These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991. Werner Günthör of Switzerland won the competition with a throw of 21.67 metres.
The original silver medallist, Georg Andersen of Norway, was disqualified and stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.[1] The original bronze medallist (Lars Arvid Nilsen) was elevated to the silver while the fourth-placed Soviet thrower Aleksandr Klimenko received the bronze instead.
| Gold | Werner Günthör Switzerland (SUI) | |
| Silver |  Lars Arvid NilsenNorway (NOR) | |
| Bronze | Aleksandr Klimenko Soviet Union (URS) |
| Qualification Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | |
| 30.08.1991 - 10:30h | 30.08.1991 - 10:30h | |
| Final Round | ||
| 31.08.1991 - 18:30h | ||
| Q | automatic qualification | |
| q | qualification by rank | |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.12 m | May 20, 1990 | ||||
| 22.23 m | August 29, 1987 | ||||
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.97 m | ||
| 2. | 20.16 m | ||
| 3. | 19.79 m | ||
| 4. | 19.51 m | ||
| 5. | 19.44 m | ||
| 6. | 19.28 m | ||
| 7. | 19.21 m | ||
| 8. | 18.55 m | ||
| 9. | 18.43 m | ||
| 10. | 17.97 m | ||
| - | NM |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.41 m | ||
| 2. | 19.79 m | ||
| 3. | 19.20 m | ||
| 4. | 19.05 m | ||
| 5. | 19.00 m | ||
| 6. | 18.90 m | ||
| 7. | 18.51 m | ||
| 8. | 18.30 m | ||
| 9. | 18.26 m | ||
| 10. | 16.38 m | ||
| 11. | 13.49 m | ||
| - | NM |
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.67 m | |||
| 20.75 m | |||
| 20.34 m | |||
| 4. | 20.10 m | ||
| 5. | 19.98 m | ||
| 6. | 19.92 m | ||
| 7. | 19.83 m | ||
| 8. | 19.34 m | ||
| 9. | 19.30 m | ||
| 10. | 18.91 m | ||
| 11. | 18.73 m | ||
| - | DSQ |