2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.

Background The men's shot put was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDateWorld record 23.56 Los Angeles, United States 27 May 2023Championship record22.77 Glasgow, United Kingdom 1 March 2024World leading21.95 Liévin, France 13 February 2025

Qualification For the men's shot put, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 22.00 m. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 16 athletes.

Final The final was held on 23 March, starting at 19:38 (UTC+8).

+ Results of the finalPlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tom Walsh 21.65 x 21.11 20.95 21.19 21.48 21.65 m Roger Steen 20.47 20.80 20.88 x x 21.62 21.62 m Adrian Piperi x 21.21 20.88 21.48 20.95 21.08 21.48 m 4 Leonardo Fabbri 20.67 20.69 x 20.81 21.36 21.15 21.36 m 5 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 20.52 x 21.25 21.10 x x 21.25 m 6 Wictor Petersson 20.03 20.73 20.24 x x 20.87 20.87 m 7 Andrei Toader x 20.64 x 20.39 20.63 20.64 m 8 Zane Weir 20.63 x x 20.55 x 20.63 m 9 Rajindra Campbell 19.18 19.74 20.45 x 20.45 m 10 Willian Dourado 19.85 x 20.24 x 20.24 m 11 Welington Morais 19.85 20.13 19.96 20.13 m 12 Scott Lincoln 19.88 x x 19.88 m 13 Xing Jialiang 18.90 19.24 19.76 19.76 m 14 Chris van Niekerk 19.39 19.47 x 19.47 m — Konrad Bukowiecki x x x

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