2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The Men's shot put event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 2006.

The winning margin was 95 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put has been won by more than 90 cm at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Reese Hoffa	Joachim Olsen	Pavel Sofin

Note: In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original silver medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.^[1]

Results

Qualification

Qualifying perf. 20.30 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			20.76			20.76	Q
			20.35			20.35	Q, Doping
2			20.04	X	20.33	20.33	Q
3			20.23	20.24	X	20.24	q, PB
4			X	19.80	20.22	20.22	q
5			19.50	X	20.19	20.19	q
6			19.80	X	20.10	20.10	q
7			X	19.07	20.04	20.04	q
8			19.33	X	19.91	19.91
9			18.69	X	19.90	19.90
10			18.69	X	19.90	19.79
11			X	X	19.46	19.46
12			19.39	19.14	19.21	19.39	SB
13			X	18.84	19.37	19.37
14			18.71	18.96	18.21	18.96
15			18.86	X	X	18.86
16			18.22	18.24	18.42	18.42
			X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			21.41	22.11	X	21.61	X	X	22.11	WL
			X	21.25	X	21.37	21.30	21.19	21.37	Doping
			20.28	21.16	20.62	X	20.80	20.45	21.16
			20.68	20.27	X	20.03	19.60	20.14	20.68	PB
4			20.42	X	X	X	X	20.60	20.60
5			19.77	20.43	20.36	X	X	20.39	20.43	SB
6			19.80	20.07	X	X	X	X	20.07
7			X	19.93	X	X	X	X	19.93

References

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. 31 July 2013. IAAF. 4 April 2014.