2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

2003 IAAF World 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
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put		women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

The men's shot put event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 14 March 2003.

The winning margin was 1 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put was won by less than 8 cm at these championships.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Manuel Martínez  Spain	John Godina  United States	Yuriy Bilonoh  Ukraine

Qualifying performance 20.25 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	John Godina	United States	20.88			20.88	Q, SB
2	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	20.55			20.55	Q
3	Joachim Olsen	Denmark	X	20.13	20.45	20.45	Q, SB
4	Manuel Martínez	Spain	20.13	20.36		20.36	Q, SB
5	Justin Anlezark	Australia	X	20.25		20.25	Q
6	Tepa Reinikainen	Finland	20.24	20.04	20.12	20.24	q
7	Arsi Harju	Finland	20.19	X	X	20.19	q
8	Milan Haborák	Slovakia	X	19.95	–	19.95	q
9	Pavel Chumachenko	Russia	19.71	X	X	19.71
10	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	19.06	19.59	X	19.59
11	Kevin Toth	United States	X	X	19.35	19.35
12	Ralf Bartels	Germany	19.32	19.15	X	19.32
	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	X	X	X	NM
	Gheorghe Guset	Romania				NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Manuel Martínez	Spain	20.73	21.14	21.07	21.01	20.70	21.24	21.24	SB
	John Godina	United States	X	X	21.23	X	X	20.66	21.23	SB
	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	21.13	20.92	21.07	X	20.83	X	21.13
4	Arsi Harju	Finland	X	20.64	20.71	20.96	20.90	X	20.96
5	Justin Anlezark	Australia	20.04	X	20.65	20.03	X	19.91	20.65
6	Tepa Reinikainen	Finland	20.13	20.44	20.53	20.52	X	20.59	20.59
7	Milan Haborák	Slovakia	19.67	20.04	20.08	X	X	20.21	20.21
8	Joachim Olsen	Denmark	20.12	X	X	X	X	19.93	20.12

• Results