2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

Victory ceremony (including the later disqualified Mikhnevich)

Gold	Reese Hoffa (USA)
Silver	Adam Nelson (USA)
Bronze	Rutger Smith (NED)

Note: In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled. [1]

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	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

Results

Group A

Place	Athlete	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Adam Nelson (USA)	X	20.81		20.81	Q
2	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	20.62			20.62	Q
3	Yury Bialou (BLR)	X	20.26		20.26	Q
4	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	X	20.25		20.25	Q
5	Dorian Scott (JAM)	19.90	20.01	19.87	20.01	q
6	Anton Lyuboslavskiy (RUS)	X	19.74	19.91	19.91
7	Yves Niaré (FRA)	19.24	19.62	19.53	19.62
8	Milan Haborák (SVK)	19.50	19.55	X	19.55
9	Mika Vasara (FIN)	19.40	18.91	19.55	19.55
10	Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR)	X	X	19.45	19.45
11	Navpreet Singh (IND)	19.00	19.34	19.35	19.35
12	Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Habashi (KSA)	X	X	19.20	19.20
13	Germán Lauro (ARG)	19.19	X	18.67	19.19
14	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	X	X	18.68	18.68
15	Noah Bryant (USA)	X	18.58	X	18.58
16	Antonin Žalský (CZE)	18.41	18.50	X	18.50
17	Ivan Emilianov (MDA)	18.15	17.70	18.47	18.47
	Peter Sack (GER)	X	X	X	NM
	Hamza Alic (BIH)	X	X	X	NM
	Dragan Peric (SRB)	DNS

Group B

Place	Athlete	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Rutger Smith (NED)	21.04			21.04	Q
2	Reese Hoffa (USA)	20.89			20.89	Q
3	Ralf Bartels (GER)	19.91	20.33		20.33	Q
4	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)	18.62	20.07	19.65	20.07	q
5	Miran Vodovnik (SLO)	19.51	19.97	19.11	19.97	q
6	Pavel Sofin (RUS)	19.43	19.92	19.68	19.92	q
7	Scott Martin (AUS)	19.71	19.81	X	19.81
8	Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)	18.78	X	19.63	19.63
9	Petr Stehlík (CZE)	19.25	X	19.51	19.51
10	Robert Häggblom (FIN)	X	19.29	X	19.29
11	Māris Urtāns (LAT)	X	X	19.17	19.17
12	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)	19.09	18.80	18.75	19.09
13	Nedzad Mulabegovic (CRO)	18.69	X	X	18.69
14	Milan Jotanović (SRB)	18.57	X	X	18.57
15	Chang Ming Huang (TPE)	18.53	18.08	18.48	18.53
16	Daniel Taylor (USA)	X	X	18.45	18.45
17	Satoshi Hatase (JPN)	17.30	17.71	17.42	17.71
18	Lajos Kürthy (HUN)	17.56	17.43	X	17.56
	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	X	X	X	NM
	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.23			20.23	Q, DQ

Final

Place	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
1	Reese Hoffa (USA)	21.81	21.64	22.04	X	21.92	21.58	22.04
2	Adam Nelson (USA)	21.47	21.61	X	X	X	X	21.61	SB
3	Rutger Smith (NED)	20.90	21.13	20.90	X	X	X	21.13
4	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	20.35	X	20.37	20.41	20.07	20.87	20.87	PB
5	Miran Vodovnik (SLO)	19.85	20.42	X	20.67	20.25	X	20.67	SB
6	Ralf Bartels (GER)	20.02	20.34	X	20.40	20.45	20.09	20.45	Q
7	Yury Bialou (BLR)	20.34	X	X	X	X	20.34	20.34
8	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)	20.22	20.23	19.94				20.23
9	Pavel Sofin (RUS)	19.62	X	X				19.62
	Dorian Scott (JAM)	X	X	X				NM
	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	X	X	X				NM
	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	19.97	21.27	20.88	20.75	20.61	X	21.27	DQ

See also

• 2007 Shot Put Year Ranking

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org

1. "Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005". IAAF. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.