# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's shot put event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The final and the qualification round were both held on Tuesday August 6, 2002, with the qualifying mark set at 20.20 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine (UKR) |
| Silver | Joachim Olsen Denmark (DEN) |
| Bronze | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2002 – ??:?? | 06.08.2002 – ??:?? |
| Final Round ||
| 06.08.2002 – ??:?? ||

## 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 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.22 m | August 28, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 20.45 | — | — | 20.45 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 19.85 | 20.22 | — | 20.22 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Ralf Bartels (GER) | 20.22 | — | — | 20.22 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) | 19.43 | 20.16 | — | 20.16 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Gheorghe Guşet (ROM) | 19.45 | 19.33 | 19.98 | 19.98 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Szilárd Kiss (HUN) | 19.66 | 19.55 | — | 19.66 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Conny Karlsson (FIN) | X | 19.66 | 19.43 | 19.66 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Yury Bialou (BLR) | 19.43 | X | 19.30 | 19.43 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Zlatan Zmirak (CRO) | 18.87 | X | X | 18.87 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Ivan Emilianov (MDA) | X | 18.06 | 18.08 | 18.08 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Giovanni Tubini (ITA) | 18.05 | X | X | 18.05 m | |
| 12 | 22 | Pavel Pankuch (SVK) | 17.93 | 17.8 | X | 17.93 m | |
| 13 | 26 | Michal Oertelt (CZE) | X | 16.66 | X | 16.66 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 20.40 | — | — | 20.40 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.38 | — | — | 20.38 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Rutger Smith (NED) | 19.17 | 20.17 | — | 20.17 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Milan Haborak (SVK) | 19.83 | 20.15 | — | 20.15 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.83 | 19.90 | X | 19.90 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Petr Stehlík (CZE) | 19.17 | 19.41 | 19.76 | 19.76 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Jimmy Nordin (SWE) | 19.31 | 19.76 | X | 19.76 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Zsolt Biber (HUN) | 18.83 | X | X | 18.83 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Andy Dittmar (GER) | 18.77 | 18.52 | 18.77 | 18.77 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Detlef Bock (GER) | 17.77 | 18.08 | 18.04 | 18.08 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Marco Dodoni (ITA) | 17.82 | 17.57 | 17.68 | 17.82 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Hamza Alić (BIH) | 17.29 | X | X | 17.29 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Antonín Zalsky (CZE) | 17.17 | X | X | 17.17 m | |
| — | — | Pavel Lyzhin (BLR) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.98 | 21.37 | 20.97 | 20.82 | 21.04 | — | 21.37 m | |
| | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 20.15 | 20.71 | 21.16 | 21.00 | 20.53 | 20.56 | 21.16 m | |
| | Ralf Bartels (GER) | 20.10 | 19.95 | 19.48 | 19.19 | 20.58 | 20.42 | 20.58 m | |
| 4 | Arsi Harju (FIN) | 19.66 | X | X | 20.08 | 19.74 | 20.47 | 20.47 m | |
| 5 | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.45 | 19.88 | X | X | 19.90 | 20.16 | 20.45 m | |
| 6 | Ville Tiisanoja (FIN) | 19.73 | 19.96 | 20.17 | 20.09 | 19.98 | 20.20 | 20.20 m | |
| 7 | Gheorghe Guşet (ROM) | 19.12 | 19.46 | 20.05 | X | 19.47 | X | 20.05 m | |
| 8 | Rutger Smith (NED) | 19.37 | 19.60 | 19.73 | X | — | — | 19.73 m | |
| 9 | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.52 | X | X | | | | 19.52 m | |
| 10 | Milan Haborák (SVK) | X | 19.40 | 19.20 | | | | 19.40 m | |
| 11 | Jimmy Nordin (SWE) | 19.12 | X | X | | | | 19.12 m | |
| — | Petr Stehlík (CZE) | X | X | X | | | | NM | |