2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The Men's shot put event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 2006.

The winning margin was 95 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put has been won by more than 90 cm at these championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeReese HoffaJoachim OlsenPavel Sofin

Note: In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original silver medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.

Results

Qualification Qualifying perf. 20.30 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final. Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Reese Hoffa 20.76 20.76 Q Andrei Mikhnevich 20.35 20.35 Q, Doping 2 Joachim Olsen 20.04 X 20.33 20.33 Q 3 Pavel Sofin 20.23 20.24 X 20.24 q, PB 4 Gheorghe Guset X 19.80 20.22 20.22 q 5 Tomasz Majewski 19.50 X 20.19 20.19 q 6 Manuel Martínez 19.80 X 20.10 20.10 q 7 Anton Luboslavskiy X 19.07 20.04 20.04 q 8 Mikuláš Konopka 19.33 X 19.91 19.91 9 Christian Cantwell 18.69 X 19.90 19.90 10 Peter Sack 18.69 X 19.90 19.79 11 Ralf Bartels X X 19.46 19.46 12 Janus Robberts 19.39 19.14 19.21 19.39 SB 13 Miran Vodovnik X 18.84 19.37 19.37 14 Zhang Qi 18.71 18.96 18.21 18.96 15 Ville Tiisanoja 18.86 X X 18.86 16 Hamza Alić 18.22 18.24 18.42 18.42 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi X X X

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Reese Hoffa 21.41 22.11 X 21.61 X X 22.11 WL Andrei Mikhnevich X 21.25 X 21.37 21.30 21.19 21.37 Doping Joachim Olsen 20.28 21.16 20.62 X 20.80 20.45 21.16 Pavel Sofin 20.68 20.27 X 20.03 19.60 20.14 20.68 PB 4 Gheorghe Guset 20.42 X X X X 20.60 20.60 5 Manuel Martínez 19.77 20.43 20.36 X X 20.39 20.43 SB 6 Tomasz Majewski 19.80 20.07 X X X X 20.07 7 Anton Luboslavskiy X 19.93 X X X X 19.93

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