2026 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's shot put
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The men's shot put at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 5 August 2026.
VenueHayward Field
Dates5 August (Qualification & Final)[1]
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning distance20.35 m
| Men's shot put at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hayward Field | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 August (Qualification & Final)[1] | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 20.35 m | |||||||||
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Records
U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:[2]
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record |  Jacko Gill (NZL) |
23.00 | Auckland, New Zealand | 18 August 2013 |
| Championship Record | 22.20 | Barcelona, Spain | 11 July 2012 | |
| World U20 Leading |  Omar Hussein (USA) |
21.81 | Eugene, United States | 19 June 2026 |
Results
Qualification
Qualification took place in the morning session on 5 August 2026.[1] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 19.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Alessandro Borges |  Brazil |
19.63 | 19.63 m | Q | ||
| 2 | Simon Kunkel |  Germany |
18.06 | 19.45 | 19.00 | 19.45 m | q |
| 3 | Jayden Walcott |  Barbados |
x | x | 18.86 | 18.86 m | q |
| 4 | Chrysovalantis Kanotzian |  Greece |
18.61 | x | 18.29 | 18.61 m | q |
| 5 | Maksym Lavryk |  Ukraine |
18.56 | x | x | 18.56 m | |
| 6 | Omar Hussein | United States |
x | 18.54 | 17.95 | 18.54 m | |
| 7 | Raul Andrei Filimon |  Romania |
16.93 | 18.46 | 18.45 | 18.46 m | |
| 8 | Denis Cutcoveţchi |  Moldova |
17.76 | 18.17 | 18.39 | 18.39 m | |
| 9 | Dewald Benjamin Bezuidenhout |  South Africa |
18.38 | x | 17.59 | 18.38 m | |
| 10 | Ermin Sinančević |  Serbia |
x | 17.53 | 18.26 | 18.26 m | |
| 11 | Enhar Mahmić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
x | 18.12 | x | 18.12 m | |
| 12 | Kamari Kennedy |  Jamaica |
16.81 | 17.15 | x | 17.15 m | |
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Group B
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Aristion Anastasios Papadopoulos | Greece |
18.20 | 19.82 | 19.82 m | Q | |
| 2 | Park Si-hoon |  South Korea |
19.69 | 19.69 m | Q | ||
| 3 | Wu Chenqi |  China |
19.14 | 19.43 | 19.11 | 19.43 m | q, PB |
| 4 | Ingmar Bratteby-Belem |  France |
x | 19.24 | x | 19.24 m | q |
| 5 | Jaco van Dyk | South Africa |
18.93 | 19.09 | x | 19.09 m | q |
| 6 | Yehia Khalid Helmy Mohamed Sawaby |  Egypt |
x | 18.94 | 18.33 | 18.94 m | q, PB |
| 7 | Ștefan Alexandru Ciobanu | Romania |
x | 17.75 | 18.94 | 18.94 m | q |
| 8 | Michael Kpomassy | United States |
18.59 | 18.60 | x | 18.60 m | q |
| 9 | Belmin Sinančević | Serbia |
x | 18.47 | x | 18.47 m | |
| 10 | Manaia Christiansen | New Zealand |
x | 18.36 | 17.53 | 18.36 m | |
| 11 | Antony del Pioluogo |  Italy |
18.15 | x | 18.03 | 18.15 m | |
| 12 | Nkosana Obafemi Johnson | Jamaica |
16.19 | 17.25 | 17.63 | 17.63 m | |
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Final
The final took place in the afternoon session on 5 August 2026.[1]
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |||||
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Alessandro Borges | Brazil |
18.85 | 20.04 | 19.81 | 19.90 | 20.35 | 20.09 | 20.35 m | PB |
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Park Si-hoon | South Korea |
19.87 | 19.45 | 20.31 | 19.38 | 18.91 | x | 20.31 m | |
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Jaco van Dyk | South Africa |
x | 17.86 | 18.90 | 19.36 | 19.80 | 18.98 | 19.80 m | PB |
| 4 | Yehia Khalid Helmy Mohamed Sawaby | Egypt |
18.53 | x | 19.73 | x | x | x | 19.73 m | PB |
| 5 | Ingmar Bratteby-Belem | France |
19.14 | x | 18.32 | 19.50 | 19.16 | x | 19.50 m | |
| 6 | Jayden Walcott | Barbados |
18.97 | 17.99 | 18.61 | 19.27 | 19.21 | x | 19.27 m | |
| 7 | Wu Chenqi | China |
19.04 | 18.96 | 19.16 | 19.26 | 19.01 | 19.26 m | ||
| 8 | Ștefan Alexandru Ciobanu | Romania |
19.05 | x | x | 19.20 | x | 19.20 m | ||
| 9 | Simon Kunkel | Germany |
17.56 | 18.85 | 18.63 | 19.06 | 19.06 m | |||
| 10 | Chrysovalantis Kanotzian | Greece |
18.30 | 18.99 | 18.56 | 18.36 | 18.99 m | |||
| 11 | Michael Kpomassy | United States |
x | x | 18.85 | 18.85 m | ||||
| — | Aristion Anastasios Papadopoulos | Greece |
x | x | x | NM | ||||
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