Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's shot put event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 19–20 March 2006.

The winning margin was 1 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put was won by less than 3 cm at these games.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Janus Robberts
 South Africa
Dorian Scott
 Jamaica
Scott Martin
 Australia

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 19.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 Scott Martin  Australia 19.64 19.64 Q
2 Janus Robberts  South Africa 19.40 x x 19.40 q
3 Carl Myerscough  England 18.95 18.94 x 18.95 q
4 Dorian Scott  Jamaica 17.69 18.19 18.90 18.90 q
5 Vikas Gowda  India x 17.91 18.37 18.37 q, SB
6 Scott Rider  England 17.60 17.80 17.86 17.86 q
7 Clay Cross  Australia 17.57 17.75 17.84 17.84 q
8 Hannes Hopley  South Africa x 16.24 17.68 17.68 q
9 Muhammad Ashraf Ali  Pakistan 17.40 x 17.25 17.40 q
10 Shaka Sola  Samoa 15.92 x x 15.92 q
11 Mark Proctor  England 15.88 15.91 15.58 15.91 q
12 Petros Mitsides  Cyprus 15.42 x 14.72 15.42 q
13 Anthony Soalla-Bell  Sierra Leone 15.41 15.02 15.06 15.41
14 Adonson Shallow  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.00 14.76 x 14.76
15 Dumsane Fakudze  Swaziland 14.15 x x 14.15

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Janus Robberts  South Africa 18.17 19.26 19.76 x x x 19.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dorian Scott  Jamaica 19.33 x x x 18.42 19.75 19.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Scott Martin  Australia 19.48 19.28 x x x x 19.48
4 Carl Myerscough  England 18.71 x 19.07 x 17.82 x 19.07
5 Vikas Gowda  India x 18.25 18.46 x 18.41 18.39 18.46 SB
6 Clay Cross  Australia 18.20 x x x 18.44 17.56 18.44
7 Hannes Hopley  South Africa 18.44 x x x 17.97 18.04 18.44
8 Mark Proctor  England 17.13 17.59 17.12 17.24 17.37 x 17.59
9 Scott Rider  England 16.67 x 17.10 17.10
10 Shaka Sola  Samoa 16.17 16.47 16.03 16.47
11 Petros Mitsides  Cyprus x 15.17 15.63 15.63
Muhammad Ashraf Ali  Pakistan NM

References

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