2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2015 at 16:30 (qualification) and 6 March, 17:25 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
David Storl	Asmir Kolašinac	Ladislav Prášil

Records

Standing records prior to the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		22.66	Los Angeles, United States	20 January 1989
European record		22.55	Senftenberg, East Germany	11 February 1989
Championship record		22.19	Liévin, France	21 February 1987
World Leading		21.80	Łódź, Poland	17 February 2015
European Leading		21.26	Karlsruhe, Germany	21 February 2015

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.55 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1			21.23			21.23	Q
2			20.16	20.39	20.67	20.67	Q, NR
3			20.19	20.56		20.56	Q, NR
4			19.96	20.50	–	20.50	q
5			19.55	20.46	19.62	20.46	q, AJB
6			20.23	20.41	x	20.41	q
7			20.16	x	19.80	20.16	q
8			19.97	x	19.50	19.97	q, PB
9			19.34	19.31	19.95	19.95
10			x	19.57	19.91	19.91
11			19.73	19.66	x	19.73
12			19.63	18.73	19.68	19.68
13			19.61	x	x	19.61
14			18.90	19.45	x	19.45
15			x	x	19.45	19.45
16			x	19.30	x	19.30
17			x	18.94	19.18	19.18
18			19.11	18.98	19.06	19.11
19			x	19.07	x	19.07
20			19.04	x	18.91	19.04
21			18.95	x	x	18.95
22			18.90	x	x	18.90
23			17.68	18.52	18.72	18.72
24			18.65	18.62	18.71	18.71
25			x	x	18.53	18.53
26			x	18.31	18.45	18.45
27			18.18	x	x	18.18
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Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
			20.56	x	21.12	x	20.92	21.23	21.23
			x	x	20.47	20.34	x	20.90	20.90
			20.66	x	x	x	20.26	x	20.66	SB
4			19.72	20.03	20.15	20.14	20.59	20.10	20.59
5			19.93	x	20.32	x	20.48	x	20.48
6			20.46	20.41	20.44	x	20.19	x	20.46	=AJB
7			x	19.58	20.28	x	x	x	20.28
8			19.58	19.43	19.36	19.21	x	x	19.58

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM051901_C73R.pdf Qualification results
2. Web site: Final results . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113083422/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM051101_C73S.pdf . 2016-11-13 . dead .