1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	19.79	21.24	20.15	20.27	21.51	21.19	21.51
	Sergey Smirnov	Soviet Union	20.18	x	20.36	20.08	20.13	x	20.36
	Marco Montelatici	Italy	19.38	19.53	19.81	19.86	x	20.11	20.11
4	Janis Bojars	Soviet Union	19.63	20.03	20.09	20.09	19.96	x	20.09
5	Edward Sarul	Poland	x	19.73	x	x	19.64	19.60	19.73
6	Karsten Stolz	West Germany	19.34	19.63	19.45	x	x	x	19.63
7	Udo Gelhausen	West Germany	18.38	19.33	19.25	19.07	x	19.36	19.36
8	Anders Skärvstrand	Sweden	18.79	x	x	x	x	x	18.79
9	Richard Navara	Czechoslovakia	17.26	18.56	x				18.56
10	Luc Viudès	France	18.54	18.40	18.24				18.54
11	Janne Ronkainen	Finland	18.14	x	18.37				18.37
12	Jozef Lacika	Czechoslovakia	18.32	18.34	17.62				18.34
13	Peter Kassubek	West Germany	17.59	17.52	17.73				17.73
14	Klaus Bodenmüller	Austria	16.80	x	17.23				17.23
15	Martín Vara	Spain	x	16.11	x				16.11