Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put
# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 26 August 1965.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Randy Matson United States | Nikolay Karasyov Soviet Union | Eduard Gushchin Soviet Union |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ? | Randy Matson | United States | 18.38 | Q |
| 2 | ? | Zsigmond Nagy | Hungary | 17.15 | Q |
| 3 | ? | Werner Heger | West Germany | 16.81 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Géza Fejér | Hungary | 16.77 | Q |
| 5 | ? | Loukas Louka | Greece | 16.56 | Q |
| 6 | ? | John McGrath | United States | 16.46 | Q |
| 7 | ? | Jacek Majchrowski | Poland | 16.25 | Q |
| 8 | ? | Nikolay Karasyov | Soviet Union | 16.23 | Q |
| 9 | ? | Traugott Glöckler | West Germany | 15.67 | Q |
| 10 | ? | Eduard Gushchin | Soviet Union | 15.55 | Q |
| 11 | ? | Alan Carter | Great Britain | 15.53 | Q |
| 12 | ? | Adrian Gagea | Romania | 15.50 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Boško Tomasović | Yugoslavia | 15.46 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Gabriel Kladek | Czechoslovakia | 15.46 | Q |
| 15 | ? | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 15.25 | Q |
| 16 | ? | Alberto Díaz de la Gándara | Spain | 15.21 | Q |
| 17 | ? | Henryk Wieprzycki | Poland | 15.09 | Q |
| 18 | ? | Hans Schulze-Bauer | Austria | 15.05 | Q |
| 19 | ? | Andrea Balleggi | Italy | 14.80 | |
| 20 | ? | Shigenobu Murofushi | Japan | 13.53 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Randy Matson | United States | 20.31 |
| | Nikolay Karasyov | Soviet Union | 18.68 |
| | Eduard Gushchin | Soviet Union | 18.45 |
| 4 | Zsigmond Nagy | Hungary | 18.12 |
| 5 | John McGrath | United States | 18.01 |
| 6 | Boško Tomasović | Yugoslavia | 17.47 |
| 7 | Werner Heger | West Germany | 17.18 |
| 8 | Géza Fejér | Hungary | 17.05 |
| 9 | Alan Carter | Great Britain | 16.35 |
| 10 | Jacek Majchrowski | Poland | 16.32 |
| 11 | Traugott Glöckler | West Germany | 16.31 |
| 12 | Loukas Louka | Greece | 16.28 |
| 13 | Alberto Díaz de la Gándara | Spain | 15.95 |
| 14 | Hans Schulze-Bauer | Austria | 15.73 |
| 15 | Heimo Reinitzer | Austria | 15.46 |
| 16 | Adrian Gagea | Romania | 15.40 |
| 17 | Henryk Wieprzycki | Poland | 15.35 |
| 18 | Gabriel Kladek | Czechoslovakia | 15.33 |
