# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL) |
| Silver | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Māris Urtāns Latvia (LAT) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| European record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 23.06 | Chania, Greece | 22 May 1988 |
| Championship record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.22 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 22.41 | Eugene, United States | 3 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) | 22.09 | Minsk, Belarus | 14 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2010 | 11:30 | Qualification |
| 31 July 2010 | 18:30 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| DQ | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 19.43 | 20.42 | 20.42 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | A | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.37 | | | 20.37 | Q |
| 2 | A | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.36 | | | 20.36 | Q |
| DQ | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.35 | | | 20.35 | Q, Doping |
| 3 | B | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 19.74 | x | 20.24 | 20.24 | Q |
| 4 | B | Māris Urtāns | Latvia (LAT) | 18.55 | 19.17 | 20.19 | 20.19 | Q |
| 5 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia (CRO) | 20.01 | | | 20.01 | Q |
| 6 | A | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic (CZE) | 19.93 | 19.78 | 19.74 | 19.93 | q |
| 7 | B | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | x | 19.75 | 19.83 | 19.83 | q |
| 8 | A | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 19.34 | x | 19.81 | 19.81 | q |
| 9 | B | Jakub Giża | Poland (POL) | 19.44 | 18.90 | 19.69 | 19.69 | q |
| 10 | B | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 19.14 | 19.21 | 19.51 | 19.51 | q |
| 11 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal (POR) | 19.24 | 19.48 | 18.70 | 19.48 | |
| 12 | A | Taavi Peetre | Estonia (EST) | 19.42 | x | x | 19.42 | |
| 13 | A | Andriy Semenov | Ukraine (UKR) | 19.31 | x | x | 19.31 | |
| 14 | A | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary (HUN) | x | 19.15 | x | 19.15 | |
| 15 | A | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden (SWE) | 18.93 | x | x | 18.93 | |
| 16 | A | Milan Jotanović | Serbia (SRB) | 18.81 | 18.38 | 18.42 | 18.81 | |
| DQ | B | Remigius Machura | Czech Republic (CZE) | 18.71 | 18.55 | x | 18.71 | Doping |
| 17 | B | Mihaíl Stamatóyiannis | Greece (GRE) | 18.15 | 18.28 | 18.58 | 18.58 | |
| 18 | A | Miran Vodovnik | Slovenia (SLO) | x | 18.42 | x | 18.42 | |
| 19 | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 18.18 | 18.28 | x | 18.28 | |
| 20 | B | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus (CYP) | x | 18.23 | 17.76 | 18.23 | |
| 21 | B | Kim Christensen | Denmark (DEN) | 17.36 | 18.20 | x | 18.20 | |
| 22 | A | Manuel Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 18.08 | x | 17.73 | 18.08 | |
| | B | Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson | Iceland (ISL) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Yves Niaré | France (FRA) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| DQ | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus (BLR) | 20.49 | 21.01 | 20.87 | 20.77 | 20.58 | 20.94 | 21.01 | Doping |
| | Tomasz Majewski | Poland (POL) | 20.66 | 20.83 | 20.78 | 21.00 | 20.96 | 20.59 | 21.00 | |
| | Ralf Bartels | Germany (GER) | 20.23 | 20.22 | 20.40 | 20.22 | 20.65 | 20.93 | 20.93 | |
| | Māris Urtāns | Latvia (LAT) | 19.81 | 20.12 | x | 20.56 | 20.72 | 20.64 | 20.72 | |
| 4 | David Storl | Germany (GER) | 20.24 | 20.24 | x | 20.28 | x | 20.57 | 20.57 | |
| 5 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia (CRO) | 20.56 | x | 20.33 | 19.90 | 20.50 | 20.37 | 20.56 | PB |
| DQ | Pavel Lyzhyn | Belarus (BLR) | x | 19.93 | 20.11 | x | x | x | 20.11 | Doping |
| 7 | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic (CZE) | 20.01 | x | x | 19.58 | x | x | 20.01 | |
| 8 | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia (SRB) | 19.61 | x | 19.77 | | | | 19.77 | |
| 9 | Jakub Giża | Poland (POL) | 18.63 | 19.04 | 19.73 | | | | 19.73 | |
| 10 | Borja Vivas | Spain (ESP) | 19.04 | 18.94 | 19.12 | | | | 19.12 | |
| 11 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | x | 18.19 | | | | 18.19 | |