (FIN)	20.72	—	—	20.72 m	PB
3	6	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	20.46	—	—	20.46 m
4	7	Dragan Perić (YUG)	20.43	—	—	20.43 m	SB
5	8	Arsi Harju (FIN)	19.70	X	20.39	20.39 m
6	9	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	20.32	20.26	—	20.32 m
7	10	Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.11	20.05	20.31	20.31 m	SB
8	12	Adam Nelson (USA)	20.13	X	X	20.13 m
9	13	Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)	19.71	19.80	19.72	19.80 m
10	14	Gheorghe Guşet (ROM)	X	19.74	X	19.74 m
11	16	Milan Haborák (SVK)	19.35	19.52	19.46	19.52 m
12	17	Ralf Bartels (GER)	19.41	19.24	X	19.41 m
13	21	Gjøran Sørli (NOR)	18.89	X	X	18.89 m
14	27	Justin Anlezark (AUS)	18.70	18.33	18.14	18.70 m	SB
15	29	Yojer Medina (VEN)	X	17.75	17.76	17.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	John Godina (USA)	21.87	21.80	X	X	X	X	21.87 m
	Adam Nelson (USA)	19.92	20.86	20.19	21.24	X	X	21.24 m
	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
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

• 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 2002 European Championships

References

• Results
• IAAF