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

Men's shot put at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	22 September 2000 (qualification and finals)
Competitors	37 from 27 nations
Winning distance	21.29
Medalists
Arsi Harju  Finland Adam Nelson  United States John Godina  United States

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

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. The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Arsi Harju  Finland
Silver	Adam Nelson  United States
Bronze	John Godina  United States

Schedule

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

Records

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

Abbreviations

Qualifying

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.

Group A

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	2	John Godina	United States	20.58	Q
2	4	Adam Nelson	United States	20.12	Q
3	5	Timo Aaltonen	Finland	20.04	q
4	7	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus	19.97	q
5	8	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	19.96	q
6	9	Manuel Martinez	Spain	19.94	q
7	13	Bradley Snyder	Canada	19.77
8	14	Burger Lambrechts	South Africa	19.75
9	16	Dragan Peric	Yugoslavia	19.49
10	20	Roman Virastyuk	Ukraine	19.27
11	21	Chima Ugwu	Nigeria	19.11
12	22	Karel Potgieter	South Africa	19.02
13	23	Mikulas Konopka	Slovakia	18.99
14	24	Stevimir Ercegovac	Croatia	18.98
15	28	Saulius Kleiza	Lithuania	18.59
16	30	Gheorghe Guset	Romania	18.56
17	32	Shakti Singh	India	18.40
18	33	Alexis Paumier	Cuba	18.31
19	35	Vaios Tigkas	Greece	18.13

Group B

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	1	Arsi Harju	Finland	21.39	Q	PB
2	3	Yuriy Bilonog	Ukraine	20.53	Q
3	6	Milan Haborak	Slovakia	20.00	q
4	10	Miroslav Menc	Czech Republic	19.92	q
5	11	Andrew Bloom	United States	19.83	q
6	12	Janus Robberts	South Africa	19.79	q
7	15	Ville Tiisanoja	Finland	19.66
8	17	Joachim Olsen	Denmark	19.41
9	18	Pavel Chumachenko	Russia	19.40
10	19	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	19.39
11	25	Szilárd Kiss	Hungary	18.95
12	26	Michael Mertens	Germany	18.72
13	27	Bahadur Singh	India	18.70
14	29	Justin Anlezark	Australia	18.59
15	31	Mark Proctor	Great Britain	18.49
16	34	Bilal Saad Mubarak	Qatar	18.30
17	36	Ivan Emilianov	Moldova	17.63
18	37	Sergey Rubtsov	Kazakhstan	15.90

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Group	Distance	Qualified	Note
1	Arsi Harju (FIN)	B	21.39 m	Q	PB
2	John Godina (USA)	A	20.58 m	Q
3	Yuriy Bilonog (UKR)	B	20.53 m	Q
4	Adam Nelson (USA)	A	20.12 m	Q
5	Timo Aaltonen (FIN)	A	20.04 m	q
6	Milan Haborak (SVK)	B	20.00 m	q
7	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	A	19.97 m	q
8	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	A	19.96 m	q
9	Manuel Martinez (ESP)	A	19.94 m	q
10	Miroslav Menc (CZE)	B	19.92 m	q
11	Andrew Bloom (USA)	B	19.83 m	q
12	Janus Robberts (RSA)	B	19.79 m	q
13	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	A	19.77 m
14	Burger Lambrechts (RSA)	A	19.75 m
15	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	B	19.66 m
16	Dragan Peric (YUG)	A	19.49 m
17	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	B	19.41 m
18	Pavel Chumachenko (RUS)	B	19.40 m
19	Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)	B	19.39 m
20	Roman Virastyuk (UKR)	A	19.27 m
21	Chima Ugwu (NGR)	A	19.11 m
22	Karel Potgieter (RSA)	A	19.02 m
23	Mikulas Konopka (SVK)	A	18.99 m
24	Stevimir Ercegovac (CRO)	A	18.98 m
25	Szilard Kiss (HUN)	B	18.95 m
26	Michael Mertens (GER)	B	18.72 m
27	Bahadur Singh (IND)	B	18.70 m
28	Saulius Kleiza (LTU)	A	18.59 m
29	Justin Anlezark (AUS)	B	18.59 m
30	Gheorghe Guset (ROM)	A	18.56 m
31	Mark Proctor (GBR)	B	18.49 m
32	Shakti Singh (IND)	A	18.40 m
33	Alexis Paumier (CUB)	A	18.31 m
34	Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT)	B	18.30 m
35	Vaios Tigkas (GRE)	A	18.13 m
36	Ivan Emilianov (MDA)	B	17.63 m
37	Sergey Rubtsov (KAZ)	B	15.90 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Arsi Harju (FIN)	21.20	21.29	20.77	X	20.37	X	21.29 m
	Adam Nelson (USA)	20.53	21.20	21.21	X	20.97	X	21.21 m
	John Godina (USA)	X	20.40	20.25	20.71	21.20	X	21.20 m
4	Andrew Bloom (USA)	20.87	X	20.11	X	19.92	20.16	20.87 m
5	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	20.57	20.84	X	20.43	20.22	X	20.84 m
6	Manuel Martinez (ESP)	19.89	19.45	X	19.50	20.55	19.70	20.55 m	NR
7	Janus Robberts (RSA)	18.81	19.72	X	18.87	19.06	20.32	20.32 m
8	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	19.89	20.18	X	19.64	X	X	20.18 m
9	Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR)	19.48	X	X				19.48 m
10	Miroslav Menc (CZE)	19.02	19.16	19.39				19.39 m
11	Milan Haborák (SVK)	X	X	19.06				19.06 m
12	Timo Aaltonen (FIN)	X	18.64	X				18.64 m

References

External links

• todor66
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics