2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's Shot Put | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
 |  POLPoland | Tomasz Majewski | |
 |  GERGermany | David Storl | |
 |  USAUnited States | Reese Hoffa | |
| 99 |  ALBAlbania | Adriatik Hoxha | |
| 99 |  ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | |
| 99 |  AUSAustralia | Dale Stevenson | |
| 99 |  BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Kemal Mešic | |
| 99 |  BLRBelarus | Pavel Lyzhyn | |
| 99 | BLRBelarus | Andrei Mikhnevich | |
| 99 |  BULBulgaria | Georgi Ivanov | |
| 99 |  CANCanada | Dylan Armstrong | |
| 99 | CANCanada | Justin Rodhe | |
| 99 |  CHNChina | Zhang Jun | |
| 99 |  CROCroatia | Nedzad Mulabegovic | |
| 99 |  CUBCuba | Carlos Véliz | |
| 99 |  CZECzechia | Antonín Zalský | |
| 99 |  DENDenmark | Kim Christensen | |
| 99 |  ESPSpain | Borja Vivas | |
| 99 |  ESTEstonia | Raigo Toompuu | |
| 99 |  GBRGreat Britain | Carl Myerscough | |
| 99 | GERGermany | Ralf Bartels | |
| 99 |  GREGreece | Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis | |
| 99 |  HUNHungary | Lajos Kürthy | |
| 99 |  INDIndia | Om Prakash Singh | |
| 99 |  IRIIran | Amin Abrahim Paul Nikfar | |
| 99 |  ISLIceland | Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson | |
| 99 |  JAMJamaica | Dorian Scott | |
| 99 |  LATLatvia | Maris Urtans | |
| 99 |  MEXMexico | Stephen Saenz | |
| 99 |  NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | |
| 99 |  PORPortugal | Marco Fortes | |
| 99 |  RUSRussia | Soslan Tsirikhov | |
| 99 | RUSRussia | Maksim Sidorov | |
| 99 |  SAMSamoa | Emanuele Fuamatu | |
| 99 |  SRBSerbia Republic | Asmir Kolašinac | |
| 99 |  TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Chang Ming-Huang | |
| 99 |  TURTürkiye | Hüseyin Atici | |
| 99 |  UKRUkraine | Andriy Semenov | |
| 99 | USAUnited States | Ryan Whiting | |
| 99 | USAUnited States | Christian Cantwell | |
| Men's Shot Put, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Reese Hoffa | 21.36 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Whiting | 20.78 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Dylan Armstrong | 20.49 |
| 4 | SRBSerbia Republic | Asmir Kolašinac | 20.44 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Maksim Sidorov | 20.40 |
| 6 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Chang Ming-Huang | 20.25 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Ralf Bartels | 20.00 |
| 8 | BLRBelarus | Andrei Mikhnevich | 19.89 |
| 9 | CROCroatia | Nedzad Mulabegovic | 19.86 |
| 10 | INDIndia | Om Prakash Singh | 19.86 |
| 11 | TURTürkiye | Hüseyin Atici | 19.74 |
| 12 | CZECzechia | Antonín Zalský | 19.62 |
| 13 | DENDenmark | Kim Christensen | 19.13 |
| 14 | GBRGreat Britain | Carl Myerscough | 18.95 |
| 15 | ESTEstonia | Raigo Toompuu | 18.91 |
| 16 | IRIIran | Amin Abrahim Paul Nikfar | 18.62 |
| 17 | CUBCuba | Carlos Véliz | 18.57 |
| 18 | SAMSamoa | Emanuele Fuamatu | 17.78 |
| 99 | CHNChina | Zhang Jun | NoM |
| 99 | UKRUkraine | Andriy Semenov | NoM |
| Men's Shot Put, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | David Storl | 21.15 |
| 2 | POLPoland | Tomasz Majewski | 21.03 |
| 3 | ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 20.75 |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Pavel Lyzhyn | 20.57 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Christian Cantwell | 20.41 |
| 6 | JAMJamaica | Dorian Scott | 20.31 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Soslan Tsirikhov | 20.17 |
| 8 | NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | 20.08 |
| 9 | PORPortugal | Marco Fortes | 20.06 |
| 10 | HUNHungary | Lajos Kürthy | 19.65 |
