The men's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 17 July 2022.

[1] All the medalists returned from the previous World Championships, where all three were separated by a mere centimeter.

Then Kovacs unleashed a 22.89, just 2 cm shy of his winning throw three years earlier to take the lead.

None of the leaders could improve in the sixth round leaving an American sweep on home soil.

Before the competition records were as follows:[2] The following records were established during the competition: The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 21.10 m.[3] The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows: Qualification: Qualifying Performance 21.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.