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