# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. The original winner, Oleksandr Bagach, was later disqualified for Doping.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Godina United States (USA) |
| Silver | Oliver-Sven Buder Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | C.J. Hunter United States (USA) |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | John Godina | United States | 21.10 | | | 21.10 | Q |
| 2 | B | Oliver-Sven Buder | Germany | 20.53 | | | 20.53 | Q |
| 3 | B | Yuriy Belonog | Ukraine | 19.75 | 20.31 | | 20.31 | Q |
| 4 | B | Roman Virastyuk | Ukraine | 20.13 | | | 20.13 | Q |
| 5 | A | Mika Halvari | Finland | 20.10 | | | 20.10 | Q |
| 6 | B | C.J. Hunter | United States | 19.48 | 19.68 | 20.05 | 20.05 | Q |
| 7 | B | Kevin Toth | United States | x | x | 19.99 | 19.99 | Q |
| 8 | B | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 18.83 | 19.93 | | 19.93 | Q |
| 9 | A | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | x | 19.36 | 19.91 | 19.91 | Q, PB |
| 10 | A | Michael Mertens | Germany | 19.88 | | | 19.88 | Q |
| 11 | B | Saulius Kleiza | Lithuania | 19.71 | x | 18.99 | 19.71 | |
| 12 | B | Manuel Martínez | Spain | 19.61 | 19.23 | x | 19.61 | |
| 13 | A | Randy Barnes | United States | 19.23 | 19.51 | x | 19.51 | |
| 14 | A | Arsi Harju | Finland | x | x | 19.43 | 19.43 | |
| 15 | A | Corrado Fantini | Italy | 19.30 | 18.74 | x | 19.43 | |
| 16 | A | Miroslav Menc | Czech Republic | 19.07 | 19.23 | x | 19.23 | |
| 17 | B | Bilal Saad Mubarak | Qatar | 18.09 | 18.90 | 19.08 | 19.08 | |
| 18 | B | Dragan Perić | Yugoslavia | 18.86 | 19.05 | 18.93 | 19.05 | |
| 19 | B | Stevimir Ercegovac | Croatia | 19.00 | | | 19.00 | |
| 20 | A | Bradley Snyder | Canada | 17.76 | 18.52 | 18.94 | 18.94 | |
| 21 | B | Yoger Medina | Venezuela | 18.36 | 18.31 | 18.92 | 18.92 | |
| 22 | A | Viktor Bulat | Belarus | 17.97 | 18.61 | x | 18.61 | |
| 23 | B | Dmitriy Goncharuk | Belarus | 18.33 | 18.60 | x | 18.60 | |
| 24 | A | Kjell Ove Hauge | Norway | 18.12 | x | 18.37 | 18.37 | |
| 25 | A | Sergey Rubtsov | Kazakhstan | 18.16 | x | x | 18.16 | |
| 26 | B | Shaun Pickering | Great Britain | 18.10 | 17.84 | 17.42 | 18.10 | |
| 27 | B | Vyacheslav Lykho | Russia | 17.77 | 17.67 | 18.04 | 18.04 | |
| 28 | A | Chima Ugwu | Nigeria | 17.25 | 17.84 | 18.00 | 18.00 | |
| 29 | A | Mark Proctor | Great Britain | 17.99 | x | x | 17.99 | |
| 30 | A | Milan Haborák | Slovakia | 17.85 | x | x | 17.85 | |
| 31 | A | Alexios Leonidis | Greece | 17.77 | | | 17.77 | |
| 32 | B | Faaea Talalemotu | Northern Mariana Islands | 13.96 | 13.11 | 12.92 | 13.96 | |
| | A | Oleksandr Bagach | Ukraine | | | | DQ | |
| | B | Tarek Al Najjar | Jordan | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | John Godina | United States | 21.24 | 21.39 | 21.44 | 21.19 | 21.20 | x | 21.44 |
| | Oliver-Sven Buder | Germany | 20.79 | 20.18 | 20.41 | 21.05 | x | 21.24 | 21.24 |
| | C.J. Hunter | United States | 20.22 | 20.30 | x | x | x | 20.33 | 20.33 |
| 4 | Yuriy Belonog | Ukraine | x | 20.22 | x | 20.26 | x | x | 20.26 |
| 5 | Mika Halvari | Finland | x | 20.13 | x | x | x | x | 20.13 |
| 6 | Roman Virastyuk | Ukraine | 20.00 | 20.01 | 20.12 | x | x | x | 20.12 |
| 7 | Kevin Toth | United States | 19.50 | 20.02 | x | x | x | x | 20.02 |
| 8 | Michael Mertens | Germany | 19.82 | 19.91 | 19.86 | x | x | x | 19.91 |
| 9 | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 19.77 | x | x | | | | 19.77 |
| 10 | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | x | 19.39 | x | | | | 19.39 |
| 11 | Saulius Kleiza | Lithuania | 18.25 | x | x | | | | 18.25 |
| | Oleksandr Bagach | Ukraine | | | | | | | DQ |