2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event at the 2003 World Championships
2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...

in Paris, France. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 23 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Mikhnevich Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships.... Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... (BLR)
Silver	Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Bronze	Yuriy Bilonoh Yuriy Bilonoh Yuriy Bilonoh is a Ukrainian shot putter. Born in Bilopillya, Sumy, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillya, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov. Bilonoh won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth.... Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... (UKR)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time
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(UTC+1
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
23.08.2003 – 08:30h 23.08.2003 – 08:30h
Final Round
23.08.2003 – 19:25h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003 – 08:30h	23.08.2003 – 08:30h
Final Round
23.08.2003 – 19:25h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualification

Held on Saturday 23 August 2003

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.		20.84 m
2.		20.23 m
3.		20.14 m
4.		20.06 m
5.		19.95 m
6.		19.84 m
7.		19.70 m
8.		19.61 m
9.		19.51 m
10.		19.51 m
11.		19.32 m
12.		19.24 m
13.		19.17 m
14.		19.02 m
15.		18.99 m
—		NM

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.		21.08 m
2.		20.89 m
3.		20.55 m
4.		20.37 m
5.		20.28 m
6.		20.28 m
7.		20.10 m
8.		19.78 m
9.		19.55 m
10.		19.23 m
11.		19.02 m
12.		18.66 m
13.		18.25 m
—		DQ
—		DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
		21.69 m
		21.26 m
		21.10 m
4.		20.61 m
5.		20.50 m
6.		20.45 m
7.		20.09 m
8.		19.84 m
9.		19.61 m
10.		19.38 m
—		DQ
—		DNS

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