WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26 facts and figures: men's shot put

Last three sets of world indoor medallists

2022 - 1. Darlan Romani (BRA) 22.53m; 2. Ryan Crouser (USA) 22.44m; 3. Tomas Walsh (NZL) 22.31m
2024 - 1. Ryan Crouser (USA) 22.77m; 2. Tom Walsh (NZL) 22.07m; 3. Leonardo Fabbri (ITA) 21.96m
2025 - 1. Tom Walsh (NZL) 21.65m; 2. Roger Steen (USA) 21.62m; 3. Adrian Piperi (USA) 21.48m

Longest winning throws

Ryan Crouser (USA) - 22.77m (2024)
Darlan Romani (BRA) – 22.53m (2022)
Tom Walsh (NZL) – 22.31m (2018)

Shortest winning throw

Mika Halvari (FIN) – 20.74m (1995)

Biggest winning margin

0.95m - 2006: Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.11m, Joachim Olsen (DEN) 21.16m

Smallest winning margin

0.01m - 2003: Manuel Martinez (ESP) 21.24m, John Godina (USA) 21.23m

Longest throws on Polish soil

22.70m 1 Ryan Crouser (USA) - Chorzow 06.09.2020
22.55m 1 Ryan Crouser (USA) - Chorzow 16.07.2023
22.39m 1 Ryan Crouser (USA) - Chorzow 05.09.2021

Repeat winners

3 - Christian Cantwell (USA) 2004, 2008, 2010
3 - Tom Walsh (NZL) 2016, 2018, 2025
2 - Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 1987, 1989
2 - Ryan Whiting (USA) 2012, 2014

By country

9 - United States
3 - New Zealand
2 - German Democratic Republic
2 - Ukraine
1 - Brazil
1 - Spain
1 - Czechoslovakia
1 - Switzerland
1 - Finland

Top eight entrants (based on final entries)

Leonardo Fabbri (ITA) 22.50m o
Roger Steen (USA) 22.07m
Jordan Geist (USA) 22.04m
Wictor Petersson (SWE) 21.38m
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (NGR) 21.28m
Scott Lincoln (GBR) 21.12m
Tom Walsh (NZL) 21.10m o
Andrei Rares Toader (ROU) 21.08m

Historic facts

• Seven world indoor shot put titles have been won with performances in excess of the 22 metre-barrier
• Tom Walsh (NZL) won his first major global medal when Poland held the World Indoor Championships in 2014. He won bronze in Sopot and is the only male medallist from those championships who is competing in Kujawy Pomorze
• Walsh has been on every world indoor podium since 2014 (3-1-1-3-2-1)

Potential storylines and notes

• Can Tom Walsh (NZL) become the most successful male shot putter in World Indoor Championships history by winning his fourth title? This would also equal event ambassador Valerie Adams’ haul in the women’s shot put
• A medal of any colour would make Tom Walsh (NZL) the most bemedalled male athlete in World Indoor Championships history. With six medals, Walsh jointly holds the record with Javier Sotomayor (CUB) and Chris Brown (BAH). However, Maria Mutola (MOZ) holds the outright record with an incredible nine medals in the women's 800m 
• Can the United States win their 10th gold medal in the shot put at the World Indoor Championships? Roger Steen (22.07m) and Jordan Geist (22.04m) are the only athletes on the entry-list who have broken the 22 metre-barrier indoors in 2026
• Can Leonardo Fabbri (ITA) win his first major global title? He holds the world lead with 22.50m which was set outdoors in Stellenbosch on 11 February
• Ryan Crouser (USA) is absent but the entry-list does include the rest of the top five from the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo: 2. Uziel Munoz (MEX), 3. Leonardo Fabbri (ITA), 4. Tom Walsh (NZL), 5. Chuk Enekwechi (NGR) 
• Chuk Enewkechi (NGR) is the only athlete selected to compete for Nigeria at the 2026 World Indoor Championships