2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The Men's shot put event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held on March 4, 2011 at 09:30 (qualification) and March 4, 17:30 (final) local time.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	Randy Barnes (USA)	22.66	Los Angeles, United States	20 January 1989
European record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.55	Senftenberg, East Germany	11 February 1989
Championship record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.19	Liévin, France	21 February 1987
World Leading	Ryan Whiting (USA)	21.35	Albuquerque, United States	27 February 2011
European Leading	Ralf Bartels (GER)	20.91	Düsseldorf, Germany	11 February 2011

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.10 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 09:30.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	Gaëtan Bucki	France	20.39			20.39	Q, PB
2	Marco Fortes	Portugal	19.98	19.37	20.34	20.34	Q, NR
3	Ralf Bartels	Germany	20.33			20.33	Q
4	Maksim Sidorov	Russia	20.19			20.19	Q
5	Nedžad Mulabegović	Croatia	19.80	19.80	20.05	20.05	q, NR
6	David Storl	Germany	X	20.01	X	20.01	q
7	Marco Schmidt	Germany	19.93	X	X	19.93	q
8	Ivan Yushkov	Russia	19.75	19.68	X	19.75	q
9	Hamza Alić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.51	19.60	X	19.60
10	Andriy Semenov	Ukraine	X	19.47	X	19.47
11	Borja Vivas	Spain	18.61	19.40	X	19.40
12	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	19.32	19.23	X	19.32
13	Valeriy Kokoyev	Russia	19.32	X	X	19.32
14	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	17.28	19.01	19.21	19.21
15	Kim Christensen	Denmark	17.85	19.16	18.19	19.16
16	Nick Petersen	Denmark	19.00	X	X	19.00
17	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	18.37	18.76	18.53	18.76
18	Lajos Kürthy	Hungary	18.75	X	X	18.75
19	Manuel Martínez	Spain	18.62	X	X	18.62
20	Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson	Iceland	17.03	17.31	X	17.31
21	Benik Abramyan	Georgia	X	X	17.20	17.20
–	Georgi Ivanov	Bulgaria	X	X	X		NM
–	Asmir Kolašinac	Serbia	X	X	X		NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Ralf Bartels	Germany	19.74	20.80	20.79	21.16	x	21.09	21.16	EL
	David Storl	Germany	x	20.29	20.75	x	x	x	20.75	SB
	Maksim Sidorov	Russia	20.46	20.55	x	x	20.17	x	20.55
4	Nedžad Mulabegović	Croatia	x	x	x	19.63	20.43	x	20.43	NR
5	Marco Schmidt	Germany	x	20.29	19.71	19.91	x	19.62	20.29
6	Ivan Yushkov	Russia	x	20.04	20.19	x	19.99	x	20.19
7	Gaëtan Bucki	France	20.07	20.00	x	x	x	x	20.07
8	Marco Fortes	Portugal	x	19.61	19.83	x	19.26	19.54	19.83