2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6.

Schedule

 * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

 * All results shown are in metres

Group A

 * 1) Christian Cantwell, United States 21.11 Q
 * 2) Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.85 Q
 * 3) Adam Nelson, United States 20.35 Q
 * 4) Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 20.19 q
 * 5) Tomasz Majewski, Poland 20.19 q
 * 6) Carl Myerscough, Great Britain 20.07 q
 * 7) Gheorghe Guset, Romania 19.83
 * 8) Manuel Martínez, Spain 19.55
 * 9) Petr Stehlik, Czech Republic 19.48
 * 10) Miran Vodovnik, Slovenia 19.28
 * 11) Ivan Yushkov, Russia 18.98
 * 12) Marco Antonio Verni, Chile 18.60
 * 13) Dorian Scott, Jamaica 18.33
 * Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus 20.54 Q, DQ
 * Shaka Sola, Samoa DNS

Group B

 * 1) Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.56 Q
 * 2) Mikulas Konopka, Slovakia 20.39 Q
 * 3) Rutger Smith, Netherlands 20.26 Q
 * 4) Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.18 q
 * 5) Khaled Habash Al-Suwaidi, Qatar 19.72
 * 6) Anton Lyuboslavskiy, Russia 19.56
 * 7) John Godina, United States 19.54
 * 8) Dragan Peric, Serbia and Montenegro 19.46
 * 9) Taavi Peetre, Estonia 19.20
 * 10) Yuriy Belov, Belarus 19.16
 * 11) Hamza Alic, Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.77
 * 12) Edis Elkasevic, Croatia 18.59
 * Janus Robberts, South Africa NM
 * Pavel Lyzhyn, Belarus NM
 * Yuriy Bilonoh, Ukraine 20.21 q, DQ

Final

 * 1) Adam Nelson, United States 21.73 (SB)
 * 2) Rutger Smith, Netherlands 21.29
 * 3) Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.99
 * 4) Christian Cantwell, United States 20.87
 * 5) Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.73
 * 6) Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.57
 * 7) Tomasz Majewski, Poland 20.23
 * 8) Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 20.09
 * 9) Mikuláš Konopka, Slovakia 19.72
 * 10) Carl Myerscough, Great Britain 19.67
 * Yuriy Bilonoh, Ukraine 20.89 DQ
 * Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus 20.74 DQ