2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 23 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Adam Nelson United States (USA)
Bronze	Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003 – 08:30h	23.08.2003 – 08:30h
Final Round
23.08.2003 – 19:25h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 23 August 2003

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	20.84 m
2.	Adam Nelson (USA)	20.23 m
3.	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	20.14 m
4.	Ralf Bartels (GER)	20.06 m
5.	Milan Haborák (SVK)	19.95 m
6.	Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR)	19.84 m
7.	Petr Stehlík (CZE)	19.70 m
8.	Gheorghe Guset (ROU)	19.61 m
9.	Carl Myerscough (GBR)	19.51 m
10.	Pavel Chumachenko (RUS)	19.51 m
11.	Yury Bialou (BLR)	19.32 m
12.	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	19.24 m
13.	Conny Karlsson (FIN)	19.17 m
14.	Janus Robberts (RSA)	19.02 m
15.	Zsolt Bíber (HUN)	18.99 m
—	Reese Hoffa (USA)	NM

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.	John Godina (USA)	21.08 m
2.	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	20.89 m
3.	Tepa Reinikainen (FIN)	20.55 m
4.	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	20.37 m
5.	Justin Anlezark (AUS)	20.28 m
6.	Roman Virastyuk (UKR)	20.28 m
7.	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	20.10 m
8.	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	19.78 m
9.	Dragan Peric (SCG)	19.55 m
10.	Miran Vodovnik (SLO)	19.23 m
11.	Rutger Smith (NED)	19.02 m
12.	Pavel Sofin (RUS)	18.66 m
13.	Yuriy Parkhomenko (UKR)	18.25 m
—	Kevin Toth (USA)	DQ
—	Chima Ugwu (NGR)	DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	21.69 m
	Adam Nelson (USA)	21.26 m
	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	21.10 m
4.	Justin Anlezark (AUS)	20.61 m
5.	Ralf Bartels (GER)	20.50 m
6.	Tepa Reinikainen (FIN)	20.45 m
7.	Ville Tiisanoja (FIN)	20.09 m
8.	John Godina (USA)	19.84 m
9.	Roman Virastyuk (UKR)	19.61 m
10.	Bradley Snyder (CAN)	19.38 m
—	Kevin Toth (USA)	DQ
—	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	DNS

See also

• 2003 Shot Put Year Ranking

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-14)
• Results (Shot-put)