The men's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July. A 6 kg (junior implement) shot was used.
Medalists Gold David Storl Silver Alexander Bulanov Bronze Marin Premeru
Results Final 8 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 David Storl x 19.81 19.61 x 20.31 21.08 21.08 Alexander Bulanov 19.29 x x 19.51 19.31 20.14 20.14 Marin Premeru 19.13 19.73 19.93 19.90 19.64 x 19.93 4 Przemysław Krawczak 18.34 19.23 19.21 19.21 18.96 19.85 19.85 5 Stanislav Seheda 19.80 x x 19.50 x x 19.80 6 Simon Gustafsson 19.06 19.11 x 18.82 19.39 x 19.39 7 Petr Novotný 17.83 18.62 19.21 x x x 19.21 8 Hendrik Müller 18.95 19.11 x 18.07 x x 19.11 9 Emanuele Fuamatu 19.11 x 18.31 19.11 10 Sylwester Zieliński 18.77 x x 18.77 11 Sergey Bakhar 18.42 x 18.69 18.69 12 Miloš Marković 18.42 18.11 17.90 18.42
Qualifications 8 July
Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Alexander Bulanov x 17.97 19.61 19.61 Q 2 Simon Gustafsson 18.55 19.27 19.20 19.27 q 3 Przemysław Krawczak 18.31 19.24 19.21 19.24 q 4 Hendrik Müller 18.75 x 18.66 18.75 q 5 Sergey Bakhar 18.26 18.67 x 18.67 q 6 Petr Novotný 17.64 18.43 18.60 18.60 q 7 Grigoriy Kamulya 17.84 17.72 18.35 18.35 8 Dmitriy Savytskyy 18.10 18.31 17.69 18.31 9 Eric Plummer 18.29 17.90 17.75 18.29 10 Orazio Cremona x 18.28 x 18.28 11 Arturas Gurklys x 18.10 17.24 18.10 12 Jamie Stevenson 17.69 17.32 17.66 17.69 13 Henri Pakisjärvi x 17.65 17.69 17.69 14 Mario Cota x 17.68 17.22 17.68 15 Jasdeep Singh Dhillon 16.89 17.57 x 17.57 16 Alberto Sortino 16.26 17.05 17.31 17.31 17 Colin Quirke x 16.11 17.28 17.28 18 Matías López 14.80 15.71 15.89 15.89
Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 David Storl 19.88 - - 19.88 Q 2 Emanuele Fuamatu 18.68 19.20 19.28 19.28 q 3 Stanislav Seheda 18.60 18.95 18.83 18.95 q 4 Sylwester Zieliński 18.70 x x 18.70 q 5 Marin Premeru 17.27 18.57 x 18.57 q 6 Miloš Marković 18.56 x 17.73 18.56 q 7 Rosen Karamfilov 18.37 18.50 x 18.50 8 Daniel Block 17.28 18.38 x 18.38 9 Aliaksandr Salabuta 18.32 x x 18.32 10 Romanas Morozka 17.08 17.49 18.10 18.10 11 Sergey Dementev 17.49 17.46 17.92 17.92 12 Eder Moreno 17.65 17.88 17.54 17.88 13 Alexander Zinchenko 17.21 x x 17.21 14 José Pinedo 16.20 16.65 16.17 16.65 15 Markko Ratas 15.26 x 16.54 16.54 16 Nicolás Martina x x 16.43 16.43 17 Patrick Cronie x x 15.87 15.87 Niko Hauhia x x x NM
Participation According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
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