| Event: | Men's shot put |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Men's shot put event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 27 and 28 August 1986.
| Gold | Werner Günthör | |
| Silver | Ulf Timmermann | |
| Bronze | Udo Beyer |
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 22.22 | CR NR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 21.84 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.74 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 20.73 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 20.52 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 19.89 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 19.85 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 19.76 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 18.53 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 18.45 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | NM | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNS |
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 21.13 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20.64 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 20.61 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 20.40 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 20.38 | Q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 20.34 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 20.27 | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 19.94 | Q | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 19.64 | Q | ||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 19.62 | Q | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 19.48 | Q | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 19.19 | Q | ||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 18.93 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 18.90 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 18.82 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 18.77 |
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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