2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
Final
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes

Christian Cantwell	United States (USA)	21.54	20.72	21.03	21.21	22.03	–	22.03	WL

Tomasz Majewski	Poland (POL)	21.36	21.19	20.80	21.68	21.91	21.18	21.91

Ralf Bartels	Germany (GER)	20.35	20.18	21.37	20.80	20.94	21.20	21.37	PB

4	Reese Hoffa	United States (USA)	21.02	x	20.95	21.14	20.97	21.28	21.28

5	Adam Nelson	United States (USA)	21.11	20.93	x	x	x	x	21.11	SB

6	Pavel Lyzhyn	Belarus (BLR)	x	20.98	x	x	x	x	20.98	PB

7	Miroslav Vodovnik	Slovenia (SLO)	19.60	19.50	20.50	x	19.82	20.14	20.50	SB

8	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	20.00	x	19.80	20.00

9	Pavel Sofin	Russia (RUS)	19.89	19.69	19.85	19.89

10	Carl Myerscough	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	18.42	x	x	18.42

Peter Sack	Germany (GER)	x	x	x	NM

Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	20.34	20.31	20.62	20.74	20.54	x	20.74	DQ

Sentence(s)

Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m.

final_sentence: Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m.