Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 18 August.
Summary
In the final, the surprise find of the season Ryan Crouser set the tone with a 21.15 m on the first throw of the competition. Two throwers later, O'Dayne Richards also set his tone with a big first throw, but his foot went over the toe board. Two time defending champion Tomasz Majewski and his Polish teammate, two time world junior champion Konrad Bukowiecki also had foul trouble. Bukowiecki never got a legal throw in. On the fourth throw of the competition, the home crowd got a thrill as Darlan Romani threw the Brazilian National Record 21.02 m, beating the mark he set earlier in the morning. Two more throws later, Franck Elemba threw 21.20 m to take the lead and set the new national record for the Congo. On the tenth throw, the 2016 world leader Joe Kovacs threw 21.78 m to take over the lead at the end of the first round. Starting the second round, Crouser tossed 22.22 m, to not only take the lead but to become tied for the number 17 thrower in history. Near the end of the round, Tomas Walsh threw 21.20 m, to equal Elemba's distance, but with his second throw of 21.00 Elemba held the tiebreaker for bronze position. For his third round throw, Crouser improved his best to 22.26 m, to advance to become the number 14 thrower in history. After dropping off four competitors and changing the throwing order, Walsh moved into the bronze medal position with a 21.36 m in the fifth round. Then Crouser put the exclamation point on his night's work with a, beating Ulf Timmermann's Olympic Record from 1988; the days of East German doping dominance. It moved him into a tie for the number 10 thrower in history. Since 2004, only Kovacs has thrown farther.The medals were presented by Issa Hayatou, IOC member, and Karim Ibrahim, Council Member of the IAAF.
Competition format
Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.Schedule
All times are Brasilia Time| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 9:55 20:30 | Qualification Final |
Records
, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.| World record | 23.12 m | Los Angeles, California, United States | 20 May 1990 | |
| Olympic record | 22.47 m | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | |
| 2016 World leading | 22.13 m | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 22 May 2016 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Nationality | Athlete | Distance | Record |
| 18 August | Final | Ryan Crouser | 22.52 m | Olympic record |
The following national records were established during the competition:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Distance | Notes |
| Brazil | Qualifying | 20.94 m | ||
| Congo | Final | 21.20 m | ||
| Brazil | Final | 21.02 m |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification rule: qualification standard 20.65m or at least best 12 qualified.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Ryan Crouser | 21.59 | 21.59 | ||||
| 2 | B | Tomas Walsh | 21.03 | 21.03 | ||||
| 3 | B | Darlan Romani | 20.94 | 20.94 | , | |||
| 4 | A | Jacko Gill | 20.19 | 19.80 | 20.80 | 20.80 | ||
| 5 | A | Joe Kovacs | 19.59 | 20.73 | 20.73 | |||
| 6 | B | Konrad Bukowiecki | x | 20.71 | 20.71 | |||
| 7 | A | Tomasz Majewski | 19.87 | 20.56 | 20.15 | 20.56 | ||
| 8 | A | Stipe Žunić | 20.52 | 20.47 | 20.32 | 20.52 | ||
| 9 | B | Damien Birkinhead | 20.32 | 20.41 | 20.50 | 20.50 | ||
| 10 | B | David Storl | 20.47 | x | 20.30 | 20.47 | ||
| 11 | A | Franck Elemba | 19.94 | 19.94 | 20.45 | 20.45 | ||
| 12 | B | O'Dayne Richards | 19.38 | 20.40 | x | 20.40 | ||
| 13 | A | Andrei Gag | x | x | 20.40 | 20.40 | ||
| 14 | A | Borja Vivas | 19.62 | 20.25 | 20.21 | 20.25 | ||
| 15 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | 19.86 | x | 20.16 | 20.16 | ||
| 16 | A | Tim Nedow | x | 20.00 | 19.72 | 20.00 | ||
| 17 | B | Carlos Tobalina | 19.98 | 19.81 | x | 19.98 | ||
| 18 | B | Michał Haratyk | 19.36 | x | 19.97 | 19.97 | ||
| 19 | A | Germán Lauro | 19.89 | 19.56 | 19.61 | 19.89 | ||
| 20 | A | Tomáš Staněk | 19.76 | x | 19.64 | 19.76 | ||
| 21 | B | Filip Mihaljević | 19.18 | 19.69 | 19.52 | 19.69 | ||
| 22 | A | Tobias Dahm | 19.62 | 19.59 | 19.34 | 19.62 | ||
| 23 | A | Darrell Hill | 18.99 | 19.56 | 19.50 | 19.56 | ||
| 24 | B | Mesud Pezer | 19.06 | 19.29 | 19.55 | 19.55 | ||
| 25 | B | Georgi Ivanov | 19.08 | 19.49 | x | 19.49 | ||
| 26 | A | Hamza Alić | 19.48 | x | x | 19.48 | ||
| 27 | A | Nicholas Scarvelis | 19.07 | x | 19.37 | 19.37 | ||
| 28 | A | Stephen Mozia | x | x | 18.98 | 18.98 | ||
| 29 | B | Tsanko Arnaudov | x | 18.88 | x | 18.88 | ||
| 30 | A | Kemal Mešić | 18.84 | x | 18.78 | 18.78 | ||
| 31 | B | Benik Abrahamyan | 18.08 | 18.72 | 18.35 | 18.72 | ||
| 32 | B | Ivan Emilianov | x | x | 17.83 | 17.83 | ||
| 33 | A | Ivan Ivanov | x | 17.38 | x | 17.38 | ||
| 34 | B | Eldred Henry | 17.07 | x | 17.07 | 17.07 |