| 11 | BULBulgaria | Georgi Ivanov | 19.63 |
| 12 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Kemal Mešic | 19.60 |
| 13 | GREGreece | Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis | 19.24 |
| 14 | AUSAustralia | Dale Stevenson | 19.17 |
| 15 | LATLatvia | Maris Urtans | 19.13 |
| 16 | ESPSpain | Borja Vivas | 18.88 |
| 17 | MEXMexico | Stephen Saenz | 18.65 |
| 18 | ISLIceland | Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson | 17.62 |
| 19 | ALBAlbania | Adriatik Hoxha | 17.58 |
| 99 | CANCanada | Justin Rodhe | NoM |
| Men's Shot Put, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Reese Hoffa | 21.36 |
| 2 | GERGermany | David Storl | 21.15 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Tomasz Majewski | 21.03 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Ryan Whiting | 20.78 |
| 5 | ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 20.75 |
| 6 | BLRBelarus | Pavel Lyzhyn | 20.57 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Dylan Armstrong | 20.49 |
| 8 | SRBSerbia Republic | Asmir Kolašinac | 20.44 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Christian Cantwell | 20.41 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Maksim Sidorov | 20.40 |
| 11 | JAMJamaica | Dorian Scott | 20.31 |
| 12 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Chang Ming-Huang | 20.25 |
| 13 | RUSRussia | Soslan Tsirikhov | 20.17 |
| 14 | NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | 20.08 |
| 15 | PORPortugal | Marco Fortes | 20.06 |
| 16 | GERGermany | Ralf Bartels | 20.00 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Andrei Mikhnevich | 19.89 |
| 18 | CROCroatia | Nedzad Mulabegovic | 19.86 |
| 19 | INDIndia | Om Prakash Singh | 19.86 |
| 20 | TURTürkiye | Hüseyin Atici | 19.74 |
| 21 | HUNHungary | Lajos Kürthy | 19.65 |
| 22 | BULBulgaria | Georgi Ivanov | 19.63 |
| 23 | CZECzechia | Antonín Zalský | 19.62 |
| 24 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Kemal Mešic | 19.60 |
| 25 | GREGreece | Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis | 19.24 |
| 26 | AUSAustralia | Dale Stevenson | 19.17 |
| 27 | LATLatvia | Maris Urtans | 19.13 |
| 28 | DENDenmark | Kim Christensen | 19.13 |
| 29 | GBRGreat Britain | Carl Myerscough | 18.95 |
| 30 | ESTEstonia | Raigo Toompuu | 18.91 |
| 31 | ESPSpain | Borja Vivas | 18.88 |
| 32 | MEXMexico | Stephen Saenz | 18.65 |
| 33 | IRIIran | Amin Abrahim Paul Nikfar | 18.62 |
| 34 | CUBCuba | Carlos Véliz | 18.57 |
| 35 | SAMSamoa | Emanuele Fuamatu | 17.78 |
| 36 | ISLIceland | Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson | 17.62 |
| 37 | ALBAlbania | Adriatik Hoxha | 17.58 |
| 99 | CANCanada | Justin Rodhe | NoM |
| 99 | CHNChina | Zhang Jun | NoM |
| 99 | UKRUkraine | Andriy Semenov | NoM |
| Men's Shot Put, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Tomasz Majewski | 21.89 |
| 2 | GERGermany | David Storl | 21.86 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Reese Hoffa | 21.23 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Christian Cantwell | 21.19 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Dylan Armstrong | 20.93 |
| 6 | ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 20.84 |
| 7 | SRBSerbia Republic | Asmir Kolašinac | 20.71 |
| 8 | BLRBelarus | Pavel Lyzhyn | 20.69 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Ryan Whiting | 20.64 |
| 10 | JAMJamaica | Dorian Scott | 20.61 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Maksim Sidorov | 20.41 |
| 12 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Chang Ming-Huang | 19.99 |
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