Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's shot put F55–56

Men's Shot Put F55/56 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Olokhan Musayev from Azerbaijan, gold medalist
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	15 September
Competitors	17 from 15 nations
Winning distance	13.49
Medalists
Olokhan Musayev   Azerbaijan   Krzysztof Smorszczewski   Poland   Martin Němec   Czech Republic

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The men's shot put F55/56 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 17:00 on 15 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Olokhan Musayev, representing Azerbaijan.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Cl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Pts.	Notes
01 !	Olokhan Musayev	Azerbaijan	F56	13.32	13.49	11.04	12.82	12.11	12.08	13.49	1162	WR
02 !	Krzysztof Smorszczewski	Poland	F56	11.95	11.75	11.74	11.31	11.62	11.82	11.95	1030
03 !	Martin Němec	Czech Republic	F55	10.71	10.99	11.38	10.91	11.07	11.55	11.55	1020	PR
04 !4	Alexey Ivanov	Russia	F56	11.68	11.49	11.75	11.48	11.70	11.52	11.75	1012	SB
05 !5	Scott Winkler	United States	F55	11.27	11.11	11.05	10.69	10.72	x	11.27	995	SB
06 !6	Mohamed Roshdy Beshta	Egypt	F56	11.35	10.45	11.32	11.07	x	x	11.35	978	SB
07 !7	Pieter Gruijters	Netherlands	F56	10.97	11.20	11.27	10.85	11.33	10.97	11.33	976
08 !8	Ilias Nalmpantis	Greece	F55	10.74	10.82	10.99	10.93	x	10.81	10.99	971	SB
09 !9	Ulrich Iser	Germany	F55	10.64	10.81	10.77	-	-	-	10.81	955
10	Adrian Vasko	Slovakia	F56	10.35	10.85	10.88	-	-	-	10.88	938	SB
11	Enrique Sanchez	Mexico	F56	x	10.57	10.43	-	-	-	10.57	911	SB
12	Jalil Bagherijedi	Iran	F55	9.99	5.64	9.75	-	-	-	9.99	882
13	Karol Kozun	Poland	F55	9.15	9.89	9.79	-	-	-	9.89	873
14	Leonardo Diaz	Cuba	F56	10.10	10.04	9.90	-	-	-	10.10	870	SB
15	Dzevad Pandzic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	F55	8.59	8.82	9.02	-	-	-	9.02	797
16	Erick Figueredo	Cuba	F55	8.11	8.07	7.92	-	-	-	8.11	716
17	Justine Ernest	Tanzania	F56	6.57	6.82	6.88	-	-	-	6.88	593

WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

• "Men's Shot Put - F55/56 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.