1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 September. A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Belonog Commonwealth of Independent States
Silver	Manuel Martínez Spain
Bronze	Ralf Kahles Germany

Results

Final

19 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yuriy Belonog	Commonwealth of Independent States	18.46	17.49	x	x	17.95	x	18.46
	Manuel Martínez	Spain	16.71	17.54	x	18.07	x	18.14	18.14
	Ralf Kahles	Germany	x	17.24	17.12	17.97	17.50	17.78	17.97
4	Milan Haborák	Czechoslovakia	17.58	x	17.97	16.99	-	x	17.97
5	Dennis Black	United States	17.61	17.05	x	x	17.56	17.81	17.81
6	Elias Louka	Cyprus	17.37	17.62	x	17.15	x	x	17.62
7	Yuriy Parkhomenko	Commonwealth of Independent States	17.25	x	17.09	17.48	17.04	16.97	17.48
8	Martin Bílek	Czechoslovakia	x	16.29	17.20	x	17.00	x	17.20
9	Andy Bloom	United States	16.14	17.18	16.94				17.18
10	Wen Jili	China	16.95	16.39	16.79				16.95
11	Arsi Harju	Finland	16.02	16.94	16.46				16.94
12	Yoger Enrique Medina	Venezuela	x	16.71	x				16.71
13	Leif Larsen	Norway	16.02	16.57	16.06				16.57
14	Vladimir Vićentijević	Yugoslavia	x	15.88	16.07				16.07
15	Burger Lambrechts	South Africa	x	15.66	15.94				15.66

Qualifications

18 Sep

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Dennis Black	United States	x	17.36	-	17.36	Q
2	Ralf Kahles	Germany	17.20	-	-	17.20	Q
3	Milan Haborák	Czechoslovakia	15.91	17.02	-	17.02	Q
4	Yuriy Parkhomenko	Commonwealth of Independent States	16.81	-	-	16.81	Q
5	Leif Larsen	Norway	15.31	16.41	-	16.41	Q
6	Manuel Martínez	Spain	16.25	-	-	16.25	Q
7	Vladimir Vićentijević	Yugoslavia	15.75	16.14	16.20	16.20	Q
8	Frits Potgieter	South Africa	15.37	15.47	16.15	16.15
9	Lambros Iacovou	Cyprus	15.82	15.66	15.89	15.89
10	Samson Ahmadu	Nigeria	13.29	14.40	14.33	14.40

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yuriy Belonog	Commonwealth of Independent States	17.78	-	-	17.78	Q
2	Martin Bílek	Czechoslovakia	17.59	-	-	17.59	Q
3	Arsi Harju	Finland	16.91	-	-	16.91	Q
4	Burger Lambrechts	South Africa	16.81	-	-	16.81	Q
5	Andy Bloom	United States	16.74	-	-	16.74	Q
6	Elias Louka	Cyprus	16.71	-	-	16.71	Q
7	Wen Jili	China	16.66	-	-	16.66	Q
8	Yoger Enrique Medina	Venezuela	16.06	16.24	-	16.24	Q
9	Ramón Jeremias	Spain	x	16.01	x	16.01
10	Stefan Pöhn	Germany	15.32	15.37	15.67	15.67
11	Ian Winchester	New Zealand	13.64	14.39	x	14.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• China (1)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (2)
• Cyprus (2)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Finland (1)
• Germany (2)
• New Zealand (1)
• Nigeria (1)
• Norway (1)
• South Africa (2)
• Spain (2)
• United States (2)
• Venezuela (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)