title: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
text: # 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
  
  The men's shot put at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Jacko Gill New Zealand |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Krzysztof Brzozowski Poland |
  | Bronze | Damien Birkinhead Australia |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
  
  | World Junior Record | David Storl (GER) | 22.73 | Osterode, Germany | 14 July 2009 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Edis Elkasević (CRO) | 21.47 | Kingston, Jamaica | 16 July 2002 |
  | World Junior Leading | Jacko Gill (NZL) | 22.30 | Waitakere, New Zealand | 24 March 2012 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: Standard 19.30 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | B | Jacko Gill | New Zealand | 21.50 | | | 21.50 | Q, CR |
  | 2 | A | Damien Birkinhead | Australia | 20.01 | | | 20.01 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.92 | 19.17 | 19.96 | 19.96 | Q, NJ |
  | 4 | B | Stephen Mozia | United States | 19.14 | 19.81 | | 19.81 | Q |
  | 5 | A | Krzysztof Brzozowski | Poland | X | 19.77 | | 19.77 | Q |
  | 6 | A | Ashinia Miller | Jamaica | 18.56 | 18.58 | 19.71 | 19.71 | Q |
  | 7 | B | Arttu Kangas | Finland | 19.27 | 19.26 | 19.61 | 19.61 | Q |
  | 8 | B | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg | 19.33 | | | 19.33 | Q |
  | 9 | A | Alejandro Noguera | Spain | 19.28 | X | – | 19.28 | q, NJ |
  | 10 | B | Li Jun | China | 19.19 | X | 18.79 | 19.19 | q |
  | 11 | A | Joaquín Ballivián | Chile | 18.15 | X | 19.18 | 19.18 | q |
  | 12 | B | Bodo Göder | Germany | 19.03 | 19.14 | 19.15 | 19.15 | q |
  | 13 | B | Ahmed Ahmed Hassan | Egypt | X | 18.40 | 19.05 | 19.05 | PB |
  | 14 | A | Li Meng | China | 18.66 | 18.87 | 18.57 | 18.87 | |
  | 15 | A | Matti Sivonen | Finland | 18.73 | 18.55 | X | 18.73 | PB |
  | 16 | B | Vladyslav Chernikov | Ukraine | 17.38 | 18.15 | 18.72 | 18.72 | |
  | 17 | B | Boris Vain | France | 17.73 | X | 18.72 | 18.72 | |
  | 18 | A | Jaromír Mazgal | Czech Republic | 18.69 | 18.23 | X | 18.69 | SB |
  | 19 | A | Nicholas Scarvelis | United States | 18.43 | 18.47 | 18.66 | 18.66 | |
  | 20 | A | Jan Josef Jeuschede | Germany | 18.52 | 18.26 | X | 18.52 | |
  | 21 | B | Aliaksei Nichypar | Belarus | X | X | 18.39 | 18.39 | |
  | 22 | B | Murat Gündüz | Turkey | 17.77 | 17.78 | 18.35 | 18.35 | |
  | 23 | A | Dimítrios Senikídis | Greece | 18.21 | X | 17.96 | 18.21 | PB |
  | 24 | B | Alex Sales | Brazil | 17.79 | 18.19 | X | 18.19 | |
  | 25 | A | Nelson Fernandes | Brazil | 18.08 | X | X | 18.08 | |
  | 26 | B | Mantas Jusis | Lithuania | X | 17.75 | 17.90 | 17.90 | |
  | 27 | A | Mykola Bagach | Ukraine | 16.93 | 16.90 | 17.90 | 17.90 | |
  | 28 | B | Andrzej Regin | Poland | 17.43 | 17.49 | 17.83 | 17.83 | |
  | 29 | A | Tibor Rakovszky | Hungary | 17.79 | X | X | 17.79 | |
  | 30 | A | Jordan Young | Canada | 17.28 | 17.61 | X | 17.61 | |
  | 31 | A | Hezekiel Romeo | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.15 | X | 17.50 | 17.50 | |
  | 32 | A | Viktor Gardenkrans | Sweden | 17.37 | X | X | 17.37 | |
  | 33 | A | Tomaš Durovic | Montenegro | 17.27 | 16.72 | 15.99 | 17.27 | PB |
  | 34 | B | Mohamed Omar Moussa Abdulqadri | Saudi Arabia | 17.16 | 16.38 | X | 17.16 | |
  | 35 | B | Sindri Lárusson | Iceland | 16.82 | 16.39 | 16.77 | 16.82 | |
  | 36 | B | David Daniš | Slovakia | 16.59 | X | 16.59 | 16.59 | |
  | 37 | B | Sullivan Parker | Canada | 15.73 | X | 15.56 | 15.73 | PB |
  | – | B | Emmanuel Onyia | Jamaica | X | X | X | NM | |
  | – | A | Praduman Singh | India | X | X | X | NM | |
  | – | B | Ifeanyi Augustine Nwoye | Nigeria | – | – | – | – | DNS |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jacko Gill | New Zealand | 21.74 | 22.19 | 22.15 | 21.84 | 22.20 | 22.02 | 22.20 | CR |
  | | Krzysztof Brzozowski | Poland | 21.78 | X | X | 20.88 | 21.37 | X | 21.78 | NJ |
  | | Damien Birkinhead | Australia | 20.44 | 20.60 | 21.03 | 20.83 | 21.14 | 20.40 | 21.14 | NJ |
  | 4 | Arttu Kangas | Finland | 19.52 | 19.69 | X | X | 19.73 | 19.85 | 19.85 | |
  | 5 | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina | X | 18.80 | 19.83 | X | 18.81 | X | 19.83 | |
  | 6 | Li Jun | China | 18.35 | 19.00 | 19.72 | X | 19.38 | 19.46 | 19.72 | |
  | 7 | Bodo Göder | Germany | 19.27 | 18.96 | 19.70 | 19.52 | X | X | 19.70 | |
  | 8 | Alejandro Noguera | Spain | 19.08 | 19.55 | X | X | X | 19.42 | 19.55 | |
  | 9 | Joaquín Ballivián | Chile | 18.78 | 19.47 | 18.70 | | | | 19.47 | |
  | 10 | Stephen Mozia | United States | 19.45 | X | 19.22 | | | | 19.45 | |
  | 11 | Ashinia Miller | Jamaica | 17.57 | 18.70 | 16.86 | | | | 18.70 | |
  | 12 | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg | X | X | X | | | | NM | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Australia (1)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
  * Brazil (2)
  * Canada (2)
  * Chile (1)
  * China (2)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Egypt (1)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Iceland (1)
  * India (1)
  * Jamaica (2)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Luxembourg (1)
  * Montenegro (1)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Poland (2)
  * Saudi Arabia (1)
  * Slovakia (1)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Trinidad and Tobago (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Ukraine (2)
  * United States (2)
  