1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 8 and 9 September 1982.Medalists
Results
Final
9 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Udo Beyer | GDR | 21.50 | CR |
| Jānis Bojārs | URS | 20.81 | |
| Remigius Machura | TCH | 20.59 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Milić | SFR Yugoslavia | 20.52 | |
| 5 | Mathias Schmidt | GDR | 20.51 | |
| 6 | Peter Block | GDR | 20.49 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Kiselyov | URS | 20.40 | |
| 8 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 20.15 | |
| 9 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 19.49 | |
| 10 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 19.28 | |
| 11 | Edward Sarul | POL | 19.19 | |
| 12 | Nikolay Khristov | | 19.04 | |
| 13 | Luigi De Santis | ITA | 18.88 | |
Qualification
8 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20.14 | Q |
| 2 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20.09 | Q |
| 3 | Jānis Bojārs | URS | 20.00 | Q |
| 4 | Edward Sarul | POL | 19.91 | Q |
| 5 | Mathias Schmidt | GDR | 19.89 | Q |
| 6 | Vladimir Kiselyov | URS | 19.82 | Q |
| 7 | Peter Block | GDR | 19.81 | Q |
| 8 | Vladimir Milić | SFR Yugoslavia | 19.72 | Q |
| 9 | Nikolay Khristov | | 19.62 | Q |
| 10 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 19.59 | Q |
| 11 | Luigi De Santis | ITA | 19.55 | Q |
| 12 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 19.54 | Q |
| 13 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 19.54 | Q |
| 14 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 19.34 | |
| 15 | Aulis Akonniemi | FIN | 19.30 | |
| 16 | Jovan Lazarević | SFR Yugoslavia | 19.27 | |
| 17 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 18.87 | |
| 18 | Per Nilsson | SWE | 18.28 | |
| 19 | Anders Skärvstrand | SWE | 18.22 | |
| 20 | Luc Viudès | FRA | 18.25 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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