1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine	John Godina United States

Qualification: 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	John Godina	United States	20.46			20.46	Q
2	B	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	19.58	20.06		20.06	Q
3	A	Mika Halvari	Finland	20.04			20.04	Q
3	B	Arsi Harju	Finland	20.04			20.04	Q
5	B	Miroslav Menc	Czech Republic	19.11	20.01		20.01	Q, PB
6	A	Manuel Martínez	Spain	19.96			19.96	Q
7	B	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	19.91			19.91	Q
8	B	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	19.82			19.82	Q
9	B	Mark Parlin	United States	19.81			19.81	Q
10	A	Kjell Ove Hauge	Norway	18.74	19.19	19.78	19.78	q
11	A	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	19.62	19.42	x	19.62	q
12	A	Corrado Fantini	Italy	18.90	19.59	19.50	19.59	q
13	A	Michael Mertens	Germany	19.43	18.84	19.06	19.43
14	A	Dmitriy Goncharuk	Belarus	18.44	19.43	x	19.43	PB
15	A	Mark Proctor	Great Britain	17.97	x	19.21	19.21
16	A	Fernando Alves	Portugal	18.98	18.64	18.81	18.98	NR
17	B	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	18.90	18.87	x	18.90
18	A	Pavel Chumachenko	Russia	18.88	18.58	x	18.88
19	B	Andreas Gustafsson	Sweden	18.67	18.66	x	18.67
20	B	Matt Simson	Great Britain	x	x	18.30	18.30
21	B	Bilal Saad Mubarak	Qatar	18.29	x	x	18.29
	B	Jorge Vazquez	Paraguay	x	x	x	NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	20.46	21.02	20.83	–	20.92	20.85	21.02	PB
	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	20.49	20.68	20.79	20.42	20.94	20.67	20.94	SB
	John Godina	United States	20.80	20.85	–	20.34	20.87	20.57	20.87
4	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	20.70	–	–	20.20	–	20.07	20.70
5	Manuel Martínez	Spain	19.97	18.98	19.86	19.80	20.37	–	20.37	NR
6	Mika Halvari	Finland	20.22	19.75	20.17	–	–	20.10	20.22
7	Corrado Fantini	Italy	–	20.02	19.56	–	18.96	19.89	20.02
8	Arsi Harju	Finland	19.43	–	20.00	–	19.79	–	20.00
9	Miroslav Menc	Czech Republic	19.66	19.19	19.55				19.66
10	Mark Parlin	United States	19.44	–	–				19.44
11	Kjell Ove Hauge	Norway	–	19.42	18.76				19.42
	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	–	–	–				NM