2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

2008 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	women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July.^[1][2] A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	David Storl  Germany
Silver	Alexander Bulanov  Russia
Bronze	Marin Premeru  Croatia

Results[]

Final[]

8 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	David Storl	Germany	x	19.81	19.61	x	20.31	21.08	21.08
	Alexander Bulanov	Russia	19.29	x	x	19.51	19.31	20.14	20.14
	Marin Premeru	Croatia	19.13	19.73	19.93	19.90	19.64	x	19.93
4		Poland	18.34	19.23	19.21	19.21	18.96	19.85	19.85
5		Ukraine	19.80	x	x	19.50	x	x	19.80
6		Sweden	19.06	19.11	x	18.82	19.39	x	19.39
7		Czech Republic	17.83	18.62	19.21	x	x	x	19.21
8		Germany	18.95	19.11	x	18.07	x	x	19.11
9	Emanuele Fuamatu	Australia	19.11	x	18.31				19.11
10		Poland	18.77	x	x				18.77
11		Belarus	18.42	x	18.69				18.69
12		Serbia	18.42	18.11	17.90				18.42

Qualifications[]

8 July

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Alexander Bulanov	Russia	x	17.97	19.61	19.61	Q
2		Sweden	18.55	19.27	19.20	19.27	q
3		Poland	18.31	19.24	19.21	19.24	q
4		Germany	18.75	x	18.66	18.75	q
5		Belarus	18.26	18.67	x	18.67	q
6		Czech Republic	17.64	18.43	18.60	18.60	q
7		Uzbekistan	17.84	17.72	18.35	18.35
8		Ukraine	18.10	18.31	17.69	18.31
9		United States	18.29	17.90	17.75	18.29
10	Orazio Cremona	South Africa	x	18.28	x	18.28
11		Lithuania	x	18.10	17.24	18.10
12		United Kingdom	17.69	17.32	17.66	17.69
13		Finland	x	17.65	17.69	17.69
14	Mario Cota	Mexico	x	17.68	17.22	17.68
15		India	16.89	17.57	x	17.57
16		Italy	16.26	17.05	17.31	17.31
17	Colin Quirke	Ireland	x	16.11	17.28	17.28
18		Chile	14.80	15.71	15.89	15.89

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	David Storl	Germany	19.88	-	-	19.88	Q
2	Emanuele Fuamatu	Australia	18.68	19.20	19.28	19.28	q
3		Ukraine	18.60	18.95	18.83	18.95	q
4		Poland	18.70	x	x	18.70	q
5	Marin Premeru	Croatia	17.27	18.57	x	18.57	q
6		Serbia	18.56	x	17.73	18.56	q
7		Bulgaria	18.37	18.50	x	18.50
8		United States	17.28	18.38	x	18.38
9		Belarus	18.32	x	x	18.32
10		Lithuania	17.08	17.49	18.10	18.10
11	Sergey Dementev	Uzbekistan	17.49	17.46	17.92	17.92
12	Eder Moreno	Colombia	17.65	17.88	17.54	17.88
13		Austria	17.21	x	x	17.21
14		Spain	16.20	16.65	16.17	16.65
15		Estonia	15.26	x	16.54	16.54
16		Argentina	x	x	16.43	16.43
17		Netherlands	x	x	15.87	15.87
		Finland	x	x	x	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References[]