2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold Tomasz Majewski
Poland (POL)
Silver Ralf Bartels
Germany (GER)
Bronze Māris Urtāns
Latvia (LAT)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
European record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Championship record  Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.22 Stuttgart, West Germany 28 August 1986
World Leading  Christian Cantwell (USA) 22.41 Eugene, United States 3 July 2010
European Leading  Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) 22.09 Minsk, Belarus 14 July 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 July 2010 11:30 Qualification
31 July 2010 18:30 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
DQ B Pavel Lyzhyn  Belarus x 19.43 20.42 20.42 Q, Doping
1 A Ralf Bartels  Germany 20.37 20.37 Q
2 A Tomasz Majewski  Poland 20.36 20.36 Q
DQ A Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus 20.35 20.35 Q, Doping
3 B David Storl  Germany 19.74 x 20.24 20.24 Q
4 B Māris Urtāns  Latvia 18.55 19.17 20.19 20.19 Q
5 A Nedžad Mulabegović  Croatia 20.01 20.01 Q
6 A Antonín Žalský  Czech Republic 19.93 19.78 19.74 19.93 q
7 B Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia x 19.75 19.83 19.83 q
8 A Carl Myerscough  Great Britain & N.I. 19.34 x 19.81 19.81 q
9 B Jakub Giża  Poland 19.44 18.90 19.69 19.69 q
10 B Borja Vivas  Spain 19.14 19.21 19.51 19.51 q
11 B Marco Fortes  Portugal 19.24 19.48 18.70 19.48
12 A Taavi Peetre  Estonia 19.42 x x 19.42
13 A Andriy Semenov  Ukraine 19.31 x x 19.31
14 A Lajos Kürthy  Hungary x 19.15 x 19.15
15 A Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden 18.93 x x 18.93
16 A Milan Jotanović  Serbia 18.81 18.38 18.42 18.81
DQ B Remigius Machura  Czech Republic 18.71 18.55 x 18.71 Doping
17 B Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis  Greece 18.15 18.28 18.58 18.58
18 A Miran Vodovnik  Slovenia x 18.42 x 18.42
19 B Georgi Ivanov  Bulgaria 18.18 18.28 x 18.28
20 B Georgios Arestis  Cyprus x 18.23 17.76 18.23
21 B Kim Christensen  Denmark 17.36 18.20 x 18.20
22 A Manuel Martínez  Spain 18.08 x 17.73 18.08
B Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson  Iceland x x x NM
B Yves Niaré  France x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
DQ Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus 20.49 21.01 20.87 20.77 20.58 20.94 21.01 Doping
Tomasz Majewski  Poland 20.66 20.83 20.78 21.00 20.96 20.59 21.00
Ralf Bartels  Germany 20.23 20.22 20.40 20.22 20.65 20.93 20.93
Māris Urtāns  Latvia 19.81 20.12 x 20.56 20.72 20.64 20.72
4 David Storl  Germany 20.24 20.24 x 20.28 x 20.57 20.57
5 Nedžad Mulabegović  Croatia 20.56 x 20.33 19.90 20.50 20.37 20.56 PB
DQ Pavel Lyzhyn  Belarus x 19.93 20.11 x x x 20.11 Doping
7 Antonín Žalský  Czech Republic 20.01 x x 19.58 x x 20.01
8 Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia 19.61 x 19.77 19.77
9 Jakub Giża  Poland 18.63 19.04 19.73 19.73
10 Borja Vivas  Spain 19.04 18.94 19.12 19.12
11 Carl Myerscough  Great Britain & N.I. x x 18.19 18.19

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