# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15. The Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski entered the competition as the world-leading athlete and one of the favourites. Much was expected of the four-man United States team, consisting of defending champion Reese Hoffa, Olympic silver medalist Christian Cantwell, former world champion Adam Nelson, and newcomer Dan Taylor.
Cantwell won the competition, recording a world-leading 22.03 m throw to fend off second-placed Majewski (who managed 21.91 m). Former champions Hoffa and Nelson were beaten to the bronze medal by German Ralf Bartels, who threw a new personal best of 21.37 m to win the host nation's first medal of the tournament.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Cantwell United States (USA) |
| Silver | Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL) |
| Bronze | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |

## Records

| 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 | Tomasz Majewski (POL) | 21.95 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 July 2009 |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian record | Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 21.13 | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2009 |
| North American 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 |
| 20.30m | 19.90m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 15, 2009 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| August 15, 2009 | 20:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 21.19 | | | 21.19 | Q |
| 2 | A | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 20.72 | | 20.72 | Q |
| 3 | A | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | 20.20 | 20.63 | | 20.63 | Q |
| 4 | A | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) | 20.50 | | | 20.50 | Q |
| 5 | B | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.16 | x | 20.41 | 20.41 | Q |
| 6 | B | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 20.23 | 19.90 | x | 20.23 | q |
| 7 | A | Miroslav Vodovnik | Slovenia (SLO) | 19.80 | 20.22 | 20.05 | 20.22 | q, SB |
| 8 | A | Peter Sack | Germany (GER) | 20.09 | 20.20 | 19.98 | 20.20 | q |
| 9 | B | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.17 | x | 19.79 | 20.17 | q |
| 10 | A | Pavel Sofin | Russia (RUS) | x | x | 20.16 | 20.16 | q |
| 11 | A | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | x | 20.01 | 20.10 | 20.10 | q |
| 12 | A | Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 19.91 | x | 20.04 | 20.04 | |
| 13 | A | Justin Anlezark | Australia (AUS) | 19.94 | 19.41 | 19.33 | 19.94 | |
| 14 | B | Taavi Peetre | Estonia (EST) | 19.91 | 19.79 | 19.69 | 19.91 | |
| 15 | A | Māris Urtāns | Latvia (LAT) | 19.89 | x | x | 19.89 | SB |
| 16 | A | Dylan Armstrong | Canada (CAN) | 19.46 | 19.86 | x | 19.86 | |
| 17 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal (POR) | 18.70 | x | 19.81 | 19.81 | |
| 18 | B | Manuel Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 19.74 | 19.80 | 19.73 | 19.80 | |
| 19 | B | Antonin Žalský | Czech Republic (CZE) | 19.63 | 19.46 | 19.77 | 19.77 | |
| 20 | B | Yury Bialou | Belarus (BLR) | 19.38 | 19.75 | 19.35 | 19.75 | |
| 21 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.62 | 19.67 | x | 19.67 | |
| 22 | B | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary (HUN) | 19.16 | 19.64 | x | 19.64 | |
| 23 | A | Carlos Véliz | Cuba (CUB) | 18.82 | 19.62 | 19.48 | 19.62 | |
| 24 | B | Scott Martin | Australia (AUS) | 19.16 | 19.52 | 19.45 | 19.52 | |
| 25 | B | Dan Taylor | United States (USA) | x | x | 19.39 | 19.39 | |
| 26 | B | Yves Niaré | France (FRA) | x | x | 19.37 | 19.37 | |
| 27 | B | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 19.19 | x | 19.18 | 19.19 | |
| 28 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia (CRO) | 19.15 | x | x | 19.15 | |
| 29 | A | Valeriy Kokoyev | Russia (RUS) | 18.02 | 19.13 | 18.90 | 19.13 | |
| 30 | B | Maksim Sidorov | Russia (RUS) | 18.92 | 18.77 | x | 18.92 | |
| 31 | A | Yasser Ibrahim Farag | Egypt (EGY) | 18.40 | 18.69 | 18.54 | 18.69 | |
| 32 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 17.70 | 18.38 | x | 18.38 | |
| 33 | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 18.11 | x | x | 18.11 | |
| 34 | A | Adriatik Hoxha | Albania (ALB) | 15.78 | 15.89 | x | 15.89 | |
| | B | Germán Lauro | Argentina (ARG) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.65 | | | 20.65 | DQ |
Key: NM = No mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | 21.54 | 20.72 | 21.03 | 21.21 | 22.03 | – | 22.03 | WL |
| | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 21.36 | 21.19 | 20.80 | 21.68 | 21.91 | 21.18 | 21.91 | |
| | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.35 | 20.18 | 21.37 | 20.80 | 20.94 | 21.20 | 21.37 | PB |
| 4 | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 21.02 | x | 20.95 | 21.14 | 20.97 | 21.28 | 21.28 | |
| 5 | Adam Nelson | United States (USA) | 21.11 | 20.93 | x | x | x | x | 21.11 | SB |
| 6 | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 20.98 | x | x | x | x | 20.98 | PB |
| 7 | Miroslav Vodovnik | Slovenia (SLO) | 19.60 | 19.50 | 20.50 | x | 19.82 | 20.14 | 20.50 | SB |
| 8 | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 20.00 | x | 19.80 | | | | 20.00 | |
| 9 | Pavel Sofin | Russia (RUS) | 19.89 | 19.69 | 19.85 | | | | 19.89 | |
| 10 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 18.42 | x | x | | | | 18.42 | |
| | Peter Sack | Germany (GER) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
| | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.34 | 20.31 | 20.62 | 20.74 | 20.54 | x | 20.74 | DQ |
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)