Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Udo Beyer	East Germany	20.49
	Reijo Ståhlberg	Finland	19.96
	Nikola Khristov	Bulgaria	19.60
4	Vladimir Kiselyov	Soviet Union	19.26
5	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	19.25
6	Valcho Stoev	Bulgaria	18.83
7	Luigi De Santis	Italy	18.58	^[4]
8	Gennadiy Mikhaylov	Soviet Union	18.56	^[5]
9	Ian Pyka	United States	18.47
10	Luc Viudès	France	18.20	^[6]
11	Claus-Dieter Föhrenbach	West Germany	18.16
12	Steve Summers	United States	17.42
13	Olli Kanervisto	Finland	17.24
14	Mohamed Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait	16.89
15	Aracelio Carrillo	Mexico	13.93
	Mpheni Ndolmo	Swaziland	NM

^ "Results" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 10 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Atletica: tre azzuri nelle finali 100 metri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 10 September 1979. p. 12.
^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p96)
^ French results