2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	9 March 2025
Competitors	18 from 13 nations
Winning mark	21.27 m
Medalists
Andrei Toader    Romania   Wictor Petersson    Sweden   Tomáš Staněk    Czech Republic
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The men's shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. This will be the 18th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The qualifying round is scheduled for 9 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's shot put was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). ^[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. ^[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. ^[3]

Ryan Crouser is the world record holder in the event, with a distance of 22.82 m, set in 2021. ^[4] Ulf Timmermann is the European record holder, with a distance of 22.55 m, set in 1989. ^[4] Timmermann also holds the championship record, set at the 1987 championships. ^[5]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Ryan Crouser  (USA)	22.82	Fayetteville, United States	24 January 2021
European record [4]	Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)	22.55	Senftenberg, East Germany	11 February 1989
Championship record [5]	Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)	22.19	Liévin, France	21 February 1987
World leading [6]	Leonardo Fabbri  (ITA)	21.95	Liévin, France	13 February 2025
European leading [6]

Qualification

For the men's shot put, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. ^[7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 21.40 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. ^[7] There is a target number of 18 athletes. ^[7]

Rounds

Qualification

The qualifying round was held on 9 March, starting at 10:05 (UTC+1) in the morning. ^[8] Qualification rule: all athletes obtaining the qualifying performance 21.00 (Q) or being the top 8 positions (q) qualify for the final.

Results of the qualification round ^{[9] [10]}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	PB
1	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic	x	21.26		21.26	Q	22.17
2	Zane Weir	Italy	19.61	20.91	–	20.91	q	22.44
3	Wictor Petersson	Sweden	20.65	x	20.14	20.65	q	21.49
4	Andrei Toader	Romania	20.50	20.00	20.59	20.59	q	21.29
5	Scott Lincoln	Great Britain	20.54	x	19.77	20.54	q	21.31
6	Artem Levchenko	Ukraine	x	20.25	x	20.25	q. PB	20.25
7	Nick Ponzio	Italy	20.24	x	20.10	20.24	q	21.83
8	Armin Sinančević	Serbia	20.11	19.99	x	20.11	q	21.88
9	Eric Maihöfer	Germany	19.10	19.88	x	19.88		20.37
10	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	x	19.78	x	19.78		22.25
11	Tsanko Arnaudov	Portugal	19.77	x	19.26	19.77		21.56
12	Leonardo Fabbri	Italy	x	19.72	x	19.72		22.98
13	Giorgi Mujaridze	Georgia	19.37	x	x	19.37		21.21
14	Jesper Arbinge	Sweden	19.32	19.08	x	19.32		20.44
15	Tadeáš Procházka	Czech Republic	18.62	x	18.97	18.97		19.73
16	Anastasios Latifllari	Greece	x	17.11	18.67	18.67		19.93
17	Muhamet Ramadani	Kosovo	x	17.94	18.26	18.26	SB	19.54
	Odysseas Mouzenidis	Greece	x	x	x	NM		19.98

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 16:28 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. ^[8]

Results of the final ^[11]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Andrei Toader	Romania	21.08	20.57	20.31	x	20,50	21.27	21.27	NR
	Wictor Petersson	Sweden	20.88	x	x	20.70	21.04	x	21.04
	Tomáš Staněk	Czech Republic	x	20.50	20.75	20.28	x	x	20.75
4	Scott Lincoln	Great Britain	x	19.19	20.73	20.56	x	20.69	20.73
5	Armin Sinančević	Serbia	20.49	x	x	x	x	20.00	20.49
6	Nick Ponzio	Italy	19.81	x	x	20.26	x	x	20.26
7	Artem Levchenko	Ukraine	x	19.34	19.72	19.60	x	x	19.72
8	Zane Weir	Italy	x	x	x	19.57	x	x	19.57

References

1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "All time Top lists – Senior – shot put men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
5. "Final - European Athletics Indoor Championships - Athletics" (PDF). istanbul23results.european-athletics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
6. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Shot put men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
9. "Final Entries - Athletes List by event and SB" (PDF). European Athletics . 27 February 2025. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
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11. "Men's Shot Put Final Results". European Athletics . 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.