2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Events at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 19 August. A 6kg (junior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

Gold	Margus Hunt Estonia
Silver	Mostafa El-Moaty Egypt
Bronze	Guo Yanxiang China

Results

Final

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Margus Hunt	Estonia	x	19.68	x	20.17	20.53	x	20.53
	Mostafa El-Moaty	Egypt	20.05	20.14	x	20.06	19.97	20.08	20.14
	Guo Yanxiang	China	19.02	19.76	19.97	19.21	19.38	x	19.97
4	John Hickey	United States	x	19.86	18.04	x	x	x	19.86
5	Meshari Mohammad	Kuwait	19.78	19.60	19.79	x	x	x	19.79
6	Carlos Véliz	Cuba	18.59	18.45	18.84	x	19.76	19.61	19.76
7	Saurabh Vij	India	19.75	19.58	x	19.33	x	18.99	19.75
8	Paulius Luožys	Lithuania	19.24	19.05	x	18.60	18.80	18.73	19.24
9	Jan Hoffman	South Africa	18.63	x	18.39				18.63
10	Tobias Hepperle	Germany	x	18.24	18.00				18.24
11	Joe Stevens	Australia	18.21	x	17.35				18.21
12	Rosen Karamfilov	Bulgaria	18.16	x	17.84				18.16

Qualifications

18 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	John Hickey	United States	x	x	19.49	19.49	Q
2	Meshari Mohammad	Kuwait	19.31	-	-	19.31	Q
3	Carlos Véliz	Cuba	18.66	19.25	-	19.25	Q
4	Mostafa El-Moaty	Egypt	18.41	18.97	-	18.97	Q
5	Wang Guangpu	China	17.72	17.70	18.49	18.49
6	Om Prakash Singh	India	x	18.13	18.41	18.41
7	Mihai Grasu	Romania	18.29	18.06	x	18.29
8	Ivan Semenov	Russia	17.13	18.24	x	18.24
9	Vladislav Tulácek	Czech Republic	18.13	18.20	x	18.20
10	Emanuele Fuamatu	Australia	17.92	17.97	17.80	17.97
11	Stanislav Seheda	Ukraine	16.42	x	17.94	17.94
12	Nikola Kišanic	Croatia	17.85	17.35	x	17.85
13	Viktor Páli	Hungary	17.12	x	16.60	17.12
14	Nick Petersen	Denmark	15.49	x	16.89	16.89
	Maicol Spallanzani	Italy	x	x	x	NM
	Nico Grobler	South Africa	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Saurabh Vij	India	19.27	-	-	19.27	Q
2	Paulius Luožys	Lithuania	19.08	-	-	19.08	Q
3	Jan Hoffman	South Africa	16.71	19.00	-	19.00	Q
4	Margus Hunt	Estonia	18.40	18.95	-	18.95	Q
5	Rosen Karamfilov	Bulgaria	18.62	x	18.37	18.62	q
6	Guo Yanxiang	China	x	18.12	18.62	18.62	q
7	Joe Stevens	Australia	18.37	18.61	18.18	18.61	q
8	Tobias Hepperle	Germany	18.59	18.27	18.21	18.59	q
9	António Silva	Portugal	x	18.55	x	18.55
10	Yeóryios Yeromarkákis	Greece	17.40	17.74	18.38	18.38
11	Konstantin Lyadusov	Russia	17.49	18.37	17.97	18.37
12	Grigoriy Kamulya	Uzbekistan	18.01	x	18.06	18.06
13	Eric Werskey	United States	x	x	16.62	16.62
14	Marin Premeru	Croatia	16.54	x	x	16.54
15	Tyron Benjamin	Dominica	15.56	16.34	16.25	16.34

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

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