The men's shot put event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.

Medalists Gold Edis Elkasević Silver Sean Shields Bronze Mika Vasara

Results Final 16 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Edis Elkasević x 20.59 x x 20.75 21.47 21.47 Sean Shields x 19.73 x 19.46 20.54 19.89 20.54 Mika Vasara 18.98 x 20.21 19.78 x 20.50 20.50 4 Michał Hodun 20.41 20.42 x 19.91 x x 20.42 5 Bertrand Vili 19.37 19.61 20.09 20.12 x x 20.12 6 Dmitriy Sivakov 18.84 19.29 18.88 19.51 19.96 19.97 19.97 7 Yasser Ibrahim 18.67 18.97 19.25 19.17 19.49 x 19.49 8 Vikas Gowda 19.30 x 18.64 18.55 18.88 18.88 19.30 9 Taavi Peetre 18.72 x 18.02 18.72 10 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi x 18.66 x 18.66 11 Chris Meisner 17.87 18.54 x 18.54 12 Jeremy Silverman 18.38 18.29 18.38 18.38

Qualifications 16 Jul

Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Bertrand Vili 19.54 - - 19.54 Q 2 Michał Hodun 19.24 - - 19.24 Q 3 Vikas Gowda 17.85 18.02 19.05 19.05 Q 4 Jeremy Silverman 18.42 x 18.77 18.77 q 5 Yasser Ibrahim 18.19 18.70 18.05 18.70 q 6 Magnus Lohse 17.60 17.85 17.07 17.85 7 Anton Lyuboslavskiy x 17.76 17.77 17.77 8 John Meszaros x x 17.73 17.73 9 Jonathan Doucette 17.30 17.31 x 17.31 10 Gustavo de Mendonça x x 17.15 17.15 11 Georgi Ivanov x x 17.12 17.12 12 Vasil Najdov 16.40 x 15.84 16.40 13 Zurab Gigaia 16.15 15.22 16.06 16.15 14 Kimani Kirton 15.87 x x 15.87

Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Mika Vasara 20.43 - - 20.43 Q 2 Sean Shields 20.35 - - 20.35 Q 3 Edis Elkasević 20.20 - - 20.20 Q 4 Dmitriy Sivakov 18.89 18.89 18.63 18.89 q 5 Taavi Peetre 18.76 18.53 x 18.76 q 6 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi 18.51 x x 18.51 q 7 Chris Meisner 18.38 x 18.48 18.48 q 8 Ranvijay Singh x 18.29 17.99 18.29 9 Philipp Barth 17.89 17.87 x 17.89 10 Paul Peulich 17.17 17.88 x 17.88 11 Berne van den Bergh 16.64 17.76 16.98 17.76 12 Hwang In-Sung 17.22 17.64 17.20 17.64 13 Milan Jotanovic 17.38 17.45 x 17.45 14 Sultan Al-Hebsi 16.99 x 16.45 16.99

Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

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