1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeYuriy BilonohOleksandr BagachJohn Godina

Results Qualification Qualification: 19.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A John Godina 20.46 20.46 Q 2 B Oliver-Sven Buder 19.58 20.06 20.06 Q 3 A Mika Halvari 20.04 20.04 Q 3 B Arsi Harju 20.04 20.04 Q 5 B Miroslav Menc 19.11 20.01 20.01 Q, PB 6 A Manuel Martínez 19.96 19.96 Q 7 B Oleksandr Bagach 19.91 19.91 Q 8 B Paolo Dal Soglio 19.82 19.82 Q 9 B Mark Parlin 19.81 19.81 Q 10 A Kjell Ove Hauge 18.74 19.19 19.78 19.78 q 11 A Yuriy Bilonoh 19.62 19.42 x 19.62 q 12 A Corrado Fantini 18.90 19.59 19.50 19.59 q 13 A Michael Mertens 19.43 18.84 19.06 19.43 14 A Dmitriy Goncharuk 18.44 19.43 x 19.43 PB 15 A Mark Proctor 17.97 x 19.21 19.21 16 A Fernando Alves 18.98 18.64 18.81 18.98 NR 17 B Virgilijus Alekna 18.90 18.87 x 18.90 18 A Pavel Chumachenko 18.88 18.58 x 18.88 19 B Andreas Gustafsson 18.67 18.66 x 18.67 20 B Matt Simson x x 18.30 18.30 21 B Bilal Saad Mubarak 18.29 x x 18.29 B Jorge Vazquez x x x

Final Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Yuriy Bilonoh 20.46 21.02 20.83 – 20.92 20.85 21.02 PB Oleksandr Bagach 20.49 20.68 20.79 20.42 20.94 20.67 20.94 SB John Godina 20.80 20.85 – 20.34 20.87 20.57 20.87 Oliver-Sven Buder 20.70 – – 20.20 – 20.07 20.70 Manuel Martínez 19.97 18.98 19.86 19.80 20.37 – 20.37 NR Mika Halvari 20.22 19.75 20.17 – – 20.10 20.22 Corrado Fantini – 20.02 19.56 – 18.96 19.89 20.02 Arsi Harju 19.43 – 20.00 – 19.79 – 20.00 Miroslav Menc 19.66 19.19 19.55 19.66 10 Mark Parlin 19.44 – – 19.44 11 Kjell Ove Hauge – 19.42 18.76 19.42 Paolo Dal Soglio – – –

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