# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the qualification mark set at 20.45 metres.

## Doping

Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin during the championships and his results were subsequently disqualified.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Godina United States (USA) |
| Silver | Adam Nelson United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Arsi Harju Finland (FIN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 08:30h | 04.08.2001 – 08:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 04.08.2001 – 16:00h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| DQ | disqualified |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Westwood, United States |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 m | June 2, 2001 | Eugene, United States |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 3 | John Godina (USA) | 18.28 | 20.06 | 20.52 | 20.52 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.08 | 20.44 | 20.50 | 20.50 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Bradley Snyder (CAN) | 20.47 | — | — | 20.47 m | |
| 4 | 11 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) | 20.07 | 20.14 | — | 20.14 m | |
| 5 | 15 | Petr Stehlík (CZE) | 19.68 | X | X | 19.68 m | |
| 6 | 18 | Pavel Chumachenko (RUS) | X | 19.35 | 19.27 | 19.35 m | |
| 7 | 19 | Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) | 19.27 | X | X | 19.27 m | |
| 8 | 20 | John Davis (USA) | X | 19.11 | X | 19.11 m | |
| 9 | 21 | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 18.62 | 18.89 | — | 18.89 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Mikuláš Konopka (SVK) | 18.60 | X | 18.89 | 18.89 m | |
| 11 | 24 | Jimmy Nordin (SWE) | 18.85 | 18.65 | X | 18.85 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) | 18.85 | X | 18.03 | 18.85 m | |
| 13 | 26 | Yves Niaré (FRA) | X | X | 18.71 | 18.71 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Ivan Emelianov (MDA) | X | 17.87 | 18.06 | 18.06 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Mark Proctor (GBR) | 16.98 | X | 17.75 | 17.75 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.26 | — | — | 21.26 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) | 20.72 | — | — | 20.72 m | PB |
| 3 | 6 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.46 | — | — | 20.46 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Dragan Perić (YUG) | 20.43 | — | — | 20.43 m | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 19.70 | X | 20.39 | 20.39 m | |
| 6 | 9 | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 20.32 | 20.26 | — | 20.32 m | |
| 7 | 10 | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) | 20.11 | 20.05 | 20.31 | 20.31 m | SB |
| 8 | 12 | Adam Nelson (USA) | 20.13 | X | X | 20.13 m | |
| 9 | 13 | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.71 | 19.80 | 19.72 | 19.80 m | |
| 10 | 14 | Gheorghe Guşet (ROM) | X | 19.74 | X | 19.74 m | |
| 11 | 16 | Milan Haborák (SVK) | 19.35 | 19.52 | 19.46 | 19.52 m | |
| 12 | 17 | Ralf Bartels (GER) | 19.41 | 19.24 | X | 19.41 m | |
| 13 | 21 | Gjøran Sørli (NOR) | 18.89 | X | X | 18.89 m | |
| 14 | 27 | Justin Anlezark (AUS) | 18.70 | 18.33 | 18.14 | 18.70 m | SB |
| 15 | 29 | Yojer Medina (VEN) | X | 17.75 | 17.76 | 17.76 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | John Godina (USA) | 21.87 | 21.80 | X | X | X | X | 21.87 m | |
| | Adam Nelson (USA) | 19.92 | 20.86 | 20.19 | 21.24 | X | X | 21.24 m | |
| | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 20.28 | 20.01 | 20.59 | 20.93 | 20.10 | 20.79 | 20.93 m | SB |
| 4 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.78 | X | X | 20.91 | X | X | 20.91 m | |
| 5 | Dragan Perić (YUG) | 20.91 | X | 20.67 | X | X | X | 20.91 m | SB |
| 6 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.56 | 20.74 | X | 20.83 | 20.83 | X | 20.83 m | |
| 7 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) | 20.07 | X | 20.78 | X | 19.96 | X | 20.78 m | PB |
| 8 | Bradley Snyder (CAN) | 20.63 | X | X | X | X | 20.34 | 20.63 m | |
| 9 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) | 20.37 | 19.95 | 20.45 | | | | 20.45 m | |
| 10 | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 18.94 | 20.38 | 20.24 | | | | 20.38 m | |
| 11 | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 20.12 | X | 20.18 | | | | 20.18 m | |
| DQ (10) | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) | 20.41 | X | 20.42 | | | | 20.42 m | Doping |