Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, on 5 and 6 July 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mike Carter United States	Zlatan Saračević Yugoslavia	Sergey Smirnov Soviet Union

Results

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Zlatan Saračević	Yugoslavia	19.18	Q
2	Sergey Smirnov	Soviet Union	19.14	Q
3	Mike Carter	United States	18.96	Q
4	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	18.54	Q
5	Augie Wolf	United States	18.49	Q
6	Donatas Stukonis	Soviet Union	18.25	Q
7	Luby Chambul	Canada	17.62	q
8	Martino Catalano	Canada	17.51	q
9	Ahmed Kamel Shata	Egypt	17.06	q
10	Yair Mackler	Israel	16.81	q
11	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	16.62	q
12	Jaspal Singh	India	15.40	q
13	César Sajche	Guatemala	12.84	q
	Luigi De Santis	Italy	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mike Carter	United States	19.74
	Zlatan Saračević	Yugoslavia	19.66
	Sergey Smirnov	Soviet Union	19.61
4	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	19.41
5	Augie Wolf	United States	19.34
6	Donatas Stukonis	Soviet Union	19.11
7	Luby Chambul	Canada	17.71
8	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	17.53
9	Martino Catalano	Canada	17.25
10	Ahmed Kamel Shata	Egypt	17.06
11	Yair Mackler	Israel	16.26
12	Jaspal Singh	India	15.18
13	César Sajche	Guatemala	12.42