2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

2012 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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Jacko Gill  New Zealand
Silver	Krzysztof Brzozowski  Poland
Bronze	Damien Birkinhead  Australia

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	David Storl (GER)	22.73	Osterode, Germany	14 July 2009
Championship Record	Edis Elkasević (CRO)	21.47	Kingston, Jamaica	16 July 2002
World Junior Leading	Jacko Gill (NZL)	22.30	Waitakere, New Zealand	24 March 2012

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: Standard 19.30 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	21.50			21.50	Q, CR
2	A	Damien Birkinhead	Australia	20.01			20.01	Q
3	A	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.92	19.17	19.96	19.96	Q, NJ
4	B	Stephen Mozia	United States	19.14	19.81		19.81	Q
5	A	Krzysztof Brzozowski	Poland	X	19.77		19.77	Q
6	A	Ashinia Miller	Jamaica	18.56	18.58	19.71	19.71	Q
7	B	Arttu Kangas	Finland	19.27	19.26	19.61	19.61	Q
8	B	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	19.33			19.33	Q
9	A		Spain	19.28	X	–	19.28	q, NJ
10	B		China	19.19	X	18.79	19.19	q
11	A	Joaquín Ballivián	Chile	18.15	X	19.18	19.18	q
12	B		Germany	19.03	19.14	19.15	19.15	q
13	B		Egypt	X	18.40	19.05	19.05	PB
14	A		China	18.66	18.87	18.57	18.87
15	A		Finland	18.73	18.55	X	18.73	PB
16	B		Ukraine	17.38	18.15	18.72	18.72
17	B	Boris Vain	France	17.73	X	18.72	18.72
18	A		Czech Republic	18.69	18.23	X	18.69	SB
19	A	Nicholas Scarvelis	United States	18.43	18.47	18.66	18.66
20	A		Germany	18.52	18.26	X	18.52
21	B	Aliaksei Nichypar	Belarus	X	X	18.39	18.39
22	B		Turkey	17.77	17.78	18.35	18.35
23	A		Greece	18.21	X	17.96	18.21	PB
24	B		Brazil	17.79	18.19	X	18.19
25	A		Brazil	18.08	X	X	18.08
26	B		Lithuania	X	17.75	17.90	17.90
27	A		Ukraine	16.93	16.90	17.90	17.90
28	B		Poland	17.43	17.49	17.83	17.83
29	A		Hungary	17.79	X	X	17.79
30	A		Canada	17.28	17.61	X	17.61
31	A		Trinidad and Tobago	17.15	X	17.50	17.50
32	A		Sweden	17.37	X	X	17.37
33	A		Montenegro	17.27	16.72	15.99	17.27	PB
34	B		Saudi Arabia	17.16	16.38	X	17.16
35	B		Iceland	16.82	16.39	16.77	16.82
36	B		Slovakia	16.59	X	16.59	16.59
37	B		Canada	15.73	X	15.56	15.73	PB
–	B		Jamaica	X	X	X	NM
–	A		India	X	X	X	NM
–	B		Nigeria	–	–	–	–	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	21.74	22.19	22.15	21.84	22.20	22.02	22.20	CR
	Krzysztof Brzozowski	Poland	21.78	X	X	20.88	21.37	X	21.78	NJ
	Damien Birkinhead	Australia	20.44	20.60	21.03	20.83	21.14	20.40	21.14	NJ
4	Arttu Kangas	Finland	19.52	19.69	X	X	19.73	19.85	19.85
5	Mesud Pezer	Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	18.80	19.83	X	18.81	X	19.83
6		China	18.35	19.00	19.72	X	19.38	19.46	19.72
7		Germany	19.27	18.96	19.70	19.52	X	X	19.70
8		Spain	19.08	19.55	X	X	X	19.42	19.55
9	Joaquín Ballivián	Chile	18.78	19.47	18.70				19.47
10	Stephen Mozia	United States	19.45	X	19.22				19.45
11	Ashinia Miller	Jamaica	17.57	18.70	16.86				18.70
12	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	X	X	X				NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 shot put schedule