# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 5 October 2019. The winning margin was 1 cm which as of 2024 is the only time the men's shot put has been won by under 5 cm at these championships.

## Summary

It took 20.90 to automatically qualify. Exactly 12 men made that distance, eight of them on their first attempt. There were no further place qualifiers to the final.
This was the cap to a build up of several strong athletes. Four members of the 74 foot club were here, with Darlan Romani joining in 2019 and Ryan Crouser improving his personal best to #6 all time. Behind them were four more men over 22 metres in the last two seasons.
With 22 metres the standard, the first throw of the competition was 22.36m by Crouser. Three throws later, Romani moved into second with a 21.61m. As the last thrower throughout the competition, Tomas Walsh launched a new Oceana continental record 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in). It was the longest throw in 29 years, making him the #4 thrower in history. On his second throw, Romani threw 22.53m, just short of 74 feet, which put him into second place. Crouser duplicated his first throw in the third. It took 21.18m just to get three more throws.
In the fourth round, Joe Kovacs threw 21.95m to move into fourth, then Crouser threw 22.71m to move into second place. In the fifth round, Walsh landed his second best throw, 22.56m.
In the final round, Kovacs stepped into the ring and tossed it 22.91 m (75 ft 1+3⁄4 in), equalling Alessandro Andrei for the #3 thrower in history. More importantly, he took the lead. A couple of throws later, Crouser stepped in to throw his best 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in) to tie Walsh. Walsh fouled again. With his 22.71m second best throw, compared to 22.56m for Walsh, Crouser took second. In the space of 5 minutes, Walsh went from the #4 thrower in history, to third place in the competition. Romani's best throw of 22.53m would have been good enough to win the gold medal in every World and Olympic shot put competition prior to this championship, however it was not enough to secure even the bronze here as he finished in 4th place.
This has been called the greatest shot put competition in history.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 m | Rome, Italy | 29 August 1987 |
| World Leading | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 22.74 m | Long Beach, United States | 20 April 2019 |
| African Record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 m | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian Record | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 21.13 m | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2009 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| South American Record | Darlan Romani (BRA) | 22.61 m | Palo Alto, United States | 30 June 2019 |
| European Record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 m | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Tomas Walsh (NZL) | 22.67 m | Auckland, New Zealand | 25 March 2018 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 5 October | Final | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.91 | CR |
| 5 October | Final | Tom Walsh | NZL | 22.90 | AR |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.70 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 3 October | 19:20 | Qualification |
| 5 October | 20:05 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.90 (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 | Tomas Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | 21.92 | | | 21.92 | Q |
| 2 | A | Darlan Romani | Brazil (BRA) | 21.69 | | | 21.69 | Q |
| 3 | B | Ryan Crouser | United States (USA) | 21.67 | | | 21.67 | Q |
| 4 | A | Armin Sinančević | Serbia (SRB) | 20.48 | 21.51 | | 21.51 | Q, PB |
| 5 | A | Darrell Hill | United States (USA) | 21.25 | | | 21.25 | Q |
| 6 | A | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland (POL) | 21.16 | | | 21.16 | Q |
| 7 | B | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 21.12 | | | 21.12 | Q |
| 8 | A | Tomáš Staněk | Czech Republic (CZE) | 20.43 | 20.73 | 21.02 | 21.02 | Q |
| 9 | B | Filip Mihaljević | Croatia (CRO) | 21.00 | | | 21.00 | Q |
| 10 | A | Tim Nedow | Canada (CAN) | 20.51 | 20.53 | 20.94 | 20.94 | Q |
| 11 | A | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Nigeria (NGR) | 20.12 | 20.94 | | 20.94 | Q |
| 12 | B | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 20.92 | | | 20.92 | Q |
| 13 | A | Leonardo Fabbri | Italy (ITA) | x | 20.75 | x | 20.75 | |
| 14 | B | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Egypt (EGY) | 20.23 | 20.55 | x | 20.55 | |
| 15 | A | Jakub Szyszkowski | Poland (POL) | 20.55 | x | 19.85 | 20.55 | |
| 16 | B | Michał Haratyk | Poland (POL) | 20.44 | 20.52 | 20.11 | 20.52 | |
| 17 | B | Andrei Gag | Romania (ROM) | 20.50 | 18.91 | x | 20.50 | |
| 18 | B | Tejinder Pal Singh Toor | India (IND) | 20.43 | x | 19.55 | 20.43 | SB |
| 19 | B | Wictor Petersson | Sweden (SWE) | 20.31 | x | x | 20.31 | |
| 20 | B | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 20.17 | x | 19.55 | 20.17 | |
| 21 | A | Eldred Henry | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 19.31 | x | 20.13 | 20.13 | |
| 22 | A | O'Dayne Richards | Jamaica (JAM) | 19.75 | 19.02 | 20.07 | 20.07 | |
| 23 | B | Denzel Comenentia | Netherlands (NED) | x | 20.03 | 19.64 | 20.03 | |
| 24 | B | Orazio Cremona | South Africa (RSA) | x | x | 19.98 | 19.98 | |
| 25 | A | Mohamed Magdi Hamza | Egypt (EGY) | x | 19.91 | x | 19.91 | |
| 26 | B | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg (LUX) | x | 19.40 | 19.89 | 19.89 | |
| 27 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.78 | x | 19.86 | 19.86 | |
| 28 | A | Maksim Afonin | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 19.76 | 19.55 | 19.82 | 19.82 | |
| 29 | B | Franck Elemba | Congo (CGO) | 19.43 | 19.76 | 19.59 | 19.76 | SB |
| 30 | A | Ivan Ivanov | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 19.57 | 19.73 | x | 19.73 | |
| 31 | B | Aleksandr Lesnoy | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 19.43 | 19.62 | x | 19.62 | |
| 32 | B | Francisco Belo | Portugal (POR) | 18.99 | x | 19.52 | 19.52 | |
| 33 | A | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 19.49 | 19.19 | 19.44 | 19.49 | |
| 34 | B | Uziel Muñoz | Mexico (MEX) | x | x | 19.06 | 19.06 | |
| | A | Kristo Galeta | Estonia (EST) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started on 5 October at 20:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 20.90 | 21.63 | 21.24 | 21.95 | 21.94 | 22.91 | 22.91 | CR |
| | Ryan Crouser | United States (USA) | 22.36 | x | 22.36 | 22.71 | x | 22.90 | 22.90 | PB |
| | Tomas Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | 22.90 | x | x | x | 22.56 | x | 22.90 | AR |
| 4 | Darlan Romani | Brazil (BRA) | 21.61 | 22.53 | 22.03 | 22.13 | x | x | 22.53 | |
| 5 | Darrell Hill | United States (USA) | 20.58 | 21.38 | 21.65 | x | 21.23 | x | 21.65 | |
| 6 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland (POL) | 20.73 | 21.46 | x | 20.36 | x | x | 21.46 | |
| 7 | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 21.41 | 21.27 | 20.74 | x | 21.01 | 21.45 | 21.45 | |
| 8 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.18 | x | 20.90 | 20.98 | 20.59 | 21.01 | 21.18 | |
| 9 | Tim Nedow | Canada (CAN) | x | 20.50 | 20.85 | | | | 20.85 | |
| 10 | Tomáš Staněk | Czech Republic (CZE) | 20.61 | 20.79 | 20.46 | | | | 20.79 | |
| 11 | Filip Mihaljević | Croatia (CRO) | 20.33 | 20.38 | 20.48 | | | | 20.48 | |
| | Armin Sinančević | Serbia (SRB) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |