# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Storl Germany |
| Silver | Alexander Bulanov Russia |
| Bronze | Marin Premeru Croatia |

## Results
### Final

8 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Storl | Germany | x | 19.81 | 19.61 | x | 20.31 | 21.08 | 21.08 | |
| | Alexander Bulanov | Russia | 19.29 | x | x | 19.51 | 19.31 | 20.14 | 20.14 | |
| | Marin Premeru | Croatia | 19.13 | 19.73 | 19.93 | 19.90 | 19.64 | x | 19.93 | |
| 4 | Przemysław Krawczak | Poland | 18.34 | 19.23 | 19.21 | 19.21 | 18.96 | 19.85 | 19.85 | |
| 5 | Stanislav Seheda | Ukraine | 19.80 | x | x | 19.50 | x | x | 19.80 | |
| 6 | Simon Gustafsson | Sweden | 19.06 | 19.11 | x | 18.82 | 19.39 | x | 19.39 | |
| 7 | Petr Novotný | Czech Republic | 17.83 | 18.62 | 19.21 | x | x | x | 19.21 | |
| 8 | Hendrik Müller | Germany | 18.95 | 19.11 | x | 18.07 | x | x | 19.11 | |
| 9 | Emanuele Fuamatu | Australia | 19.11 | x | 18.31 | | | | 19.11 | |
| 10 | Sylwester Zieliński | Poland | 18.77 | x | x | | | | 18.77 | |
| 11 | Sergey Bakhar | Belarus | 18.42 | x | 18.69 | | | | 18.69 | |
| 12 | Miloš Marković | Serbia | 18.42 | 18.11 | 17.90 | | | | 18.42 | |

### Qualifications

8 July

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Alexander Bulanov | Russia | x | 17.97 | 19.61 | 19.61 | Q |
| 2 | Simon Gustafsson | Sweden | 18.55 | 19.27 | 19.20 | 19.27 | q |
| 3 | Przemysław Krawczak | Poland | 18.31 | 19.24 | 19.21 | 19.24 | q |
| 4 | Hendrik Müller | Germany | 18.75 | x | 18.66 | 18.75 | q |
| 5 | Sergey Bakhar | Belarus | 18.26 | 18.67 | x | 18.67 | q |
| 6 | Petr Novotný | Czech Republic | 17.64 | 18.43 | 18.60 | 18.60 | q |
| 7 | Grigoriy Kamulya | Uzbekistan | 17.84 | 17.72 | 18.35 | 18.35 | |
| 8 | Dmitriy Savytskyy | Ukraine | 18.10 | 18.31 | 17.69 | 18.31 | |
| 9 | Eric Plummer | United States | 18.29 | 17.90 | 17.75 | 18.29 | |
| 10 | Orazio Cremona | South Africa | x | 18.28 | x | 18.28 | |
| 11 | Arturas Gurklys | Lithuania | x | 18.10 | 17.24 | 18.10 | |
| 12 | Jamie Stevenson | United Kingdom | 17.69 | 17.32 | 17.66 | 17.69 | |
| 13 | Henri Pakisjärvi | Finland | x | 17.65 | 17.69 | 17.69 | |
| 14 | Mario Cota | Mexico | x | 17.68 | 17.22 | 17.68 | |
| 15 | Jasdeep Singh Dhillon | India | 16.89 | 17.57 | x | 17.57 | |
| 16 | Alberto Sortino | Italy | 16.26 | 17.05 | 17.31 | 17.31 | |
| 17 | Colin Quirke | Ireland | x | 16.11 | 17.28 | 17.28 | |
| 18 | Matías López | Chile | 14.80 | 15.71 | 15.89 | 15.89 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | David Storl | Germany | 19.88 | - | - | 19.88 | Q |
| 2 | Emanuele Fuamatu | Australia | 18.68 | 19.20 | 19.28 | 19.28 | q |
| 3 | Stanislav Seheda | Ukraine | 18.60 | 18.95 | 18.83 | 18.95 | q |
| 4 | Sylwester Zieliński | Poland | 18.70 | x | x | 18.70 | q |
| 5 | Marin Premeru | Croatia | 17.27 | 18.57 | x | 18.57 | q |
| 6 | Miloš Marković | Serbia | 18.56 | x | 17.73 | 18.56 | q |
| 7 | Rosen Karamfilov | Bulgaria | 18.37 | 18.50 | x | 18.50 | |
| 8 | Daniel Block | United States | 17.28 | 18.38 | x | 18.38 | |
| 9 | Aliaksandr Salabuta | Belarus | 18.32 | x | x | 18.32 | |
| 10 | Romanas Morozka | Lithuania | 17.08 | 17.49 | 18.10 | 18.10 | |
| 11 | Sergey Dementev | Uzbekistan | 17.49 | 17.46 | 17.92 | 17.92 | |
| 12 | Eder Moreno | Colombia | 17.65 | 17.88 | 17.54 | 17.88 | |
| 13 | Alexander Zinchenko | Austria | 17.21 | x | x | 17.21 | |
| 14 | José Pinedo | Spain | 16.20 | 16.65 | 16.17 | 16.65 | |
| 15 | Markko Ratas | Estonia | 15.26 | x | 16.54 | 16.54 | |
| 16 | Nicolás Martina | Argentina | x | x | 16.43 | 16.43 | |
| 17 | Patrick Cronie | Netherlands | x | x | 15.87 | 15.87 | |
| | Niko Hauhia | Finland | x | x | x | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Chile (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (2)
* India (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (2)