Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put

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 2002 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...

was held on 30–31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....	Janus Robberts Janus Robberts Janus Robberts is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world record holder...	Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....

Qualification

Qualification: 18.20 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Janus Robberts Janus Robberts Janus Robberts is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world record holder...	19.47			19.47	Q
2	A	Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....	19.33			19.33	Q
3	B	Brad Snyder	18.73			18.73	Q
4	A	Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals....	17.63	17.58	18.64	18.64	Q
5	B	Clay Cross Clay Cross (athlete) Clay Cross is an Australian shot putter. He won the Australian championships in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2005.His personal best is 19.42 metres, achieved in June 2004...	18.44			18.44	Q
6	B	Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....	18.36			18.36	Q
7	B	Emeka Udechuku Emeka Udechuku Chukwuemeka Udechuku OA is an English discus thrower. "Emeka" is a nickname for the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka" ....	X	17.17	17.92	17.92	q, SB
8	A	Mark Proctor	17.10	17.61	x	17.61	q
9	B	Dave Stoute	17.47	17.10	x	17.47	q
10	A	Ghufran Hussain	17.29	17.04	17.01	17.29	q
11	B	Lee Newman	15.75	16.38	16.69	16.69	q
12	A	Dong Enxin	15.88	15.79	16.09	16.09	q
13	A	Anthony Soalla-Bell	13.90	16.01	16.01	16.01	NR Sierra Leonean records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Sierra Leone maintained by its national athletics federation: Sierra Leone Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:...
14	A	Robert Kidd	11.83	11.69	11.94	11.94
	B	Navpreet Singh Navpreet Singh Navpreet Singh Bilkhu is an Indian shot putter.His personal best throw is 19.93 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Chennai.-Achievements:-References:...	x	x	x
	B	Kevin Brown

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....	18.43	19.94	19.68	20.29	19.70	20.91	20.91	GR
	Janus Robberts Janus Robberts Janus Robberts is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world record holder...	19.03	x	19.35	x	19.97	19.53	19.97
	Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....	19.82	19.72	19.50	19.47	19.97	19.90	19.91
	Brad Snyder	18.97	19.26	19.63	x	19.48	x	19.63
	Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals....	18.08	18.33	18.46	18.11	x	18.31	18.46
	Clay Cross Clay Cross (athlete) Clay Cross is an Australian shot putter. He won the Australian championships in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2005.His personal best is 19.42 metres, achieved in June 2004...	17.45	17.21	18.10	17.72	17.57	17.87	18.10
	Mark Proctor	17.55	x	x	17.56	17.77	18.08	18.08
	Dave Stoute	16.91	17.60	x	x	x	–	17.60
	Emeka Udechuku Emeka Udechuku Chukwuemeka Udechuku OA is an English discus thrower. "Emeka" is a nickname for the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka" ....	17.54	17.38	x				17.54
10	Ghufran Hussain	16.50	17.40	17.37				17.40
11	Lee Newman	16.08	16.23	16.59				16.59
12	Dong Enxin	15.72	15.37	15.65				15.72

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