title: 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
text: # 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
  
  The men's shot put at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |
  | Bronze | Māris Urtāns Latvia (LAT) |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
  
  | World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
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  | European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
  | Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.22 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
  | World Leading | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 22.41 | Eugene, United States | 3 July 2010 |
  | European Leading | Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) | 22.09 | Minsk, Belarus | 14 July 2010 |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | 30 July 2010 | 11:30 | Qualification |
  | 31 July 2010 | 18:30 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DQ | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 19.43 | 20.42 | 20.42 | Q, Doping |
  | 1 | A | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.37 | | | 20.37 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.36 | | | 20.36 | Q |
  | DQ | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.35 | | | 20.35 | Q, Doping |
  | 3 | B | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 19.74 | x | 20.24 | 20.24 | Q |
  | 4 | B | Māris Urtāns | Latvia (LAT) | 18.55 | 19.17 | 20.19 | 20.19 | Q |
  | 5 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia (CRO) | 20.01 | | | 20.01 | Q |
  | 6 | A | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic (CZE) | 19.93 | 19.78 | 19.74 | 19.93 | q |
  | 7 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | x | 19.75 | 19.83 | 19.83 | q |
  | 8 | A | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 19.34 | x | 19.81 | 19.81 | q |
  | 9 | B | Jakub Giża | Poland (POL) | 19.44 | 18.90 | 19.69 | 19.69 | q |
  | 10 | B | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 19.14 | 19.21 | 19.51 | 19.51 | q |
  | 11 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal (POR) | 19.24 | 19.48 | 18.70 | 19.48 | |
  | 12 | A | Taavi Peetre | Estonia (EST) | 19.42 | x | x | 19.42 | |
  | 13 | A | Andriy Semenov | Ukraine (UKR) | 19.31 | x | x | 19.31 | |
  | 14 | A | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary (HUN) | x | 19.15 | x | 19.15 | |
  | 15 | A | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden (SWE) | 18.93 | x | x | 18.93 | |
  | 16 | A | Milan Jotanović | Serbia (SRB) | 18.81 | 18.38 | 18.42 | 18.81 | |
  | DQ | B | Remigius Machura | Czech Republic (CZE) | 18.71 | 18.55 | x | 18.71 | Doping |
  | 17 | B | Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis | Greece (GRE) | 18.15 | 18.28 | 18.58 | 18.58 | |
  | 18 | A | Miran Vodovnik | Slovenia (SLO) | x | 18.42 | x | 18.42 | |
  | 19 | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 18.18 | 18.28 | x | 18.28 | |
  | 20 | B | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus (CYP) | x | 18.23 | 17.76 | 18.23 | |
  | 21 | B | Kim Christensen | Denmark (DEN) | 17.36 | 18.20 | x | 18.20 | |
  | 22 | A | Manuel Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 18.08 | x | 17.73 | 18.08 | |
  | | B | Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson | Iceland (ISL) | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | B | Yves Niaré | France (FRA) | x | x | x | NM | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DQ | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.49 | 21.01 | 20.87 | 20.77 | 20.58 | 20.94 | 21.01 | Doping |
  | | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.66 | 20.83 | 20.78 | 21.00 | 20.96 | 20.59 | 21.00 | |
  | | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.23 | 20.22 | 20.40 | 20.22 | 20.65 | 20.93 | 20.93 | |
  | | Māris Urtāns | Latvia (LAT) | 19.81 | 20.12 | x | 20.56 | 20.72 | 20.64 | 20.72 | |
  | 4 | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 20.24 | 20.24 | x | 20.28 | x | 20.57 | 20.57 | |
  | 5 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia (CRO) | 20.56 | x | 20.33 | 19.90 | 20.50 | 20.37 | 20.56 | PB |
  | DQ | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 19.93 | 20.11 | x | x | x | 20.11 | Doping |
  | 7 | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic (CZE) | 20.01 | x | x | 19.58 | x | x | 20.01 | |
  | 8 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.61 | x | 19.77 | | | | 19.77 | |
  | 9 | Jakub Giża | Poland (POL) | 18.63 | 19.04 | 19.73 | | | | 19.73 | |
  | 10 | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 19.04 | 18.94 | 19.12 | | | | 19.12 | |
  | 11 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | x | 18.19 | | | | 18.19 | |
  