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.Amy Shipley: Mikhnevich's Win Is a Shot For Americans, The Washington Post, 24 August 2003IAAF: IAAF World Championships in Athletics > 8th IAAF World Championships > Shot Put - men, iaaf.org

Medalists Gold John GodinaUnited States (USA)Silver Adam NelsonUnited States (USA)Bronze Arsi HarjuFinland (FIN)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.08.2001 – 08:30h04.08.2001 – 08:30hFinal Round04.08.2001 – 16:00h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season bestDQ disqualified

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 23.12 m May 20, 1990 Westwood, United States Event Record 22.23 m August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 21.97 m June 2, 2001 Eugene, United States

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 3 18.28 20.06 20.52 20.52 m 2 4 20.08 20.44 20.50 20.50 m 3 5 20.47 — — 20.47 m 4 11 20.07 20.14 — 20.14 m 5 15 19.68 X X 19.68 m 6 18 X 19.35 19.27 19.35 m 7 19 19.27 X X 19.27 m 8 20 X 19.11 X 19.11 m 9 21 18.62 18.89 — 18.89 m 10 21 18.60 X 18.89 18.89 m 11 24 18.85 18.65 X 18.85 m 12 24 18.85 X 18.03 18.85 m 13 26 X X 18.71 18.71 m 14 28 X 17.87 18.06 18.06 m 15 30 16.98 X 17.75 17.75 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 21.26 — — 21.26 m 2 2 20.72 — — 20.72 m PB 3 6 20.46 — — 20.46 m 4 7 20.43 — — 20.43 m SB 5 8 19.70 X 20.39 20.39 m 6 9 20.32 20.26 — 20.32 m 7 10 20.11 20.05 20.31 20.31 m SB 8 12 20.13 X X 20.13 m 9 13 19.71 19.80 19.72 19.80 m 10 14 X 19.74 X 19.74 m 11 16 19.35 19.52 19.46 19.52 m 12 17 19.41 19.24 X 19.41 m 13 21 18.89 X X 18.89 m 14 27 18.70 18.33 18.14 18.70 m SB 15 29 X 17.75 17.76 17.76 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 21.87 21.80 X X X X 21.87 m 19.92 20.86 20.19 21.24 X X 21.24 m 20.28 20.01 20.59 20.93 20.10 20.79 20.93 m SB 4 20.78 X X 20.91 X X 20.91 m 5 20.91 X 20.67 X X X 20.91 m SB 6 20.56 20.74 X 20.83 20.83 X 20.83 m 7 20.07 X 20.78 X 19.96 X 20.78 m PB8 20.63 X X X X 20.34 20.63 m 9 20.37 19.95 20.45 20.45 m 10 18.94 20.38 20.24 20.38 m 11 20.12 X 20.18 20.18 m DQ (10)20.41 X 20.42 20.42 m Doping

See also 2001 Shot Put Year Ranking 2002 European Championships

References

Results IAAF