Themen'sshot put event at the2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7 July.
The winning margin was 1 cm which was also the winning margin for the men's shot put at the 1995 games. As of 2024, these are the only two occasions where the men's shot put was won by less than 4 cm at these games.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Soslan Tsyrikhov | Zhang Jun | Krzysztof Krzywosz |
Qualification: 18.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soslan Tsyrikhov | 19.38 | x | 19.00 | 19.47 | 19.59 | x | 19.59 | SB | ||
| Zhang Jun | 19.16 | 19.58 | x | x | x | x | 19.58 | PB | ||
| Krzysztof Krzywosz | 19.00 | 18.58 | 18.81 | 19.24 | 19.38 | 19.22 | 19.38 | |||
| 4 | Raigo Toompuu | 18.70 | 19.31 | 19.15 | 18.85 | 19.30 | x | 19.31 | ||
| 5 | Māris Urtāns | 18.78 | 18.64 | x | x | x | 19.09 | 19.09 | ||
| 6 | Egor Malinkin | 18.38 | 18.58 | 18.47 | 18.28 | 18.21 | 18.72 | 18.72 | SB | |
| 7 | Borja Vivas | x | 18.72 | x | x | 18.44 | 18.49 | 18.72 | ||
| 8 | Chang Ming-Huang | 18.42 | x | x | 18.39 | x | x | 18.42 | ||
| 9 | Kemal Mešić | 18.37 | x | x | 18.37 | |||||
| 10 | Laurentin Flotin Popa | 18.36 | 18.00 | 17.81 | 18.36 | |||||
| Georgios Arestis | x | x | x | NM | ||||||
| Asmir Kolašinac | x | x | x | NM |