1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July. A 7257g (senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

Gold	Aleksey Lukashenko
Silver	Vyacheslav Lykho
Bronze	Radoslav Despotov

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		18.90
	align=left		align=left		18.71
	align=left		align=left		18.17
4	align=left		align=left		17.64
5	align=left		align=left		17.27
6	align=left		align=left		17.19
7	align=left		align=left		16.90
8	align=left		align=left		16.84
9	align=left		align=left		16.44
10	align=left		align=left		16.14
11	align=left		align=left		16.09
12	align=left		align=left		15.87

Qualifications

18 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		17.90	Q
2	align=left		align=left		16.93	Q
3	align=left		align=left		16.51	Q
4	align=left		align=left		16.38	Q
5	align=left		align=left		16.18	Q
6	align=left		align=left		16.16	Q
7	align=left		align=left		16.15	Q
8	align=left		align=left		14.90
9	align=left		align=left		13.81
10	align=left		align=left		13.40
11	align=left		align=left		11.35

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		17.01	Q
2	align=left		align=left		16.92	Q
3	align=left		align=left		16.25	Q
4	align=left		align=left		16.00	Q
5	align=left		align=left		15.52	q
6	align=left		align=left		15.11
7	align=left		align=left		14.48
8	align=left		align=left		13.71
9	align=left		align=left		12.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.