Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7 July.

The winning margin was 1 cm which was also the winning margin for the men's shot put at the 1995 games. As of 2024, these are the only two occasions where the men's shot put was won by less than 4 cm at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Soslan Tsyrikhov	Zhang Jun	Krzysztof Krzywosz

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 18.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			19.14			19.14	Q
2	A			18.10	x	19.05	19.05	Q
3	A			x	19.03		19.03	Q
4	B			18.86			18.86	Q
5	A			18.11	18.83		18.83	Q
6	A			18.75			18.75	Q
7	B			18.63			18.63	Q
8	B			17.52	18.60		18.60	Q
9	B			x	18.58		18.58	Q
10	A			x	18.55		18.55	Q, SB
11	B			x	18.51		18.51	Q
12	A			17.75	18.48	x	18.48	q
13	A			17.79	18.14	17.86	18.14
14	A			16.21	16.77	17.88	17.88
15	A			17.17	17.81	17.74	17.81
16	A			15.97	16.88	17.58	17.58
17	B			17.50	x	x	17.50
18	B			16.85	x	17.07	17.07
19	B			16.71	16.56	x	16.71
20	B			15.61	15.95	x	15.95
21	A			14.22	x	14.79	14.79
22	B			13.75	12.50	13.43	13.75
23	B			11.79	10.97	12.20	12.20
	B
	B

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			19.38	x	19.00	19.47	19.59	x	19.59	SB
			19.16	19.58	x	x	x	x	19.58	PB
			19.00	18.58	18.81	19.24	19.38	19.22	19.38
			18.70	19.31	19.15	18.85	19.30	x	19.31
			18.78	18.64	x	x	x	19.09	19.09
			18.38	18.58	18.47	18.28	18.21	18.72	18.72	SB
			x	18.72	x	x	18.44	18.49	18.72
			18.42	x	x	18.39	x	x	18.42
			18.37	x	x				18.37
10			18.36	18.00	17.81				18.36
			x	x	x
			x	x	x

References

• Results (archived)