ISTANBUL 2012 ★ PAST RESULTS/WORLD INDOOR MENʼS SP 89 Maebashi 1999 Meanwhile the consistent Martínez (21.14 in the second) put 21.01 and 20.70. The 1997 winner Belonog was confirmed in third place as the Straight Final (Mar 5) contest ended with the last tries of the big two. First was the shaven- 1 Aleksandr Bagach UKR 21.41 headed Martínez, who produced a wonderfully accurate effort right 2, John Godina USA 21.06 down the middle of the sector. It was measured at 21.24, so Godina was 3, Yuriy Belonog UKR 20.89 overhauled. The American’s response (20.66) was insufficient. 4, Manuel Martínez ESP 20.79 5, Arsi Harju FIN 20.38 Qualifying round (20.25 or top 8 to final) (Mar 14) 6, Paolo Dal Soglio ITA 20.10 Qualifiers: Godina 20.88; Belonog 20.55; Olsen 20.45; Martínez 20.36; Anlezark 7, Pavel Chumachenko RUS 19.82 20.25; Reinikainen 20.24; Harju 20.19; Haborák 19.95 Non-qualifiers: Pavel Chumachenko RUS 19.71; Rutger Smith NED 19.59; Kevin 8, Andrey Mikhnevich BLR 19.44 Toth USA 19.35; Ralf Bartels GER 19.32; Paolo Dal Soglio ITA NM; Gheorghe 9, Andy Bloom USA 18.76; 10, Yuji Okano JPN 16.72 Guşet ROU DQ (r149) (19.44) The medallists were the same as in 1997 but the order was different. Bagach was always placed to keep the title in the Ukraine. His first put of 20.78 took the lead and he improved to 21.18 in the second. After Budapest 2004 the third (Bagach 21.10), another Ukrainian, Belonog, was second Final (Mar 7) (20.89) with Godina third (20.68). 1, Christian Cantwell USA 21.49 Bagach improved to 21.41 in the fifth but there was no place 2, Reese Hoffa USA 21.07 change until Martínez produced a Spanish record of 20.79 in the sixth. 3, Joachim B. Olsen DEN 20.99 The Spaniard then sat squarely in front of the scoreboard to wait for the 4, Tomasz Majewski POL 20.83 result of Godina – who had warmed up for the final with a 22 metre 5, Manuel Martínez ESP 20.79 effort – next to throw. Both men were to be disappointed. Godina 6, Andrey Mikhnevich BLR 20.50 because his 21.06 failed to catch Bagach, and Martínez because he 7, Carl Myerscough GBR 20.47 knew he would be fourth, just as he was in 1995. Bagach ended with a 8, Yuriy Belonog UKR 20.26 no-throw. The Americans sewed up a 1-2 by the end of the first round. After the first it was not world leader Cantwell in front but his much shorter Lisbon 2001 compatriot Hoffa, who was also an expert juggler. Hoffa set an absolute personal best of 21.07, but in the second Cantwell progressed to 21.49 which proved to be the winner. The US pair were threatened Straight Final (Mar 9) only by Olsen, who reached 20.99 in the fourth. 1, John Godina USA 20.82 2, Adam Nelson USA 20.72 Group A qualifiers: Belonog 20.79; Cantwell 20.77; Myerscough 20.41; 3, Manuel Martínez ESP 20.67 Mikhnevich 20.41; Majewski 20.28 4, Timo Aaltonen FIN 20.24 Non-qualifiers: Ralf Bartels GER 19.93; Rutger Smith NED 19.67; Marco Verni CHI 19.61; Ivan Yushkov RUS 19.55; Ivan Emelianov MDA 17.47; Alexis Paumier 5, Paolo Dal Soglio ITA 20.17 CUB NM 6, Miroslav Menc CZE 20.08 Group B qualifiers: Martínez 20.59; Hoffa 20.28; Olsen 20.28 7, Milan Haborák SVK 20.05 