2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 29 June.
Medalists
Records
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.30 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Rutger Smith | 20.55 | 20.55 | Q, SB | |||
| 2 | A | David Storl | 20.30 | 20.30 | Q | |||
| 3 | A | Antonín Žalský | 19.94 | 19.88 | 19.94 | q | ||
| 4 | B | Marco Schmidt | 19.18 | 19.85 | 19.85 | q | ||
| 5 | B | Nedžad Mulabegović | 19.47 | 19.49 | 19.79 | 19.79 | q | |
| 6 | A | Kim Christensen | 18.77 | 18.83 | 19.69 | 19.69 | q | |
| 7 | A | Borja Vivas | 19.67 | 19.67 | q | |||
| 8 | B | Marco Fortes | 19.15 | 18.84 | 19.66 | 19.66 | q | |
| 9 | B | Hüseyin Atıcı | 17.96 | 19.64 | 19.64 | q | ||
| 10 | A | Asmir Kolašinac | 19.42 | 19.62 | 19.62 | q | ||
| 11 | A | Dmytro Savytskyy | 19.23 | 19.52 | 19.51 | 19.52 | q | |
| 12 | B | Lajos Kürthy | 19.11 | 19.48 | 19.48 | q | ||
| 13 | A | Leif Arrhenius | 18.64 | 19.33 | 19.33 | |||
| 14 | A | Carl Myerscough | 18.61 | 19.30 | 19.30 | |||
| 15 | A | Māris Urtāns | 19.08 | 19.25 | 19.25 | |||
| 16 | B | Georgi Ivanov | 19.14 | 19.02 | 19.14 | |||
| 17 | B | Hamza Alić | 18.66 | 18.84 | 19.03 | 19.03 | ||
| 18 | B | Michalis Stamatogiannis | 18.68 | 18.94 | 18.95 | 18.95 | ||
| 19 | B | Ladislav Prášil | 18.87 | 18.87 | ||||
| 20 | A | Marin Premeru | 18.71 | 18.56 | 18.71 | |||
| 21 | B | Božidar Antunović | 18.69 | 18.56 | 18.69 | |||
| 22 | A | Ódinn Björn Thorsteinsson | 18.19 | 18.19 | ||||
| 23 | A | Georgios Arestis | 18.16 | 18.13 | 18.15 | 18.16 | ||
| 24 | B | Adriatik Hoxha | 16.40 | 17.00 | 17.00 | |||
| A | Anton Lyuboslavskiy | ' | ||||||
| B | Damian Kusiak | ' |