The men's shot put event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia.Results (p. 440)

Results Detailed results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Hartmut Briesenick 19.30 19.19 19.97 20.12 20.19 x 20.19 Valeriy Voykin 19.48 19.00 19.30 19.54 19.29 19.06 19.54 Ricky Bruch 19.50 x 19.12 x x x 19.50 Władysław Komar 19.43 18.92 x x x x 19.43 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg 18.87 18.86 19.19 x 19.10 19.32 19.32 Ralf Reichenbach 18.65 17.98 x 18.17 18.48 x 18.65 Pierre Colnard 18.57 16.80 x x x x 18.57 Seppo Simola 17.69 17.83 18.19 18.00 17.92 17.98 18.19 Tadeusz Sadza 17.60 18.01 18.13 18.13 10 Geoff Capes 17.58 x 17.84 17.84 11 Jaroslav Brabec 17.52 17.82 x 17.82 12 Valcho Stoev 17.80 17.73 x 17.80 13 Arnjolt Beer 16.60 17.00 17.24 17.24 14 Yves Brouzet x 17.12 x 17.12 15 Adrian Gagea x 16.60 x 16.60

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