Non-qualifiers: Zsolt Bíber HUN 20.24; Ville Tiisanoja FIN 20.21; Miran Vodovnik 8, Yuriy Belonog UKR 19.71 SLO 19.83; Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT 19.82; Janus Robberts RSA 19.41; Pavel Sofin RUS 19.02; Dmitriy Goncharuk BLR 18.24; Gheorghe Guşet ROU NM 9, Gheorghe Guşet ROU 19.68; 10, Pavel Chumachenko RUS 19.66; 11, Brad Snyder CAN 19.56; 12, Roman Virastyuk UKR 19.55; Alexis Paumier CUB NM Godina and Nelson made it a 1-2 for the United States, though neither Moscow 2006 were happy with the conditions. Godina complained about the painted surface of the ring, while Nelson did not like that or the fencing which Final (Mar 10) restricted the width of the sector. That might explain why Nelson fol- 1, Reese Hoffa USA 22.11 lowed his opening put of 20.72 with five fouls. 2, Andrei Mikhnevich BLR 21.37 Godina produced 20.72 in the fourth to overtake his team-mate 3, Joachim B. Olsen DEN 21.16 with his backup distance of 20.17. He improved to 20.82 and thus com- 4, Pavel Sofin RUS 20.68 pleted a neat progression from bronze in 1997 and silver in 1999. 5, Gheorghe Guşet ROU 20.60 Martínez – who lost a medal in the final round in Maebashi – improved 6, Manuel Martínez ESP 20.43 from fifth to third this time with his last put of 20.67. 7, Tomasz Majewski POL 20.07 8, Anton Lyuboslavskiy RUS 19.93 Birmingham 2003 Hoffa, the favourite, led the qualifiers with 20.76, and opened the final with 21.41. He then put 22.11, a lifetime best and fourth on the world Final (Mar 14) indoor all-time list. Behind him, the gangly 2m tall Sofin was second 1, Manuel Martínez ESP 21.24 at the end of round one with a personal best 20.68. He was overtaken 2, John Godina USA 21.23 in the next round by Olsen (21.16) and Mikhnevich (21.25). The 3, Yuriy Belonog UKR 21.13 Belorussian produced three of the four efforts over 21m in the second 4, Arsi Harju FIN 20.96 half of the competition, topped by his fourth-round 21.37. Hoffa’s one 5, Justin Anlezark AUS 20.65 fair throw after his winning effort was 21.61 in round four. 2004 cham- 6, Tepa Reinikainen FIN 20.59 pion Cantwell was expected to threaten Hoffa, but failed to qualify 7, Milan Haborák SVK 20.21 with 19.90. 8, Joachim B. Olsen DEN 20.12 Qualifying round (20.30 or top 8 to final) (Mar 10) Qualifiers: Hoffa 20.76; Mikhnevich 20.35; Olsen 20.33; Sofin 20.24; Guşet 20.22; The defending champion Godina once again had trouble keeping his Majewski 20.19; Martínez 20.10; Lyuboslavskiy 20.04 throws in the sector but looked to have secured a second title when he Non-Qualifiers: Mikuláš Konopka SVK 19.91; Christian Cantwell USA 19.90; Peter Sack GER 19.79; Ralf Bartels GER 19.46; Janus Robberts RSA 19.39; Miran spun out to 21.23 at the end of the third round. He then produced anoth- Vodovnik SLO 19.37; Zhang Qi CHN 18.96; Ville Tiisanoja FIN 18.86; Hamza Alić er two fouls, the second of which was the longest of the day. BIH 18.42; Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT NM 90 ISTANBUL 2012 ★ PAST RESULTS/WORLD INDOOR MENʼS SP, Hep Valencia 2008 Shot Put, continued Multiple Medallists: Final (Mar 7) 2 Werner Günthör