# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ryan Whiting United States | David Storl Germany | Tomasz Majewski Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Reese Hoffa (USA) | 21.87 | Chemnitz, Germany | 28 January 2012 |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.47 | Norman, United States | 1 December 2001 |
| Asian record | Zhang Jun (CHN) | 20.16 | Nanjing, China | 13 February 2012 |
| 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

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 9, 2012 | 9:55 | Qualification |
| March 9, 2012 | 19:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification standard: 20.70 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 23 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:54 and ended at 11:04.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | David Storl | Germany | 21.43 | | | 21.43 | SB, Q |
| 2 | Reese Hoffa | United States | 21.23 | | | 21.23 | Q |
| 3 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 20.33 | 21.17 | | 21.17 | Q |
| 4 | Germán Lauro | Argentina | 20.35 | 20.08 | 20.40 | 20.40 | AR, q |
| 5 | Ryan Whiting | United States | x | 20.37 | 20.27 | 20.37 | q |
| 6 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 19.36 | 20.19 | 20.21 | 20.21 | q |
| 7 | Ivan Yushkov | Russia | 20.14 | 19.49 | 19.99 | 20.14 | q |
| 8 | Maksim Sidorov | Russia | 19.45 | 19.24 | 20.04 | 20.04 | q |
| 9 | Dylan Armstrong | Canada | 19.84 | x | x | 19.84 | |
| 10 | Marco Fortes | Portugal | 19.83 | 19.21 | 19.20 | 19.83 | |
| 11 | Dale Stevenson | Australia | 19.72 | x | 19.80 | 19.80 | |
| 12 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | x | x | 19.70 | 19.70 | |
| 13 | Carlos Véliz | Cuba | 19.60 | 19.64 | x | 19.64 | |
| 14 | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary | x | x | 19.62 | 19.62 | |
| 15 | Candy Bauer | Germany | x | x | 19.60 | 19.60 | |
| 16 | Amin Nikfar | Iran | 18.69 | 18.82 | 18.97 | 18.97 | |
| 17 | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | 18.96 | x | x | 18.96 | |
| 18 | Borja Vivas | Spain | 18.94 | x | 18.52 | 18.94 | |
| 19 | Kim Christensen | Denmark | x | x | 18.87 | 18.87 | |
| 20 | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.49 | 18.80 | x | 18.80 | |
| 21 | Chang Ming-Huang | Chinese Taipei | x | 18.75 | x | 18.75 | |
| 22 | Emanuele Fuamatu | Samoa | 18.60 | x | x | 18.60 | NR |
| 23 | Hüseyin Atıcı | Turkey | 18.42 | 18.34 | 18.38 | 18.42 | |

### Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 19:54 and ended at 20:04.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Ryan Whiting | United States | 21.59 | x | 21.06 | 21.16 | 22.00 | 21.98 | 22.00 | WL |
| | David Storl | Germany | 21.88 | x | 21.86 | x | x | x | 21.88 | PB |
| | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 21.28 | 21.65 | x | 20.94 | 21.72 | x | 21.72 | NR |
| 4 | Reese Hoffa | United States | 20.41 | 21.55 | 20.86 | x | x | x | 21.55 | |
| 5 | Maksim Sidorov | Russia | 20.22 | 20.21 | 20.78 | x | 20.50 | x | 20.78 | |
| 6 | Germán Lauro | Argentina | 20.13 | 20.22 | 19.82 | 19.93 | 20.19 | 20.38 | 20.38 | |
| 7 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | x | x | 20.30 | x | x | x | 20.30 | |
| 8 | Ivan Yushkov | Russia | 19.65 | 20.10 | 19.84 | 19.84 | 19.99 | 19.78 | 20.10 | |