1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
These are the official results of the Men's shot put event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 27 and 28 August 1986.Medalists
Results
Final
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Werner Günthör | SUI | 22.22 | CR NR |
| Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21.84 | |
| Udo Beyer | GDR | 20.74 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20.73 | |
| 5 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 20.52 | |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19.89 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Milić | SFR Yugoslavia | 19.85 | |
| 8 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19.76 | |
| 9 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 18.53 | |
| 10 | Georg Andersen | NOR | 18.45 | |
| Jan Sagedal | NOR | NM | |
| Sergey Smirnov | URS | DNS | |
Qualification
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21.13 | Q |
| 2 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 20.64 | Q |
| 3 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20.61 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 20.40 | Q |
| 5 | Jan Sagedal | NOR | 20.38 | Q |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 20.34 | Q |
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20.27 | Q |
| 8 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 19.94 | Q |
| 9 | Georg Andersen | NOR | 19.64 | Q |
| 10 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19.62 | Q |
| 11 | Vladimir Milić | SFR Yugoslavia | 19.48 | Q |
| 12 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 19.19 | Q |
| 13 | Jari Kuoppa | FIN | 18.93 | |
| 14 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 18.90 | |
| 15 | Janne Ronkainen | FIN | 18.82 | |
| 16 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | 18.77 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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