# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.
As the best thrower in a decade, Joe Kovacs looked to be the favorite, though David Storl was the two-time defending champion. With his first throw Kovacs took the lead at 21.23. Storl raised the lead to 21.46 on his second throw. But the surprise leader at the end of the third round was O'Dayne Richards equalling his Jamaican National Record from the Pan American Games at 21.69. In the fourth round, Tomas Walsh threw his Continental Record 21.58 to take the second position. A few throws later, Kovacs moved into second place with his 21.67 fourth throw. The medals were settled in the fifth round when Kovacs threw the 21.93 winner, followed immediately by Storl throwing his 21.74 silver medal winner.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, CA, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 | Rome, Italy | 29 August 1987 |
| World Leading | Joe Kovacs (USA) | 22.56 | Monaco | 17 July 2015 |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 | Eugene, OR, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Asian record | Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 21.13 | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2009 |
| NACAC record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood,CA, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| South American record | Germán Lauro (ARG) | 21.26 | Doha, Qatar | 10 May 2013 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Tomas Walsh (NZL) | 21.50 | Mutterstadt, Germany | 25 July 2015 |
| The following records were established during the competition: |||||
| Oceanian record | Tomas Walsh (NZL) | 21.58 | Beijing, China | 23 August 2015 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 20.45

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 23 August 2015 | 10:05 | Qualification |
| 23 August 2015 | 19:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 20.65 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 20.28 | 21.36 | | 21.36 | Q |
| 2 | B | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 21.26 | | | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | A | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 20.75 | | | 20.75 | Q |
| 4 | B | Germán Lauro | Argentina (ARG) | 20.64 | x | | 20.64 | q |
| 5 | B | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | 19.61 | x | 20.63 | 20.63 | q |
| 6 | B | O'Dayne Richards | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.55 | 20.01 | x | 20.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Tomas Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | x | 20.49 | 20.31 | 20.49 | q |
| 8 | A | Inderjeet Singh | India (IND) | 19.15 | x | 20.47 | 20.47 | q |
| 9 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.35 | 20.37 | 20.22 | 20.37 | q |
| 10 | A | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.13 | 20.11 | 20.34 | 20.34 | q |
| 11 | A | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic (CZE) | 20.32 | 19.47 | x | 20.32 | q |
| 12 | B | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.93 | 19.94 | 19.79 | 19.94 | q |
| 13 | B | Jordan Clarke | United States (USA) | 19.29 | 19.88 | 19.89 | 19.89 | |
| 14 | A | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg (LUX) | 19.87 | 19.60 | 19.64 | 19.87 | NR |
| 15 | A | Darlan Romani | Brazil (BRA) | 19.86 | 19.06 | 19.41 | 19.86 | |
| 16 | A | Aleksandr Lesnoy | Russia (RUS) | 19.29 | 19.78 | x | 19.78 | |
| 17 | B | Andrei Gag | Romania (ROM) | x | 19.74 | x | 19.74 | |
| 18 | A | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Egypt (EGY) | 18.97 | 19.42 | 19.65 | 19.65 | |
| 19 | B | Tomáš Staněk | Czech Republic (CZE) | 19.64 | 19.05 | x | 19.64 | |
| 20 | B | Tim Nedow | Canada (CAN) | 19.41 | x | 19.63 | 19.63 | |
| 21 | B | Franck Elemba | Congo (CGO) | 18.59 | 19.40 | 19.28 | 19.40 | |
| 22 | B | Maksim Sidorov | Russia (RUS) | x | 19.35 | 19.28 | 19.35 | |
| 23 | B | Marin Premeru | Croatia (CRO) | x | 19.33 | x | 19.33 | |
| 24 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 18.88 | 19.19 | 19.28 | 19.28 | |
| 25 | A | Jaco Engelbrecht | South Africa (RSA) | 19.04 | x | x | 19.04 | |
| 26 | A | Tsanko Arnaudov | Portugal (POR) | 18.01 | 18.85 | x | 18.85 | |
| 27 | B | Orazio Cremona | South Africa (RSA) | x | 18.63 | x | 18.63 | |
| 28 | B | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | x | 18.62 | x | 18.62 | |
| | B | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland (POL) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | # 4 | # 5 | # 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Joe Kovacs | United States (USA) | 21.23 | 20.48 | x | 21.67 | 21.93 | 21.66 | 21.93 | |
| | David Storl | Germany (GER) | x | 21.46 | x | 20.44 | 21.74 | 21.28 | 21.74 | |
| | O'Dayne Richards | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 20.79 | 21.69 | x | 20.54 | x | 21.69 | =NR |
| 4 | Tomas Walsh | New Zealand (NZL) | 20.05 | x | 20.64 | 21.58 | 21.01 | x | 21.58 | AR |
| 5 | Reese Hoffa | United States (USA) | 20.61 | 20.72 | x | 20.31 | 21.00 | x | 21.00 | |
| 6 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.57 | 20.82 | 20.17 | 20.59 | 20.50 | x | 20.82 | SB |
| 7 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | x | 20.11 | 20.36 | x | x | 20.71 | 20.71 | |
| 8 | Jacko Gill | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.99 | 20.11 | 19.54 | 19.44 | 19.54 | 19.49 | 20.11 | |
| 9 | Germán Lauro | Argentina (ARG) | 19.70 | x | x | | | | 19.70 | |
| 10 | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 19.00 | 19.69 | | | | 19.69 | |
| 11 | Inderjeet Singh | India (IND) | 19.52 | x | 18.68 | | | | 19.52 | |
| | Christian Cantwell | United States (USA) | | | | | | | DNS | |