# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
David Storl made a major improvement to achieve a new personal best of 21.50, leading the qualifying round by 45 cm (a foot and a half).
2007 Champion, Reese Hoffa, took the early lead and held it until Storl threw a new personal best of 21.60 in the second round. Andrei Mikhnevich put a 21.40 in the third round to get close to Storl. In the fourth round, world leader, Dylan Armstrong, took the lead with a 21.64, which held up as the leader until the final throw of the competition, when Storl threw a third personal best of 21.78 to win.
In 2013, it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 and on were annulled.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| David Storl Germany (GER) | Dylan Armstrong Canada (CAN) | Christian Cantwell United States (USA) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 | Rome, Italy | 29 August 1987 |
| World Leading | Dylan Armstrong (CAN) | 22.21 | Calgary, Canada | 25 June 2011 |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian record | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 21.13 | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2009 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| South American record | Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) | 21.14 | Santiago, Chile | 29 July 2004 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Scott Martin (AUS) | 21.26 | Melbourne, Australia | 21 February 2008 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 20.50 | 20.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| September 1, 2011 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| September 2, 2011 | 19:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | David Storl | Germany (GER) | x | 21.50 | | 21.50 | Q, PB |
| 2 | B | Dylan Armstrong | Canada (CAN) | 20.52 | 21.05 | | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | B | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 20.96 | | | 20.96 | Q |
| 4 | A | Ryan Whiting | United States (USA) | 20.40 | 20.77 | | 20.77 | Q |
| 5 | B | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | 20.55 | 20.73 | | 20.73 | Q |
| 6 | A | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.73 | | | 20.73 | Q |
| 7 | A | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.45 | x | 20.04 | 20.45 | q |
| 8 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal (POR) | 19.83 | 20.32 | 20.02 | 20.32 | q |
| 9 | B | Carlos Véliz | Cuba (CUB) | 20.24 | 19.79 | x | 20.24 | q |
| 10 | A | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) | 20.23 | x | x | 20.23 | q |
| 11 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.58 | 20.08 | 20.14 | 20.14 | q |
| 12 | B | Marco Schmidt | Germany (GER) | 20.06 | 19.96 | x | 20.06 | |
| 13 | B | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary (HUN) | 19.92 | 19.76 | 20.02 | 20.02 | |
| 14 | B | Maksim Sidorov | Russia (RUS) | 18.56 | 19.95 | x | 19.95 | |
| 15 | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | 19.91 | x | x | 19.91 | |
| 16 | A | Kim Christensen | Denmark (DEN) | 19.02 | 19.40 | 19.74 | 19.74 | |
| 17 | B | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 19.70 | x | x | 19.70 | |
| 18 | B | Chang Ming-huang | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 19.60 | x | 18.98 | 19.60 | |
| 19 | A | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic (CZE) | 19.51 | x | 19.46 | 19.51 | |
| 20 | A | Germán Lauro | Argentina (ARG) | 19.50 | 19.45 | x | 19.50 | |
| 21 | A | Andriy Semenov | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 19.45 | 19.45 | |
| 22 | A | Om Prakash Singh | India (IND) | 19.29 | 19.06 | x | 19.29 | |
| 23 | B | Amin Nikfar | Iran (IRI) | 18.69 | 18.95 | 19.18 | 19.18 | |
| 24 | B | Milan Jotanović | Serbia (SRB) | 18.39 | x | 18.21 | 18.39 | |
| 25 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 18.37 | x | 18.22 | 18.37 | |
| 26 | A | Hwang In-Sung | South Korea (KOR) | 17.75 | 17.62 | x | 17.75 | |
| | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.79 | | | 20.79 | DQ |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Storl | Germany (GER) | x | 21.60 | 20.82 | x | x | 21.78 | 21.78 | PB |
| | Dylan Armstrong | Canada (CAN) | 20.79 | 20.58 | 20.82 | 21.64 | 21.40 | x | 21.64 | |
| | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | 20.50 | 20.73 | 20.83 | x | 21.36 | x | 21.36 | |
| 4 | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 20.90 | 20.99 | 20.97 | 20.84 | x | x | 20.99 | |
| 5 | Marco Fortes | Portugal (POR) | 20.59 | x | 19.36 | 20.83 | 20.25 | 20.04 | 20.83 | |
| 6 | Ryan Whiting | United States (USA) | x | 20.48 | 20.66 | 20.75 | x | x | 20.75 | |
| 7 | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) | 20.29 | 20.14 | 19.73 | x | 20.02 | x | 20.29 | |
| 8 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | x | 20.03 | 20.18 | | | | 20.18 | |
| 9 | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.03 | 20.14 | 20.12 | | | | 20.14 | |
| 10 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.84 | x | 19.77 | | | | 19.84 | |
| 11 | Carlos Véliz | Cuba (CUB) | 19.70 | x | x | | | | 19.70 | |
| | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.45 | 20.49 | 21.40 | 20.72 | 20.64 | 21.37 | 21.40 | DQ |