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			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			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						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