The men's shot put event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.
| Gold | Mikuláš Konopka | |
| Silver | Yuriy Belov | |
| Bronze | Leszek Śliwa |
15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 19.79 | x | 19.55 | 19.76 | x | x | 19.79 | CR | |||
| align=left | align=left | | x | 19.07 | x | x | 19.38 | x | 19.38 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 18.32 | 19.08 | 18.96 | x | 18.53 | 19.08 | 19.08 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.97 | 18.99 | x | 18.78 | x | 19.04 | 19.04 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 18.85 | x | 18.96 | x | x | 18.75 | 18.96 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 18.84 | 17.82 | 18.07 | x | x | 18.66 | 18.84 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 18.58 | 17.59 | 18.25 | 18.59 | 18.29 | 18.28 | 18.59 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 18.57 | x | x | x | 17.79 | 18.59 | 18.59 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 18.26 | x | x | 18.26 | |||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 17.82 | 18.03 | x | 18.03 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | x | 17.66 | x | 17.66 | |||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.88 | 17.11 | x | 17.11 | ||||||
14 July
Qualifying 18.70 or 12 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 19.33 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 19.16 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 18.34 | q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 18.23 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 18.10 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 17.79 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 17.65 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.23 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.88 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.26 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 18.59 | q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 18.57 | q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 18.54 | q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 18.51 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 18.45 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 18.24 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 17.99 | q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.86 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.24 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 17.23 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | NM |
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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