1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

Werner Günthör of Switzerland won the competition with a throw of 21.67 metres.

The original silver medallist, Georg Andersen of Norway, was disqualified and stripped of his medal after testing positive for anabolic steroids.

[1] The original bronze medallist (Lars Arvid Nilsen) was elevated to the silver while the fourth-placed Soviet thrower Aleksandr Klimenko received the bronze instead.