# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 August 2023. The winning margin was 1.17 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the men's shot put has been won by more than a metre at these championships.

## Summary

With two Olympic Championships and multiple world record improvements, defending champion Ryan Crouser was the clear favorite, but Crouser revealed on Instagram; pain in his leg over the previous two weeks turned out to be two blood clots. With the advice of his doctor, he was able to take anticoagulants to mitigate the danger of his traveling to Hungary for these championships. His single throw in the preliminary round was tentative, 21.48m barely sufficient for an automatic qualifier in eighth place.
Crouser was the first thrower in the finals. His first throw of the competition was 22.63m. Only two people in this competition had ever thrown that far. With a 21.55m, #2 of all time, Joe Kovacs moved into second place, followed immediately by World Indoor Champion Darlan Romani throwing 21.31m to move into third. Crouser led off the second round with a 22.98m improvement on his own Championship Record. Tom Walsh moved into second with a 21.69m with his New Zealand teammate Jacko Gill lurking in fourth with 21.46m. In the third round Gill improved to second with a 21.76m, only to have Walsh also improve to 21.93m. He was followed immediately by Leonardo Fabbri throwing a personal best 22.34m to take everybody but Crouser down a notch. In the fifth round, Kovacs put out a 22.12m to move back to third place, the next thrower Walsh couldn't quite answer with a 22.05m. On their final throw, nobody could improve so by the time Crouser got to the ring, his championship defense was guaranteed. With nothing on the line, Crouser let loose a 23.51 m (77 ft 1+1⁄2 in) for another Championship Record, along with being the #2 throw in history, just 5cm short of the record he set at UCLA earlier in the season.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 23.56 m | Los Angeles, United States | 27 May 2023 |
| Championship record | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 22.94 m | Eugene, Oregon | 17 July 2022 |
| World Leading | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 23.56 m | Los Angeles, United States | 27 May 2023 |
| African Record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 m | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian Record | Tajinderpal Singh Toor (IND) | 21.77 m | Bhubaneswar, India | 19 June 2023 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 23.56 m | Los Angeles, United States | 27 May 2023 |
| South American Record | Darlan Romani (BRA) | 22.61 m | Stanford, United States | 30 June 2019 |
| European Record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 m | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Tom Walsh (NZL) | 22.90 m | Doha, Qatar | 5 October 2019 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Distance | Record |
| 19 August | Final | Ryan Crouser | USA | 23.51 | CR |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 21.40.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 19 August | 10:30 | Qualification |
| 19 August | 20:37 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Darlan Romani | Brazil (BRA) | 22.37 | | | 22.37 | Q, SB |
| 2 | A | Zane Weir | Italy (ITA) | 20.81 | 21.82 | | 21.82 | Q |
| 3 | B | Tom Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | 21.73 | | | 21.73 | Q |
| 4 | B | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 21.59 | | | 21.59 | Q |
| 5 | B | Payton Otterdahl | United States (USA) | 21.16 | 21.54 | | 21.54 | Q |
| 6 | A | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 20.83 | 21.49 | | 21.49 | Q |
| 7 | A | Ryan Crouser | United States (USA) | 21.48 | | | 21.48 | Q |
