Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

The men's shot put event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30–31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Justin Anlezark Australia	Janus Robberts South Africa	Carl Myerscough England

Qualification: 18.20 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Janus Robberts	South Africa	19.47			19.47	Q
2	A	Justin Anlezark	Australia	19.33			19.33	Q
3	B	Bradley Snyder	Canada	18.73			18.73	Q
4	A	Chima Ugwu	Nigeria	17.63	17.58	18.64	18.64	Q
5	B	Clay Cross	Australia	18.44			18.44	Q
6	B	Carl Myerscough	England	18.36			18.36	Q
7	B	Emeka Udechuku	England	X	17.17	17.92	17.92	q, SB
8	A	Mark Proctor	England	17.10	17.61	x	17.61	q
9	B	Dave Stoute	Trinidad and Tobago	17.47	17.10	x	17.47	q
10	A	Ghufran Hussain	Pakistan	17.29	17.04	17.01	17.29	q
11	B	Lee Newman	Wales	15.75	16.38	16.69	16.69	q
12	A	Dong Enxin	Singapore	15.88	15.79	16.09	16.09	q
13	A	Anthony Soalla-Bell	Sierra Leone	13.90	16.01	16.01	16.01	NR
14	A	Robert Kidd	Belize	11.83	11.69	11.94	11.94
	B	Navpreet Singh	India	x	x	x	NM
	B	Kevin Brown	Jamaica				DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Justin Anlezark	Australia	18.43	19.94	19.68	20.29	19.70	20.91	20.91	GR
	Janus Robberts	South Africa	19.03	x	19.35	x	19.97	19.53	19.97
	Carl Myerscough	England	19.82	19.72	19.50	19.47	19.97	19.90	19.91
4	Bradley Snyder	Canada	18.97	19.26	19.63	x	19.48	x	19.63
5	Chima Ugwu	Nigeria	18.08	18.33	18.46	18.11	x	18.31	18.46
6	Clay Cross	Australia	17.45	17.21	18.10	17.72	17.57	17.87	18.10
7	Mark Proctor	England	17.55	x	x	17.56	17.77	18.08	18.08
8	Dave Stoute	Trinidad and Tobago	16.91	17.60	x	x	x	–	17.60
9	Emeka Udechuku	England	17.54	17.38	x				17.54
10	Ghufran Hussain	Pakistan	16.50	17.40	17.37				17.40
11	Lee Newman	Wales	16.08	16.23	16.59				16.59
12	Dong Enxin	Singapore	15.72	15.37	15.65				15.72