The men's shot put event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 July.
| Gold | Valeriy Kokoyev | |
| Silver | Nick Petersen | |
| Bronze | Mateusz Mikos |
16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 18.01 | 18.34 | 18.60 | 20.20 | 19.14 | 19.60 | 20.20 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.01 | 18.88 | 18.24 | 18.79 | x | 18.94 | 18.94 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 17.55 | 18.38 | 18.35 | 18.66 | 18.65 | 18.89 | 18.89 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 18.31 | x | 18.39 | 18.33 | 18.16 | 18.52 | 18.52 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 18.05 | 17.75 | 17.70 | 17.76 | 17.84 | 18.40 | 18.40 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.59 | 18.03 | x | x | x | x | 18.03 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 17.89 | x | 16.92 | 17.97 | 17.90 | 18.00 | 18.00 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.93 | x | 17.87 | x | x | x | 17.87 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.73 | x | 17.50 | 17.50 | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 17.28 | x | 17.05 | 17.28 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.79 | 16.96 | x | 16.96 | ||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | x | 16.42 | x | 16.42 | |||||||
16 July
Qualifying 18.25 or 12 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 18.60 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 18.56 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 18.09 | q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 17.94 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 17.66 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 17.52 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 17.28 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.25 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.10 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 16.27 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 18.43 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 17.93 | q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 17.73 | q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 17.54 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 17.50 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 17.46 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 16.33 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 16.88 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | NM |
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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