2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 18
Competitors	19 from 15 nations
Winning distance	21.78
Medalists
Tomas Walsh    New Zealand   Andrei Gag    Romania   Filip Mihaljevic    Croatia

2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m	men	women

The men's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.^[1][2]

While Andrei Gag and Filip Mihaljevic were the leaders after the first round, in the second round Tomas Walsh took the lead. Any one of his remaining five throws would have won the competition. He saved the best for last 21.78 on his final attempt. Gag's first attempt 20.89 was barely able to withstand Mihaljevic's personal best 20.87.

Results

The final was started at 18.45.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	20.38	21.60	21.40	21.64	21.49	21.78	21.78	WL
	Andrei Gag	Romania	20.89	20.08	x	x	20.23	x	20.89	SB
	Filip Mihaljević	Croatia	20.64	20.06	20.42	20.49	20.87	x	20.87	PB
4	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	x	20.53	x	20.43	x	20.42	20.53
5	Jonathan Jones	United States	18.88	20.01	x	20.31	x		20.31
6	Germán Lauro	Argentina	19.92	19.85	20.21	x	20.24		20.24
7	Tim Nedow	Canada	19.52	20.23	19.95	20.03	19.60		20.23
8	Tobias Dahm	Germany	19.40	20.22	x	19.42	19.06		20.22
9	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	19.49	x	19.93				19.93
10	Carlos Tobalina	Spain	19.41	19.86	x				19.86
11	Borja Vivas	Spain	19.63	19.85	19.75				19.85
12	Stephen Mozia	Nigeria	19.84	x	x				19.84
13	Mostafa Amr Hassan	Egypt	19.81	x	19.39				19.81
14	Michał Haratyk	Poland	18.90	19.48	19.35				19.48
15	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	18.63	19.48	x				19.48	SB
16	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic	x	19.46	x				19.46
17	Franck Elemba	Republic of the Congo	x	19.24	19.34				19.34
18	Darlan Romani	Brazil	18.50	x	x				18.50	NR
19	Kurt Roberts	United States	x	x	17.94				17.94

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