2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
# 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | John Godina | United States | X | 20.17 | 20.02 | 20.72 | X | 20.82 | 20.82 | SB |
| | Adam Nelson | United States | 20.72 | X | X | X | X | X | 20.72 | |
| | Manuel Martínez | Spain | 19.87 | 20.10 | 19.84 | 19.83 | X | 20.67 | 20.67 | |
| 4 | Timo Aaltonen | Finland | 19.61 | X | 19.80 | X | 19.63 | 20.24 | 20.24 | SB |
| 5 | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 19.97 | X | 19.84 | 20.17 | X | X | 20.17 | |
| 6 | Miroslav Menc | Czech Republic | 19.58 | 19.56 | 19.86 | 20.08 | X | 19.93 | 20.08 | |
| 7 | Milan Haborák | Slovakia | 19.60 | 20.05 | X | X | X | X | 20.05 | |
| 8 | Yuriy Belonog | Ukraine | 19.71 | X | X | X | X | X | 19.71 | |
| 9 | Gheorghe Guset | Romania | 19.26 | 19.68 | 19.45 | | | | 19.68 | |
| 10 | Pavel Chumachenko | Russia | 19.55 | 19.66 | 19.45 | | | | 19.66 | |
| 11 | Bradley Snyder | Canada | 18.53 | X | 19.56 | | | | 19.56 | |
| 12 | Roman Virastyuk | Ukraine | 19.55 | X | 19.45 | | | | 19.55 | |
| | Alexis Paumier | Cuba | X | X | X | | | | NM | |
