# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Storl Germany |
| Silver | Rutger Smith Netherlands |
| Bronze | Asmir Kolašinac Serbia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Reese Hoffa (USA) | 22.00 | Eugene, United States | 24 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Tomasz Majewski (POL) | 21.60 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 June 2012 | 9:45 | Qualification |
| 29 June 2012 | 21:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 20.55 | | | 20.55 | Q, SB |
| 2 | A | David Storl | Germany | 20.30 | | | 20.30 | Q |
| 3 | A | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic | 19.94 | 19.88 | – | 19.94 | q |
| 4 | B | Marco Schmidt | Germany | 19.18 | 19.85 | x | 19.85 | q |
| 5 | B | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia | 19.47 | 19.49 | 19.79 | 19.79 | q |
| 6 | A | Kim Christensen | Denmark | 18.77 | 18.83 | 19.69 | 19.69 | q |
| 7 | A | Borja Vivas | Spain | 19.67 | x | x | 19.67 | q |
| 8 | B | Marco Fortes | Portugal | 19.15 | 18.84 | 19.66 | 19.66 | q |
| 9 | B | Hüseyin Atıcı | Turkey | 17.96 | x | 19.64 | 19.64 | q |
| 10 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | 19.42 | 19.62 | x | 19.62 | q |
| 11 | A | Dmytro Savytskyy | Ukraine | 19.23 | 19.52 | 19.51 | 19.52 | q |
| 12 | B | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary | x | 19.11 | 19.48 | 19.48 | q |
| 13 | A | Leif Arrhenius | Sweden | x | 18.64 | 19.33 | 19.33 | |
| 14 | A | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain | 18.61 | 19.30 | x | 19.30 | |
| 15 | A | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 19.08 | 19.25 | x | 19.25 | |
| 16 | B | Georgi Ivanov | Bulgaria | 19.14 | 19.02 | x | 19.14 | |
| 17 | B | Hamza Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.66 | 18.84 | 19.03 | 19.03 | |
| 18 | B | Michalis Stamatogiannis | Greece | 18.68 | 18.94 | 18.95 | 18.95 | |
| 19 | B | Ladislav Prášil | Czech Republic | 18.87 | x | x | 18.87 | |
| 20 | A | Marin Premeru | Croatia | 18.71 | x | 18.56 | 18.71 | |
| 21 | B | Božidar Antunović | Serbia | 18.69 | x | 18.56 | 18.69 | |
| 22 | A | Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson | Iceland | x | 18.19 | x | 18.19 | |
| 23 | A | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus | 18.16 | 18.13 | 18.15 | 18.16 | |
| 24 | B | Adriatik Hoxha | Albania | 16.40 | x | 17.00 | 17.00 | |
| | A | Anton Lyuboslavskiy | Russia | | | | DNS | |
| | B | Damian Kusiak | Poland | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Storl | Germany | 21.19 | x | 21.58 | x | x | – | 21.58 | SB |
| | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 20.25 | x | 20.55 | x | 20.15 | x | 20.55 | =SB |
| | Asmir Kolašinac | Serbia | 20.22 | 20.36 | x | 19.88 | 20.33 | x | 20.36 | |
| 4 | Hüseyin Atıcı | Turkey | 18.70 | 20.24 | 20.02 | 20.08 | 19.89 | x | 20.24 | |
| 5 | Marco Fortes | Portugal | 19.47 | 19.29 | 20.24 | 19.38 | 19.84 | 18.54 | 20.24 | |
| 6 | Antonín Žalský | Czech Republic | 19.94 | x | 19.63 | x | x | x | 19.94 | |
| 7 | Borja Vivas | Spain | 19.54 | 19.59 | 19.81 | 19.37 | 19.35 | 19.37 | 19.81 | |
| 8 | Marco Schmidt | Germany | 19.42 | 19.65 | x | x | x | 18.97 | 19.65 | |
| 9 | Lajos Kürthy | Hungary | 19.23 | 19.55 | x | | | | 19.55 | |
| 10 | Dmytro Savytskyy | Ukraine | 19.30 | x | 19.30 | | | | 19.30 | |
| 11 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia | 19.26 | x | 19.09 | | | | 19.26 | |
| 12 | Kim Christensen | Denmark | 18.72 | 19.00 | 18.91 | | | | 19.00 | |