The men's shot put at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 10 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Shot Put men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2026. 23.56 m Los Angeles, United States 27 May 2023 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Shot Put men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2026.23.06 mChania, Greece22 May 1988 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2026. 22.45 mRome, Italy 8 June 2024 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Shot Put men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2026.22.74 mEugene, United States4 July 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Shot Put men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
Qualification For the men's shot put, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 20.80 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Leonardo Fabbri22.9822.74 Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 2 Zane Weir22.4421.42 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.42 - Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) - 25 JUL 2026 3 1 Wictor Petersson21.4921.38 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.38 - Friidrottens Hus, Göteborg (SWE) (i) - 15 FEB 2026 4 1 Konrad Bukowiecki22.2521.34 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.34 - Market square, Białystok (POL) - 31 MAY 2026 5 3 Nick Ponzio21.8321.23 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.23 - Městský stadion, Ústí nad Labem (CZE) - 18 JUN 2026 6 1 Scott Lincoln21.3121.16 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.16 - Stadion Erzgebirgsblick, Gelenau (GER) - 07 JUN 2026 7 1 Andrei Rares Toader21.2921.08 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.08 - Sala de Atletism Ioan Soter, Bucureşti (ROU) (i) - 01 MAR 2026 8 1 Tomáš Staněk22.1721.00 Qualified by Entry Standard 21.00 - Mestský Stadion Sletište, Kladno (CZE) - 09 JUN 2026 9 1 Giorgi Mujaridze21.2120.20 Qualified by Entry Standard 20.82 - Olympic Training Base, Almaty (KAZ) - 02 AUG 2025 10 1 Tomaš Đurović20.6019.60 Qualified by Universality Place 11 1 Armin Sinančević21.8820.59 Qualified by World Rankings 10th - 1192 points 12 1 Mesud Pezer21.4820.61 Qualified by World Rankings 11th - 1190 points 13 1 Eric Maihöfer20.6320.63 Qualified by World Rankings 12th - 1185 points 14 1 Eric Favors20.9320.40 Qualified by World Rankings 15th - 1163 points 15 4 Riccardo Ferrara20.9820.62 Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1159 points 16 2 Georg Harpf20.4620.46 Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1155 points 17 2 Szymon Mazur20.1819.90 Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1152 points 18 1 Stephen Mailagi20.5120.51 Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1149 points 19 1 Tsanko Arnaudov21.5619.40 Qualified by World Rankings 24th - 1133 points 20 1 Konstantinos Gennikis19.5519.55 Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1129 points 21 1 Yannick Rolvink19.7019.70 Qualified by World Rankings 26th - 1124 points 22 2 Leo Zikovic19.7519.75 Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1120 points 23 2 Jarno van Daalen20.1420.14 Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1118 points 24 1 Alexandr Mazur20.1720.17 Qualified by World Rankings 30th - 1113 points 25 1 Petros Michaelides19.4919.49 Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1114 points261Stefan Wieland19.5619.56Qualified by World Rankings30th - 1113 pointsreserve5Vincenzo D'Agostino19.5019.50Qualified by World Rankings31st - 1111 points271Ali Peker19.5619.34Qualified by World Rankings37th - 1103 points282Iason Machairas19.5019.50Qualified by World Rankings41st - 1096 points292Jephté Vogel19.1519.03Qualified by World Rankings42nd - 1096 points303Odysseas Mouzenidis19.9819.14Qualified by World Rankings43rd - 1094 pointsreserve1Menachem Mendel Chen19.4119.41Next best by World Rankings48th - 1076 pointsreserve1István Fekete18.8618.86Next best by World Rankings50th - 1071 pointsreserve1Miika Lahtonen19.2719.27Next best by World Rankings57th - 1059 points
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Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2026 12:40 Qualification.10 August 2026 20:33 Final
Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 10 August 2026, at 12:40 in the afternoon. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 20.60 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Leonardo Fabbri 21.29 21.29 m 2 Tomáš Staněk 19.80 x 20.66 20.66 m 3 Nick Ponzio 20.48 20.03 r 20.48 m 4 Armin Sinančević x x 20.20 20.20 m 5 19.90 x x 19.90 m 6 Konrad Bukowiecki 18.67 19.40 19.82 19.82 m 7 19.37 x x 19.37 m 8 19.31 x x 19.31 m 9 Stephen Mailagi 18.50 x 19.17 19.17 m 10 Giorgi Mujaridze 18.91 18.85 x 18.91 m 11 x x 18.75 18.75 m 12 18.53 x x 18.53 m 13 x 17.71 18.15 18.15 m 14 Yannick Rolvink 17.78 x x 17.78 m — x x x
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Wictor Petersson 19.99 20.47 x 20.47 m 2 Scott Lincoln x 19.96 x 19.96 m 3 Zane Weir 19.80 19.72 19.66 19.80 m 4 Andrei Toader 19.54 19.01 19.76 19.76 m 5 19.76 18.87 19.06 19.76 m 6 Eric Favors 19.54 x x 19.54 m 7 Georg Harpf 19.45 x x 19.45 m 8 Tsanko Arnaudov 18.59 18.95 x 18.95 m 9 Mesud Pezer 18.89 x x 18.89 m 10 Riccardo Ferrara x 18.85 x 18.85 m 11 18.78 x x 18.78 m 12 18.61 18.57 18.46 18.61 m 13 18.03 18.10 18.35 18.35 m 14 Jarno van Daalen x x 18.06 18.06 m 15 x 17.90 x 17.90 m
Final The final was held on 10 August 2026, at 20:33 in the evening.
PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Leonardo Fabbri21.3621.7822.31xxx 22.31 m Zane Weir21.1220.16x20.6819.9520.9121.12 m Wictor Petersson20.4420.2620.3020.8620.3120.9720.97 m 4 Scott Lincoln20.4020.8120.43x20.7920.0920.81 m 5 Andrei Toader20.4420.8019.8720.1820.1420.1820.80 m 6 Nick Ponzio20.76x20.3620.3620.27x 20.76 m 7 Konrad Bukowiecki19.8620.3819.9419.8819.74x20.38 m 8 Armin Sinančević20.0020.02x19.84xx20.02 m 9 Tomáš Staněkx19.6819.3219.68 m 10 Eric Favors19.49x19.5919.59 m 11 x19.14x19.14 m — xxx
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