SUI 87-2, 91-1 1, Christian Cantwell USA 21.77 Ulf Timmermann GDR 87-1, 89-1 Manuel Martínez ESP 01-3, 03-1 2, Reese Hoffa USA 21.20 Joachim B. Olsen DEN 04-3, 06-3 3, Tomasz Majewski POL 20.93 Andrey Mikhnevich BLR 06-2, 10-2 4, Andrei Mikhnevich BLR 20.82 5, Rutger Smith NED 20.78 Most Finals: 6, Dorian Scott JAM 20.29 7 Martínez 95-4, 97-5, 99-4, 01-3, 03-1, 04- 5, 06-6 7, Scott Martin AUS 20.13 6 Belonog 95-5, 97-1, 99-3, 01-8, 03-3, 04-8 8, Peter Sack GER 20.05 Most Appearances: The favourites were Cantwell, the 2004 champion, who had put 22.18 8 Martínez 95-4, 97-5, 99-4, 01-3, 03-1, 04- two weeks earlier, and reigning champion Hoffa, who led the qualifiers 5, 06-6, 08-14Q with 21.49. World leader (at 22.40i) Adam Nelson had failed to make 7 Belonog 95-5, 97-1, 99-3, 01-8, 03-3, 04- the US team despite throwing 21.25 in the US Championships. 8, 08-17Q Cantwell led after the first round with 21.14, but was overtaken National Placings: 21.20 to 21.19 in the second round by Hoffa. Cantwell then took over 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points with efforts of 21.58, 21.77 and 21.69. Hoffa was unable to breach 21m USA 6 8 2 2 - 1 - 2 131 after the second round. Behind the top two, Majewski – one of only two UKR 2 1 3 1 1 - - 2 52 “gliders” in the final rather than the rotational putters – set a lifetime GER 2 1 1 1 1 - 3 4 48 ESP 1 - 1 2 2 1 - - 35 best of 20.93 to beat Mikhnevich and Smith for the bronze. FIN 1 - - 2 1 2 - 2 30 BLR - 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 26 Qualifying round (20.20 or top 8 to final) (Mar 7) ITA - - - - 2 3 3 - 23 Qualifiers: Hoffa 21.49; Cantwell 20.91; Martin 20.83; Scott 20.62; Mikhnevich 20.58; Smith 20.30; Sack 20.27; Majewski 20.23 POL - - 1 1 2 - 1 - 21 Non-Qualifiers: Hamza Alić BIH 20.00; Pavel Sofyin RUS 19.95; Miran Vodovnik SUI 1 1 - - - - - - 15 SLO 19.94; Carl Myerscough GBR 19.86; Milan Haborák SVK 19.80; Manuel NOR - - 1 - 2 - - - 14 Martínez ESP 19.75; Dylan Armstrong CAN 19.56; Robert Häggblom FIN 19.42; TCH 1 - - 1 - - - - 13 Yuriy Belonog UKR 19.02; Kim Christensen DEN 18.26; Ivan Emilianov MDA DEN - - 2 - - - - 1 13 18.16; Marco Fortes POR 17.96; Chang Ming-Huang TPE 17.73 URS - - 2 - - - - - 12 RUS - - - 1 - - 2 1 10 ISL - - - 1 - 1 - - 8 CHI - - - - - 2 1 - 8 Doha 2010 AUT - 1 - - - - - - 7 AUS - - - - 1 - 1 1 7 Final (Mar 13) YUG - - 1 - - - - - 6 CAN - - - 1 - - - - 5 1, Christian Cantwell USA 21.83 NED - - - - 1 - - - 4 2, Andrei Mikhnevich BLR 21.68 ROU - - - - 1 - - - 4 3, Ralf Bartels GER 21.44 SVK - - - - - - 2 - 4 4, Dylan Armstrong CAN 21.39 CZE - - - - - 1 - - 3 JAM - - - - - 1 - - 3 5, Tomasz Majewski POL 21.20 GBR - - - - - - 1 - 2 6, Pavel Lyzhyn BLR 20.67 Totals 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 504 7, David Storl GER 20.40 8, Scott Martin AUS 19.76 9, Carl Myerscough GBR 18.66 It was clear that the crowd was in for a treat when Armstrong set a Heptathlon Toronto 1993 Canadian record 21.12 in the opening round, only to find himself in third behind Olympic champion Majewski (21.20) and Cantwell, who (Mar 13/14: Non-championship) reached 21.60.