| 8 | A | Filip Mihaljević | Croatia (CRO) | 21.10 | 20.03 | | 21.10 | q |
| 9 | B | Armin Sinančević | Serbia (SRB) | 20.39 | x | 20.92 | 20.92 | q |
| 10 | A | Rajindra Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 19.83 | x | 20.83 | 20.83 | q |
| 11 | B | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Egypt (EGY) | 20.62 | 20.81 | x | 20.81 | q |
| 12 | B | Leonardo Fabbri | Italy (ITA) | 19.41 | x | 20.74 | 20.74 | q |
| 13 | A | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Nigeria (NGR) | x | 20.41 | 20.68 | 20.68 | |
| 14 | A | Mohamed Magdi Hamza | Egypt (EGY) | 20.26 | 20.68 | x | 20.68 | |
| 15 | B | Uziel Muñoz | Mexico (MEX) | 20.62 | 19.96 | 20.42 | 20.62 | |
| 16 | B | Tomáš Staněk | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 20.41 | 19.91 | 20.41 | |
| 17 | B | Welington Morais | Brazil (BRA) | 20.30 | 19.87 | 19.95 | 20.30 | |
| 18 | A | Scott Lincoln | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.18 | 19.77 | 20.22 | 20.22 | |
| 19 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 20.01 | x | 19.95 | 20.01 | |
| 20 | A | Josh Awotunde | United States (USA) | 19.98 | x | x | 19.98 | |
| 21 | B | Marcus Thomsen | Norway (NOR) | 19.97 | x | x | 19.97 | |
| 22 | A | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 19.40 | 19.26 | 19.86 | 19.86 | |
| 23 | A | Eric Favors | Ireland (IRL) | 19.34 | 19.52 | 19.65 | 19.65 | |
| 24 | A | Burger Lambrechts Jr. [de] | South Africa (RSA) | 19.46 | 19.52 | x | 19.52 | |
| 25 | A | Michał Haratyk | Poland (POL) | 19.27 | 19.49 | 19.51 | 19.51 | |
| 26 | B | Nazareno Sasia | Argentina (ARG) | x | x | 19.51 | 19.51 | |
| 27 | A | Francisco Belo | Portugal (POR) | 19.24 | x | x | 19.24 | |
| 28 | B | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland (POL) | 18.25 | 19.21 | x | 19.21 | |
| 29 | A | Roman Kokoshko | Ukraine (UKR) | 18.56 | 19.09 | 19.17 | 19.17 | |
| 30 | B | Tsanko Arnaudov | Portugal (POR) | x | 19.03 | 19.17 | 19.17 | |
| 31 | B | Odysseas Mouzenidis [no] | Greece (GRE) | 18.48 | x | 19.08 | 19.08 | |
| 32 | B | Fred Moudani-Likibi [fr] | France (FRA) | x | x | 18.88 | 18.88 | |
| 33 | A | Mark Bujnowski [de] | Canada (CAN) | 17.71 | 18.57 | 18.84 | 18.84 | |
| 34 | B | Kyle Blignaut | South Africa (RSA) | 17.89 | 18.82 | x | 18.82 | |
| 35 | A | Balázs Tóth [de] | Hungary (HUN) | 17.37 | x | 17.27 | 17.37 | |
| | B | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg (LUX) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Andrei Toader | Romania (ROM) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was started on 19 August at 20:40.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Ryan Crouser | United States (USA) | 22.63 | 22.98 | 22.28 | x | x | 23.51 | 23.51 | CR |
| | Leonardo Fabbri | Italy (ITA) | x | 21.26 | 22.34 | x | x | 21.22 | 22.34 | PB |
| | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 21.55 | x | 21.23 | 21.88 | 22.12 | 21.07 | 22.12 | |
| 4 | Tom Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | x | 21.69 | 21.93 | 21.40 | 22.05 | 21.51 | 22.05 | |
| 5 | Payton Otterdahl | United States (USA) | 20.08 | 20.47 | 21.01 | 21.78 | 21.86 | 21.73 | 21.86 | |
| 6 | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 20.33 | 21.46 | 21.76 | 21.33 | 21.02 | 21.28 | 21.76 | |
| 7 | Filip Mihaljević | Croatia (CRO) | 20.32 | 20.32 | 20.88 | 21.57 | x | 21.44 | 21.57 | |
| 8 | Darlan Romani | Brazil (BRA) | 21.31 | 21.10 | x | x | 21.41 | x | 21.41 | |
| 9 | Armin Sinančević | Serbia (SRB) | 20.78 | 20.18 | x | | | | 20.78 | |
| 10 | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Egypt (EGY) | x | 20.14 | 20.17 | | | | 20.17 | |
| 11 | Zane Weir | Italy (ITA) | x | 19.99 | x | | | | 19.99 | |
| | Rajindra Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |