1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 28 February.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Oliver-Sven Buder Germany	Mika Halvari Finland	Arsi Harju Finland

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	20.51			20.51	Q
2	Manuel Martínez	Spain	19.99	18.38	–	19.99	q
3	Dragan Perić	Yugoslavia	19.93	–	–	19.93	q
4	Mika Halvari	Finland	19.74	19.60	–	19.74	q
5	Roman Virastyuk	Ukraine	19.55	19.72	x	19.72	q
6	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	19.72	19.52	x	19.72	q
7	Arsi Harju	Finland	18.79	19.50	19.37	19.50	q
8	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	19.46	19.15	19.25	19.46	q
9	Pavel Chumachenko	Russia	18.79	x	19.44	19.44	q
10	Michael Mertens	Germany	19.22	18.93	18.95	19.22	q
11	Corrado Fantini	Italy	x	18.83	18.98	18.98	q
12	Oliver Dück	Germany	18.02	18.84	18.59	18.84
13	Shaun Pickering	Great Britain	x	x	18.82	18.82
14	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	18.69	17.93	x	18.69
15	Mark Proctor	Great Britain	x	18.66	x	18.66
16	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus	18.54	x	17.81	18.54
17	Gheorghe Guşet	Romania	17.95	18.22	x	18.22
18	Jean-Louis Lebon	France	17.49	x	17.68	17.68
19	Rocky Vaitanaki	France	17.36	16.90	x	17.36
	Miroslav Menc	Czech Republic	19.87	19.09	–	DQ	Doping
	Kristian Pettersson	Sweden				DNS
	Stéphane Vial	France				DNS
	Margus Tammaru	Estonia				DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	x	21.47	x	21.01	x	–	21.47
	Mika Halvari	Finland	x	20.05	20.59	20.02	x	x	20.59
	Arsi Harju	Finland	20.51	20.40	20.53	20.11	20.33	x	20.53
4	Dragan Perić	Yugoslavia	20.21	19.89	x	x	x	x	20.21
5	Roman Virastyuk	Ukraine	20.01	x	20.19	19.99	20.03	20.03	20.21
6	Manuel Martínez	Spain	20.09	19.82	x	x	19.83	19.57	20.09
7	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	19.57	19.89	19.82	x	19.62	x	19.89
8	Michael Mertens	Germany	19.16	19.08	19.68				19.68
9	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	x	x	19.66				19.66
10	Pavel Chumachenko	Russia	19.00	19.55	19.19				19.55
11	Corrado Fantini	Italy	18.84	19.47	19.24				19.47
	Miroslav Menc	Czech Republic	19.96	19.72	19.73	19.76	20.17	19.50	DQ	Doping

1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
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