Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 30 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine | Paolo Dal Soglio Italy | Brian Miller United States |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Miroslav Menc | Czech Republic | 19.89 | Q |
| 2 | ? | Cor Booysen | South Africa | 18.89 | Q |
| 3 | ? | Yuriy Bilonoh | Ukraine | 18.85 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Bradley Snyder | Canada | 18.81 | Q |
| 5 | ? | Viktor Bulat | Belarus | 18.51 | Q |
| 6 | ? | Przemysław Zabawski | Poland | 18.42 | Q |
| 7 | ? | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 18.38 | Q |
| 8 | A | Manuel Martínez | Spain | 18.33 | Q |
| 9 | ? | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus | 18.25 | Q |
| 10 | ? | Stevimir Ercegovac | Croatia | 18.24 | Q |
| 11 | ? | Yuriy Parhomenko | Ukraine | 18.23 | Q |
| 12 | ? | Brian Miller | United States | 18.14 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Ole Hertel | Germany | 18.09 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Brad Mears | United States | 18.09 | Q |
| 15 | ? | Nerijus Kuzinkovas | Lithuania | 18.00 | Q |
| 16 | ? | Jaan Talts | Estonia | 17.12 | |
| 17 | ? | Roman Rozna | Moldova | 16.55 | |
| 18 | ? | Ivan Emilianov | Moldova | 16.23 | |
| 19 | ? | Marco Verni | Chile | 15.74 | |
| 20 | ? | Mark Edwards | Great Britain | 15.72 | |
| 21 | ? | Tarek Al-Najjar | Jordan | 15.58 | |
| 22 | ? | José Rosario | Puerto Rico | 15.57 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Yuriy Bilonoh | Ukraine | 20.34 |
| | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 20.01 |
| | Brian Miller | United States | 19.72 |
| 4 | Brad Mears | United States | 19.57 |
| 5 | Miroslav Menc | Czech Republic | 19.53 |
| 6 | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus | 19.22 |
| 7 | Manuel Martínez | Spain | 19.05 |
| 8 | Przemysław Zabawski | Poland | 18.53 |
| 9 | Yuriy Parhomenko | Ukraine | 18.53 |
| 10 | Ole Hertel | Germany | 18.49 |
| 11 | Cor Booysen | South Africa | 18.36 |
| 12 | Viktor Bulat | Belarus | 18.31 |
| 13 | Nerijus Kuzinkovas | Lithuania | 18.19 |
| 14 | Stevimir Ercegovac | Croatia | 18.10 |
| 15 | Bradley Snyder | Canada | 16.99 |
