2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.
While Andrei Gag and Filip Mihaljevic were the leaders after the first round, in the second round Tomas Walsh took the lead. Any one of his remaining five throws would have won the competition, with a best of 21.78 on his final attempt. Gag finished second with his first round attempt of 20.89, while Mihaljevic's personal best 20.87 in round 5 saw him finish third.

Results

The final was started at 18.45.

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Tomas Walsh		20.38	21.60	21.40	21.64	21.49	21.78	21.78	WL
	Andrei Gag		20.89	20.08	x	x	20.23	x	20.89	SB
	Filip Mihaljević		20.64	20.06	20.42	20.49	20.87	x	20.87	PB
	Konrad Bukowiecki		x	20.53	x	20.43	x	20.42	20.53
	Jonathan Jones		18.88	20.01	x	20.31	x		20.31
	Germán Lauro		19.92	19.85	20.21	x	20.24		20.24
	Tim Nedow		19.52	20.23	19.95	20.03	19.60		20.23
	Tobias Dahm		19.40	20.22	x	19.42	19.06		20.22
	Jacko Gill		19.49	x	19.93				19.93
10	Carlos Tobalina		19.41	19.86	x				19.86
11	Borja Vivas		19.63	19.85	19.75				19.85
12	Stephen Mozia		19.84	x	x				19.84
13	Mostafa Amr Hassan		19.81	x	19.39				19.81
14	Michał Haratyk		18.90	19.48	19.35				19.48
15	Bob Bertemes		18.63	19.48	x				19.48	SB
16	Tomáš Staněk		x	19.46	x				19.46
17	Franck Elemba		x	19.24	19.34				19.34
18	Darlan Romani		18.50	x	x				18.50	NR
19	Kurt Roberts		x	x	17.94				17.94