1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 7 March.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany	21.72	21.31	22.11	21.25	x	22.24	22.24	CR, NR
	Werner Günthör	Switzerland							21.61
	Sergey Smirnov	Soviet Union							20.67
4	Gregg Tafralis	United States							20.26
5	Lars Arvid Nilsen	Norway							20.09
6	Ron Backes	United States							20.02
7	Udo Gelhausen	West Germany							19.80
8	Karsten Stolz	West Germany							19.60
9	Gert Weil	Chile							18.90
10	Klaus Bodenmüller	Austria							18.84
11	Dimitrios Koutsoukis	Greece							18.01
12	Mohamed Achouche	Egypt							17.87
13	Eggert Bogason	Iceland							17.35