# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total of 32 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday August 9, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 19.80 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Godina United States (USA) |
| Silver | Mika Halvari Finland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Randy Barnes United States (USA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 08.08.1995 – 15:45h | 08.08.1995 – 15:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 09.08.1995 – 18:30h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Westwood, United States |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification

* Held on Tuesday 1995-08-08
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Mika Halvari (FIN) | 20.40 m |
| 2. | Brent Noon (USA) | 19.84 m |
| 3. | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.74 m |
| 4. | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) | 19.22 m |
| 5. | Saulius Kleiza (LTU) | 18.99 m |
| 6. | Georg Andersen (NOR) | 18.84 m |
| 7. | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 18.79 m |
| 8. | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 18.74 m |
| 9. | Kent Larsson (SWE) | 18.73 m |
| 10. | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 18.58 m |
| 11. | Thorsten Herbrand (GER) | 18.30 m |
| 12. | Mark Proctor (GBR) | 18.08 m |
| 13. | Corrado Fantini (ITA) | 17.89 m |
| 14. | Miroslav Menc (CZE) | 17.54 m |
| 15. | Oakland Salavea (ASA) | 12.80 m |
| — | Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) | DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Randy Barnes (USA) | 21.30 m |
| 2. | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.60 m |
| 3. | John Godina (USA) | 19.99 m |
| 4. | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 19.91 m |
| 5. | Markus Koistinen (FIN) | 19.88 m |
| 6. | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.47 m |
| 7. | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 19.01 m |
| 8. | Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) | 19.00 m |
| 9. | Jonny Reinhardt (GER) | 18.89 m |
| 10. | Sergey Rubtsov (KAZ) | 18.81 m |
| 11. | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 18.50 m |
| 12. | Henrik Wennberg (SWE) | 18.38 m |
| 13. | Christian Nebl (AUT) | 18.33 m |
| 14. | Sergey Kot (UZB) | 17.03 m |
| 15. | Aufata Faleata (SAM) | 11.04 m |
| — | Konstantinos Kollias (GRE) | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | John Godina (USA) | 21.47 | 20.54 | 19.82 | 19.26 | 19.97 | — | 21.47 m | |
| | Mika Halvari (FIN) | 20.22 | X | 20.19 | 20.33 | 20.93 | 20.35 | 20.93 m | |
| | Randy Barnes (USA) | 19.47 | 20.22 | 20.41 | X | X | X | 20.41 m | |
| 4 | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.38 | 20.23 | 20.27 | 20.28 | X | 20.16 | 20.38 m | |
| 5 | Brent Noon (USA) | 20.13 | 19.19 | X | 19.59 | X | 20.01 | 20.13 m | |
| 6 | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 20.11 | X | 20.04 | X | 19.45 | X | 20.11 m | |
| 7 | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.66 | 18.94 | 19.13 | X | X | X | 19.66 m | |
| 8 | Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) | 19.38 | 19.21 | 19.30 | 19.22 | X | X | 19.38 m | |
| 9 | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | X | X | 19.38 | 19.30 | X | X | 19.38 m | |
| 10 | Markus Koistinen (FIN) | 19.34 | X | 18.83 | | | | 19.34 m | |
| 11 | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 18.56 | 18.52 | X | | | | 18.56 m | |
| 12 | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) | 18.26 | 18.23 | X | | | | 18.26 m | |