# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

## 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) | 22.13 m | Eugene, United States | 27 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Michal Haratyk (POL) | 21.23 m | Kielce, Poland | 8 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 July 2016 | 13:05 | Qualification |
| 10 July 2016 | 17:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)+

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 20.30 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | David Storl | Germany | 20.84 | | | 20.84 | Q |
| 2 | A | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland | 19.80 | 20.65 | | 20.65 | Q |
| 3 | B | Michał Haratyk | Poland | 19.27 | 19.54 | 20.45 | 20.45 | Q |
| 4 | B | Tsanko Arnaudov | Portugal | 20.06 | 20.42 | | 20.42 | Q, SB |
| 5 | B | Tobias Dahm | Germany | 20.42 | | | 20.42 | Q, PB |
| 6 | B | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 19.71 | 19.67 | 20.24 | 20.24 | q |
| 7 | B | Carlos Tobalina | Spain | 20.16 | 19.68 | – | 20.16 | q, SB |
| 8 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | 20.12 | 20.14 | x | 20.14 | q |
| 9 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain | 20.10 | 19.88 | 20.12 | 20.12 | q |
| 10 | A | Nikolaos Skarvelis | Greece | 19.80 | 19.96 | 20.11 | 20.11 | q |
| 11 | A | Andrei Toader | Romania | x | 19.51 | 20.00 | 20.00 | q |
| 12 | B | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.15 | 19.72 | 19.67 | 19.72 | q |
| 13 | A | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | x | 19.61 | 19.61 | |
| 14 | A | Ladislav Prášil | Czech Republic | 18.93 | 19.22 | 19.56 | 19.56 | |
| 15 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia | 19.11 | 19.38 | 19.55 | 19.55 | |
| 16 | B | Andrei Gag | Romania | 19.49 | 19.38 | x | 19.49 | |
| 17 | A | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg | x | 19.39 | 19.13 | 19.39 | |
| 18 | A | Aliaksei Nichypor | Belarus | 18.06 | 19.34 | x | 19.34 | |
| 19 | B | Mikhail Abramchuk | Belarus | 18.02 | 19.06 | x | 19.06 | |
| 20 | B | Arttu Kangas | Finland | x | 18.66 | 18.91 | 18.91 | |
| 21 | B | Kristo Galeta | Estonia | 18.76 | 18.50 | 18.23 | 18.76 | |
| 22 | B | Filip Mihaljević | Croatia | 18.72 | x | 18.53 | 18.72 | |
| 23 | A | Leif Arrhenius | Sweden | 18.64 | x | x | 18.64 | |
| 23 | A | Marco Fortes | Portugal | x | 18.64 | x | 18.64 | |
| 25 | B | Sebastiano Bianchetti | Italy | 18.38 | 18.56 | x | 18.56 | |
| 26 | B | Ivan Emilianov | Moldova | 18.38 | 17.99 | 18.09 | 18.38 | |
| 27 | B | Martin Stašek | Czech Republic | x | 18.32 | x | 18.32 | |
| | A | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Storl | Germany | x | 21.03 | 20.84 | x | 21.31 | x | 21.31 | EL |
| | Michał Haratyk | Poland | 20.77 | 19.92 | 20.22 | 21.19 | x | 20.53 | 21.19 | |
| | Tsanko Arnaudov | Portugal | 20.59 | x | x | 19.28 | 19.87 | x | 20.59 | SB |
| 4 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland | 20.52 | 20.58 | 20.55 | 20.48 | 19.81 | x | 20.58 | |
| 5 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | 20.01 | 20.05 | x | x | x | 20.43 | 20.43 | |
| 6 | Tobias Dahm | Germany | 20.03 | 20.25 | 19.76 | 19.78 | 20.17 | 20.13 | 20.25 | |
| 7 | Borja Vivas | Spain | 19.58 | 20.15 | 20.03 | x | 20.16 | 20.16 | 20.16 | |
| 8 | Stipe Žunić | Croatia | 19.95 | x | x | | | | 19.95 | |
| 9 | Carlos Tobalina | Spain | 19.15 | x | 19.85 | | | | 19.85 | |
| 10 | Nikolaos Skarvelis | Greece | 19.34 | 19.55 | 19.12 | | | | 19.55 | |
| 11 | Mesud Pezer | Bosnia and Herzegovina | x | x | 19.49 | | | | 19.49 | |
| DQ | Andrei Toader | Romania | 19.90 | 20.18 | x | 19.52 | 20.18 | 20.26 | 20.26 | |