2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
| Men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 August (qualification) 6 August (final) |
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| Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 22.03 m (72 ft 3 1⁄4 in) | |||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships 
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 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 | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km 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 | |||
The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.
In the final Joe Kovacs (USA) led after the first round with a throw of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was out-thrown by Tomas Walsh (New Zealand) with a 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić (Croatia) moved into third with a 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round, Kovacs threw beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put by throwing a 22.03 metres.
Before the competition, the records were as follows:
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:
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