2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's shot put event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.^[1][2] A 6kg (junior implement) shot was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Edis Elkasević  Croatia
Silver	United States
Bronze	Mika Vasara  Finland

Results[]

Final[]

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Edis Elkasević	Croatia	x	20.59	x	x	20.75	21.47	21.47
		United States	x	19.73	x	19.46	20.54	19.89	20.54
	Mika Vasara	Finland	18.98	x	20.21	19.78	x	20.50	20.50
4		Poland	20.41	20.42	x	19.91	x	x	20.42
5	Bertrand Vili	France	19.37	19.61	20.09	20.12	x	x	20.12
6		Belarus	18.84	19.29	18.88	19.51	19.96	19.97	19.97
7	Yasser Ibrahim	Egypt	18.67	18.97	19.25	19.17	19.49	x	19.49
8	Vikas Gowda	India	19.30	x	18.64	18.55	18.88	18.88	19.30
9	Taavi Peetre	Estonia	18.72	x	18.02				18.72
10	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi	Qatar	x	18.66	x				18.66
11		Canada	17.87	18.54	x				18.54
12		United States	18.38	18.29	18.38				18.38

Qualifications[]

16 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bertrand Vili	France	19.54	-	-	19.54	Q
2		Poland	19.24	-	-	19.24	Q
3	Vikas Gowda	India	17.85	18.02	19.05	19.05	Q
4		United States	18.42	x	18.77	18.77	q
5	Yasser Ibrahim	Egypt	18.19	18.70	18.05	18.70	q
6		Sweden	17.60	17.85	17.07	17.85
7	Anton Lyuboslavskiy	Russia	x	17.76	17.77	17.77
8		Australia	x	x	17.73	17.73
9		Canada	17.30	17.31	x	17.31
10		Brazil	x	x	17.15	17.15
11	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria	x	x	17.12	17.12
12		North Macedonia	16.40	x	15.84	16.40
13		Georgia	16.15	15.22	16.06	16.15
14		Jamaica	15.87	x	x	15.87

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Mika Vasara	Finland	20.43	-	-	20.43	Q
2		United States	20.35	-	-	20.35	Q
3	Edis Elkasević	Croatia	20.20	-	-	20.20	Q
4		Belarus	18.89	18.89	18.63	18.89	q
5	Taavi Peetre	Estonia	18.76	18.53	x	18.76	q
6	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi	Qatar	18.51	x	x	18.51	q
7		Canada	18.38	x	18.48	18.48	q
8		India	x	18.29	17.99	18.29
9		Germany	17.89	17.87	x	17.89
10		Australia	17.17	17.88	x	17.88
11		South Africa	16.64	17.76	16.98	17.76
12		South Korea	17.22	17.64	17.20	17.64
13		FR Yugoslavia	17.38	17.45	x	17.45
14		Saudi Arabia	16.99	x	16.45	16.99

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References[]