These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total of 32 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday August 9, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 19.80 metres.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  John GodinaUnited States (USA) |
| Silver |  Mika HalvariFinland (FIN) |
| Bronze | Randy Barnes United States (USA) |
Schedule
edit- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 08.08.1995 – 15:45h | 08.08.1995 – 15:45h |
| Final Round | |
| 09.08.1995 – 18:30h | |
Abbreviations
edit- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Randy Barnes (USA) |
23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | Westwood, United States
|
| Event Record |  Werner Günthör (SUI) |
22.23 m | August 29, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
|
Qualification
edit- Held on Tuesday 1995-08-08
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mika Halvari (FIN)
|
20.40 m |
| 2. | Brent Noon (USA)
|
19.84 m |
| 3. |  Roman Virastyuk (UKR)
|
19.74 m |
| 4. | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR)
|
19.22 m |
| 5. |  Saulius Kleiza (LTU)
|
18.99 m |
| 6. |  Georg Andersen (NOR)
|
18.84 m |
| 7. | Arsi Harju (FIN)
|
18.79 m |
| 8. | Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
|
18.74 m |
| 9. |  Kent Larsson (SWE)
|
18.73 m |
| 10. |  Yojer Medina (VEN)
|
18.58 m |
| 11. |  Thorsten Herbrand (GER)
|
18.30 m |
| 12. |  Mark Proctor (GBR)
|
18.08 m |
| 13. | Corrado Fantini (ITA)
|
17.89 m |
| 14. |  Miroslav Menc (CZE)
|
17.54 m |
| 15. |  Oakland Salavea (ASA)
|
12.80 m |
| — |  Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL)
|
DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Randy Barnes (USA)
|
21.30 m |
| 2. | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
|
20.60 m |
| 3. | John Godina (USA)
|
19.99 m |
| 4. | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
|
19.91 m |
| 5. | Markus Koistinen (FIN)
|
19.88 m |
| 6. | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)
|
19.47 m |
| 7. |  Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT)
|
19.01 m |
| 8. |  Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR)
|
19.00 m |
| 9. | Jonny Reinhardt (GER)
|
18.89 m |
| 10. |  Sergey Rubtsov (KAZ)
|
18.81 m |
| 11. |  Manuel Martínez (ESP)
|
18.50 m |
| 12. | Henrik Wennberg (SWE)
|
18.38 m |
| 13. |  Christian Nebl (AUT)
|
18.33 m |
| 14. |  Sergey Kot (UZB)
|
17.03 m |
| 15. |  Aufata Faleata (SAM)
|
11.04 m |
| — |  Konstantinos Kollias (GRE)
|
NM |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
John Godina (USA) |
21.47 | 20.54 | 19.82 | 19.26 | 19.97 | — | 21.47 m | |
 |
Mika Halvari (FIN) |
20.22 | X | 20.19 | 20.33 | 20.93 | 20.35 | 20.93 m | |
 |
Randy Barnes (USA) |
19.47 | 20.22 | 20.41 | X | X | X | 20.41 m | |
| 4 | Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) |
20.38 | 20.23 | 20.27 | 20.28 | X | 20.16 | 20.38 m | |
| 5 | Brent Noon (USA) |
20.13 | 19.19 | X | 19.59 | X | 20.01 | 20.13 m | |
| 6 | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) |
20.11 | X | 20.04 | X | 19.45 | X | 20.11 m | |
| 7 | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) |
19.66 | 18.94 | 19.13 | X | X | X | 19.66 m | |
| 8 | Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) |
19.38 | 19.21 | 19.30 | 19.22 | X | X | 19.38 m | |
| 9 | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) |
X | X | 19.38 | 19.30 | X | X | 19.38 m | |
| 10 | Markus Koistinen (FIN) |
19.34 | X | 18.83 | 19.34 m | ||||
| 11 | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) |
18.56 | 18.52 | X | 18.56 m | ||||
| 12 | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) |
18.26 | 18.23 | X | 18.26 m | ||||