1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
# 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Hartmut Briesenick | East Germany | 20.50 | x | 20.41 | x | 20.59 | 20.67 | 20.67 | AR |
| | Władysław Komar | Poland | 19.83 | x | 20.32 | 19.62 | 19.91 | 19.89 | 20.32 | |
| | Jaroslav Brabec | Czechoslovakia | 17.87 | 18.82 | 19.71 | x | 19.94 | 19.78 | 19.94 | |
| 4 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | East Germany | 19.66 | x | 19.28 | 19.29 | 19.70 | 19.90 | 19.90 | |
| 5 | Yves Brouzet | France | x | 19.16 | 19.78 | 19.80 | x | 19.26 | 19.80 | |
| 6 | Miroslav Janoušek | Czechoslovakia | 18.67 | 19.34 | 19.08 | x | x | x | 19.34 | |
| 7 | Seppo Simola | Finland | 18.05 | 18.52 | 18.37 | 18.76 | 18.97 | 18.78 | 18.97 | |
| 8 | Geoff Capes | Great Britain | x | 18.54 | x | 18.63 | 18.67 | x | 18.67 | |
| 9 | Ivan Ivančić | Yugoslavia | 17.61 | x | 18.08 | | | | 18.08 | |
| 10 | Arnjolt Beer | France | 17.89 | 17.74 | 17.89 | | | | 17.89 | |
