Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
| Men's shot put at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 21.51 | ||||||||||||
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Tomasz Majewski |
 Poland
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Christian Cantwell |
 United States
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Dylan Armstrong |
 Canada
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The men's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 20.30 m (66.6 ft) (A standard) and 19.80 m (64.96 ft) (B standard).
Andrei Mikhnevich was initially awarded the bronze medal but he was later disqualified for doping and the medal was awarded to 4th-place finisher Dylan Armstrong.
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification: 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place
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