Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris with the final on 6 September 1957.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vartan Ovsepyan Soviet Union	Josef Klik West Germany	Jean-Pierre Lassau France

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vartan Ovsepyan	Soviet Union	15.71	16.20	16.38	16.57	16.39	16.09	16.57
	Josef Klik	West Germany	14.92	15.34	15.41	15.04	15.81	15.91	15.91
	Jean-Pierre Lassau	France	15.86	15.89	15.84	15.44	15.22	?	15.89
4	Raymond Thomas	France	15.39	x	15.21	15.47	15.48	15.55	15.55
5	Todor Artarski Todorov	Bulgaria	14.89	14.80	14.69	14.66	15.12	14.86	15.12
6	Piero Monguzzi	Italy	15.00	14.12	14.25				15.00
7	Helmut Huber	West Germany							14.33
8	Ronald Taylor	Ireland							14.28
9	Le Maître	Belgium							14.12
10	Alfonso Vidal	Spain							13.98
11	Venc	Czechoslovakia							13.09
12	Northern	Great Britain							12.91
	Estanislao Quadra	Spain	x	x	x				NM	^[3]

^ García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ L'Athletisme (September 1957, p5)
^ García, Gerardo (7 September 1957). "Los campeonatos Universitarios Mundiales de París" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2021.