1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's shot put event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1994. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups .

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Klimenko Ukraine |
| - | - |
| Silver | Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine |
| Bronze | Roman Virastyuk Ukraine |

## Final

| Rank | Final | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) | 20.78 m |
| | Aleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 20.34 m |
| | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.59 m |
| 4. | Mika Halvari (FIN) | 19.52 m |
| 5. | Markus Koistinen (FIN) | 19.51 m |
| 6. | Dragan Perić (FR Yugoslavia) | 19.40 m |
| 7. | Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) | 19.34 m |
| 8. | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.15 m |
| 9. | Thorsten Herbrand (GER) | 19.10 m |
| 10. | Saulius Kleiza (LTU) | 18.80 m |
| 11. | Corrado Fantini (ITA) | 18.30 m |
| 12. | Roar Hoff (NOR) | 18.15 m |

## Qualifying round

* Held on 12 August 1994

| Rank | Group A | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Dragan Perić (FR Yugoslavia) | 19.64 m |
| 2. | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) | 19.45 m |
| 3. | Mika Halvari (FIN) | 19.29 m |
| 4. | Saulius Kleiza (LTU) | 18.77 m |
| 5. | Thorsten Herbrand (GER) | 18.65 m |
| 6. | Corrado Fantini (ITA) | 18.64 m |
| 7. | Paul Edwards (GBR) | 18.54 m |
| 8. | Henrik Wennberg (SWE) | 18.52 m |
| 9. | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 18.41 m |
| 10. | Kjell Ove Hauge (NOR) | 18.23 m |
| 11. | Ants Kiisa (EST) | 17.01 m |
| — | Sergey Nikolayev (RUS) | NM |
| — | Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) | NM |
| Rank | Group B | Distance |
| 1. | Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) | 19.69 m |
| 2. | Aleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 19.65 m |
| 3. | Roman Virastyuk (UKR) | 19.25 m |
| 4. | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.23 m |
| 5. | Markus Koistinen (FIN) | 19.05 m |
| 6. | Roar Hoff (NOR) | 18.69 m |
| 7. | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 18.53 m |
| 8. | Jonny Reinhardt (GER) | 18.33 m |
| 9. | Jenő Kóczián (HUN) | 18.20 m |
| 10. | Kent Larsson (SWE) | 18.19 m |
| 11. | Sören Tallhem (SWE) | 18.07 m |
| 12. | Antero Paljakka (FIN) | 18.00 m |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Belarus (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (3)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Norway (2)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (3)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Kingdom (1)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
