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

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Soslan Tsyrikhov Russia | Zhang Jun China | Krzysztof Krzywosz Poland |

## 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 | Zhang Jun | China | 19.14 | | | 19.14 | Q |
| 2 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain | 18.10 | x | 19.05 | 19.05 | Q |
| 3 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | x | 19.03 | | 19.03 | Q |
| 4 | B | Soslan Tsyrikhov | Russia | 18.86 | | | 18.86 | Q |
| 5 | A | Krzysztof Krzywosz | Poland | 18.11 | 18.83 | | 18.83 | Q |
| 6 | A | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 18.75 | | | 18.75 | Q |
| 7 | B | Raigo Toompuu | Estonia | 18.63 | | | 18.63 | Q |
| 8 | B | Chang Ming-Huang | Chinese Taipei | 17.52 | 18.60 | | 18.60 | Q |
| 9 | B | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus | x | 18.58 | | 18.58 | Q |
| 10 | A | Egor Malinkin | Russia | x | 18.55 | | 18.55 | Q, SB |
| 11 | B | Laurentin Flotin Popa | Romania | x | 18.51 | | 18.51 | Q |
| 12 | A | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.75 | 18.48 | x | 18.48 | q |
| 13 | A | Milan Jotanović | Serbia | 17.79 | 18.14 | 17.86 | 18.14 | |
| 14 | A | Feng Jie | China | 16.21 | 16.77 | 17.88 | 17.88 | |
| 15 | A | Dale Stevenson | Australia | 17.17 | 17.81 | 17.74 | 17.81 | |
| 16 | A | Rosen Karamfilov | Bulgaria | 15.97 | 16.88 | 17.58 | 17.58 | |
| 17 | B | Ross Jordaan | South Africa | 17.50 | x | x | 17.50 | |
| 18 | B | Donovan Snyman | South Africa | 16.85 | x | 17.07 | 17.07 | |
| 19 | B | Semir Begić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.71 | 16.56 | x | 16.71 | |
| 20 | B | Panagiotis Anyfandis | Greece | 15.61 | 15.95 | x | 15.95 | |
| 21 | A | Michael Torie | United States | 14.22 | x | 14.79 | 14.79 | |
| 22 | B | Daniel Rubangakene | Uganda | 13.75 | 12.50 | 13.43 | 13.75 | |
| 23 | B | Charles Anywar | Uganda | 11.79 | 10.97 | 12.20 | 12.20 | |
| | B | Jakub Giża | Poland | | | | DNS | |
| | B | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Soslan Tsyrikhov | Russia | 19.38 | x | 19.00 | 19.47 | 19.59 | x | 19.59 | SB |
| | Zhang Jun | China | 19.16 | 19.58 | x | x | x | x | 19.58 | PB |
| | Krzysztof Krzywosz | Poland | 19.00 | 18.58 | 18.81 | 19.24 | 19.38 | 19.22 | 19.38 | |
| 4 | Raigo Toompuu | Estonia | 18.70 | 19.31 | 19.15 | 18.85 | 19.30 | x | 19.31 | |
| 5 | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 18.78 | 18.64 | x | x | x | 19.09 | 19.09 | |
| 6 | Egor Malinkin | Russia | 18.38 | 18.58 | 18.47 | 18.28 | 18.21 | 18.72 | 18.72 | SB |
| 7 | Borja Vivas | Spain | x | 18.72 | x | x | 18.44 | 18.49 | 18.72 | |
| 8 | Chang Ming-Huang | Chinese Taipei | 18.42 | x | x | 18.39 | x | x | 18.42 | |
| 9 | Kemal Mešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.37 | x | x | | | | 18.37 | |
| 10 | Laurentin Flotin Popa | Romania | 18.36 | 18.00 | 17.81 | | | | 18.36 | |
| | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
| | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | x | x | x | | | | NM | |