# 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Christian Cantwell United States | Ralf Bartels Germany | Dylan Armstrong Canada |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 22.66 | Los Angeles, United States | 20 January 1989 |
| Championship record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 22.24 | Indianapolis, United States | 7 March 1987 |
| World Leading | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 21.95 | New York City, United States | 29 January 2010 |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.47 | Norman, United States | 1 December 2001 |
| Asian record | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 20.09 | Schio, Italy | 11 February 2006 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 22.55 | Senftenberg, East Germany | 11 February 1989 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 22.66 | Los Angeles, United States | 20 January 1989 |
| Oceanian Record | Scott Martin (AUS) | 20.83 | Valencia, Spain | 7 March 2008 |
| South American record | Gert Weil (CHI) | 20.15 | Leverkusen, West Germany | 31 January 1985 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 20.00 m

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 12, 2010 | 9:20 | Qualification, Group A |
| March 12, 2010 | 10:30 | Qualification, Group B |
| March 13, 2010 | 16:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Ralf Bartels | Germany | 20.22 | 20.91 | | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | B | Christian Cantwell | United States | 20.72 | | | 20.72 | Q |
| 3 | B | Scott Martin | Australia | 19.51 | 20.21 | 20.61 | 20.61 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Dylan Armstrong | Canada | 20.08 | 20.50 | | 20.50 | Q |
| 5 | B | David Storl | Germany | x | 18.33 | 20.49 | 20.49 | Q |
| 6 | B | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain | 18.79 | x | 20.44 | 20.44 | Q, SB |
| DQ | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus | 20.42 | | | 20.42 | Q |
| 7 | B | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 20.27 | x | 20.38 | 20.38 | Q |
| DQ | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus | 20.34 | | | 20.34 | Q |
| 8 | A | Cory Martin | United States | 19.32 | x | 20.23 | 20.23 | |
| 9 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | x | 20.03 | 20.10 | 20.10 | |
| 10 | A | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic | x | x | 20.04 | 20.04 | |
| 11 | A | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 18.95 | x | 19.97 | 19.97 | |
| 12 | A | Maksim Sidorov | Russia | 18.10 | 19.88 | x | 19.88 | |
| 13 | A | Miran Vodovnik | Slovenia | 19.59 | x | 19.82 | 19.82 | SB |
| 14 | A | Mihail Stamatoyiannis | Greece | 19.07 | x | 19.51 | 19.51 | |
| 15 | B | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary | 19.43 | x | 19.26 | 19.43 | |
| 16 | B | Sultan Al-Hebshi | Saudi Arabia | 17.98 | 18.58 | 18.67 | 18.67 | |
| 17 | A | Zhang Jun | China | 18.51 | x | x | 18.51 | |
| 18 | B | Yasser Ibrahim Farag | Egypt | 18.06 | x | 17.75 | 18.06 | SB |
| | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Christian Cantwell | United States | 21.60 | x | 21.07 | 21.13 | 21.14 | 21.83 | 21.83 | |
| DQ | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus | 20.81 | 21.20 | 21.49 | 21.10 | 21.68 | 21.45 | 21.68 | |
| | Ralf Bartels | Germany | 20.43 | 21.44 | 21.04 | 20.76 | 20.35 | 20.93 | 21.44 | PB |
| | Dylan Armstrong | Canada | 21.12 | 20.62 | 20.92 | x | 21.39 | x | 21.39 | NR |
| 4 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 21.20 | x | 20.46 | x | 20.84 | 20.98 | 21.20 | NR |
| DQ | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus | x | 19.77 | 20.03 | 20.67 | x | x | 20.67 | |
| 5 | David Storl | Germany | x | x | 20.20 | 19.97 | 20.40 | x | 20.40 | |
| 6 | Scott Martin | Australia | x | x | 19.36 | 19.76 | x | x | 19.76 | |
| 7 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain | x | 18.50 | x | 18.66 | x | x | 18.66 | |