Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 20.30 m and 19.80 m .
Andrei Mikhnevich was initially awarded the bronze medal but he was later disqualified for doping and the medal was awarded to 4th-place finisher Dylan Armstrong.
Schedule
All times are China standard time| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 15 August 2008 | 09:00 21:00 | Qualifications Finals |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: 20.40 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Tomasz Majewski | 21.04 | 21.04 | Q, PB | |||
| 2 | B | Adam Nelson | 20.56 | 20.56 | Q | |||
| 3 | A | Christian Cantwell | 20.11 | 20.48 | 20.48 | Q | ||
| 4 | A | Dylan Armstrong | 20.43 | 20.43 | Q | |||
| 5 | A | Reese Hoffa | 20.41 | 20.41 | Q | |||
| 6 | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | 20.36 | DSQ | ||||
| 7 | A | Pavel Sofin | 20.29 | 20.29 | q | |||
| 8 | B | Yuriy Bilonog | 19.93 | 20.16 | 19.57 | 20.16 | q | |
| 9 | B | Rutger Smith | 20.13 | 19.97 | 20.13 | q | ||
| 10 | A | Yury Bialou | 20.12 | 19.87 | 20.12 | q | ||
| 11 | B | Ivan Yushkov | 20.02 | 19.83 | 20.00 | 20.02 | DSQ | |
| 12 | B | Peter Sack | 19.76 | 20.01 | 20.01 | |||
| 13 | A | Andriy Semenov | 18.95 | 19.59 | 20.01 | 20.01 | ||
| 14 | B | Dorian Scott | 19.54 | 19.94 | 19.71 | 19.94 | ||
| 15 | B | Justin Anlezark | 19.91 | 19.75 | 19.91 | |||
| 16 | A | Hamza Alic | 19.33 | 19.48 | 19.87 | 19.87 | ||
| 17 | A | Anton Lyuboslavskiy | 19.14 | 19.87 | 19.87 | |||
| 18 | B | Manuel Martínez | 19.62 | 19.45 | 19.81 | 19.81 | ||
| 19 | B | Miran Vodovnik | 18.72 | 19.81 | 19.81 | |||
| 20 | A | Scott Martin | 19.75 | 19.75 | ||||
| 21 | A | Joachim Olsen | 19.62 | 19.69 | 19.74 | 19.74 | SB | |
| 22 | B | Yves Niare | 19.73 | 19.73 | ||||
| 23 | A | Carlos Véliz | 19.58 | 19.25 | 19.16 | 19.58 | ||
| 24 | A | Māris Urtāns | 18.78 | 19.57 | 19.34 | 19.57 | ||
| 25 | B | Taavi Peetre | 19.57 | 19.57 | ||||
| 26 | B | Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi | 18.67 | 19.51 | 19.51 | |||
| 27 | B | Petr Stehlik | 19.41 | 19.41 | ||||
| 28 | B | Nedzad Mulabegovic | 19.11 | 19.35 | 18.88 | 19.35 | ||
| 29 | A | Milan Haborák | 19.32 | 19.32 | ||||
| 30 | B | Reinaldo Proenza | 19.15 | 19.06 | 19.20 | 19.20 | ||
| 31 | A | Germán Lauro | 19.07 | 18.96 | 19.07 | |||
| 32 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | 18.32 | 19.01 | 19.01 | |||
| 33 | A | Lajos Kürthy | 18.38 | 18.74 | 18.74 | |||
| 34 | B | Ivan Emilianov | 18.64 | 18.27 | 18.64 | |||
| 35 | A | Mihail Stamatoyiannis | 18.45 | 18.30 | 18.45 | |||
| 36 | B | Yasser Farag | 18.37 | 18.42 | 18.42 | |||
| 37 | B | Marco Fortes | 18.05 | 18.05 | ||||
| 38 | A | Marco Antonio Verni | 17.96 | 17.96 | ||||
| 39 | B | Chang Ming-Huang | 16.13 | 16.98 | 17.43 | 17.43 | ||
| A | Robert Häggblom | ' | ||||||
| A | Georgi Ivanov | ' | ||||||
| B | Alexis Paumier | ' | ||||||
| B | Amin Nikfar | ' | ||||||
| B | Andrei Mikhnevich | DSQ | ||||||
| A | Ralf Bartels |