# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Storl Germany |
| Silver | Borja Vivas Spain |
| Bronze | Tomasz Majewski Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 m | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.22 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Joe Kovacs (USA) | 22.03 m | Sacramento, United States | 25 June 2014 |
| European Leading | David Storl (GER) | 21.97 m | London, Great Britain | 20 July 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 10:04 | Qualification |
| 12 August 2014 | 19:34 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)+

## Results
### Qualification

20.10 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Note |
| 1 | B | David Storl | Germany | 20.76 | | | 20.76 | Q |
| 2 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain | 20.53 | | | 20.53 | Q |
| 3 | B | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 20.50 | | | 20.50 | Q |
| 4 | B | Gaëtan Bucki | France | 20.05 | 20.21 | | 20.21 | Q, PB |
| 5 | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20.18 | | | 20.18 | Q |
| 6 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | 19.82 | 20.15 | | 20.15 | Q |
| 7 | B | Valeriy Kokoyev | Russia | 19.78 | x | 20.09 | 20.09 | q |
| 8 | A | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic | 19.23 | 20.09 | 19.60 | 20.09 | q |
| 9 | B | Carlos Tobalina | Spain | 18.04 | 20.06 | 20.04 | 20.06 | q |
| 10 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal | 19.19 | 18.86 | 20.03 | 20.03 | q |
| 11 | A | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 19.67 | 19.94 | 19.80 | 19.94 | q |
| 12 | A | Aleksandr Lesnoy | Russia | 19.27 | 19.52 | 19.88 | 19.88 | q |
| 13 | B | Ladislav Prášil | Czech Republic | 19.83 | x | x | 19.83 | |
| 14 | A | Tomáš Stanek | Czech Republic | x | 18.39 | 19.61 | 19.61 | |
| 15 | A | Yioser Toledo | Spain | 18.85 | 19.59 | x | 19.59 | |
| 16 | B | Marin Premeru | Croatia | x | 18.95 | 19.55 | 19.55 | |
| 17 | B | Leif Arrhenius | Sweden | 19.11 | 19.30 | 19.54 | 19.54 | |
| 18 | A | Jakub Szyszkowski | Poland | 19.15 | x | 19.46 | 19.46 | |
| 19 | B | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | 19.10 | 19.36 | 19.36 | |
| 20 | A | Andrei Gag | Romania | 19.18 | 19.08 | 18.88 | 19.18 | |
| 21 | A | Arttu Kangas | Finland | 18.17 | 18.62 | 19.07 | 19.07 | |
| 22 | A | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | 18.81 | x | 18.81 | |
| 23 | A | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 18.35 | x | x | 18.35 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Storl | Germany | 21.41 | x | x | 20.75 | x | 20.98 | 21.41 | |
| | Borja Vivas | Spain | 20.07 | 20.86 | 20.59 | 20.69 | x | 20.38 | 20.86 | |
| | Tomasz Majewski | Poland | 20.56 | 20.83 | 20.65 | 20.76 | 20.57 | 20.50 | 20.83 | |
| 4 | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 20.02 | 20.68 | x | x | 19.73 | 19.86 | 20.68 | PB |
| 5 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | x | 20.11 | 20.36 | x | x | 20.55 | 20.55 | |
| 6 | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic | 19.31 | 20.48 | 20.17 | 19.77 | x | x | 20.48 | |
| 7 | Marco Fortes | Portugal | 19.65 | 20.32 | 20.35 | x | 20.21 | 19.66 | 20.35 | |
| 8 | Valeriy Kokoyev | Russia | 18.93 | 19.59 | 20.23 | x | x | x | 20.23 | SB |
| 9 | Carlos Tobalina | Spain | 19.80 | 20.04 | x | | | | 20.04 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Lesnoy | Russia | 19.52 | 19.49 | 19.83 | | | | 19.83 | |
| 11 | Gaëtan Bucki | France | 19.75 | 19.55 | 19.50 | | | | 19.75 | |
| 12 | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria | x | x | x | | | | NM | |