Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F55

Men's shot put F55
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France, Paris
Date30 August 2024
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ruzhdi Ruzhdi  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nebojsa Duric  Serbia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zafar Zaker  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lech Stoltman  Poland
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The Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F55 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 30 August 2024.

Classification

The event is open to F54 and F55 athletes. These athletes are seated when throwing, they have normal arm muscle power. F54 athletes have no trunk movement, while F55 have full or nearly full trunk movement. F55 athletes may have flickers of hip flexor.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[2]

F54 Records

World Record Sergei Sokulskii RPC 12.06m Japan Tokyo 27 August 2021
Paralympic Record Sergei Sokulskii RPC 12.06m Japan Tokyo 27 August 2021

F55 Records

World Record  Ruzhdi Ruzhdi (BUL) 12.68m France Paris 9 July 2023
Paralympic Record  Wallace Santos (BRA) 12.63m Japan Tokyo 27 August 2021

Results

Final

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2024:[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Best Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ruzhdi Ruzhdi  Bulgaria F55 12.36 11.96 12.40 12.34 12.02 12.27 12.40 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nebojsa Duric  Serbia F55 11.69 11.98 11.47 11.93 11.77 11.95 11.98 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zafar Zaker  Iran F55 11.56 11.88 11.73 11.55 11.77 11.83 11.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lech Stoltman  Poland F55 11.81 x 11.72 11.68 11.59 11.52 11.81
4 Wallace Santos  Brazil F55 11.10 11.10 11.41 11.68 11.43 11.41 11.68
5 Olokhan Musayev  Azerbaijan F55 11.13 11.22 x 11.44 11.41 11.35 11.44 SB
6 Hamed Amiri  Iran F55 10.60 x 10.83 10.96 11.08 11.36 11.36
7 Damian Ligeza  Poland F55 11.18 11.01 10.78 10.68 10.84 10.71 11.18
8 Sargis Stepanyan  Armenia F55 10.06 10.20 9.87 9.96 10.41 10.19 10.41
9 Ivan Revenko  Neutral Paralympic Athletes F54 8.58 8.45 9.18 7.95 9.17 9.16 9.18
10 Fadi Aldeeb  Palestine F55 8.59 8.63 8.81 8.47 8.63 8.30 8.81 SB

Notes: Nebojsa Duric initially had his results annulled. On 3 September 2024, after a request by World Para Athletics to the International Paralympic Committee, Duric was awarded the Silver medal, sharing the position with Zafar Zaker. Bronze medalist Lech Stoltman also retained his medal. On 6 September, Duric's results were reinstated with no change to other athletes ranks.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "CLASSIFICATION IN PARA ATHLETICSd" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Results Men's shot put - F55 Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Official Communication 36" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Official Communication 71" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2024.