The Men's shot put event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Christian Cantwell United States
|
Reese Hoffa United States
|
Joachim Olsen Denmark
|
Results
Qualification
Qualifying performance 20.50 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Yuriy Bilonoh |  Ukraine |
20.79 | 20.79 | Q, SB | ||
| 2 | A | Christian Cantwell | United States |
X | 20.41 | 20.77 | 20.77 | Q |
| 3 | B | Manuel Martínez |  Spain |
20.59 | 20.59 | Q | ||
| 4 | A | Carl Myerscough |  Great Britain |
19.20 | 19.74 | 20.41 | 20.41 | q |
| 5 | A | Andrei Mikhnevich |  Belarus |
19.69 | 20.41 | X | 20.41 | q |
| 6 | B | Reese Hoffa | United States |
19.70 | 20.28 | 20.13 | 20.28 | q |
| 7 | A | Tomasz Majewski |  Poland |
20.28 | X | 20.04 | 20.28 | q, PB |
| 8 | B | Joachim Olsen | Denmark |
19.90 | 20.28 | X | 20.28 | q |
| 9 | B | Zsolt Bíber |  Hungary |
19.92 | 20.24 | 20.19 | 20.24 | |
| 10 | B | Ville Tiisanoja |  Finland |
20.13 | 20.09 | 20.21 | 20.21 | |
| 11 | A | Ralf Bartels |  Germany |
X | 19.62 | 19.93 | 19.93 | |
| 12 | B | Miran Vodovnik |  Slovenia |
19.40 | X | 19.83 | 19.83 | |
| 13 | B | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi |  Qatar |
19.25 | 19.82 | X | 19.82 | |
| 14 | A | Rutger Smith |  Netherlands |
X | X | 19.67 | 19.67 | |
| 15 | A | Marco Antonio Verni |  Chile |
19.61 | X | X | 19.61 | SB |
| 16 | A | Ivan Yushkov |  Russia |
18.78 | 19.34 | 19.55 | 19.55 | |
| 17 | B | Janus Robberts |  South Africa |
19.41 | X | X | 19.41 | |
| 18 | B | Pavel Sofin | Russia |
19.02 | X | X | 19.02 | |
| 19 | B | Dzimitry Hancharuk | Belarus |
18.24 | X | X | 18.24 | |
| 20 | A | Ivan Emilianov |  Moldova |
X | 17.47 | 17.29 | 17.47 | SB |
| A | Alexis Paumier |  Cuba |
X | X | X | NM | ||
| B | Gheorghe Guset |  Romania |
X | X | X | NM |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christian Cantwell | United States |
20.96 | 21.49 | 20.81 | 20.62 | X | – | 21.49 | |
 |
Reese Hoffa | United States |
21.07 | X | 20.36 | 20.52 | 20.82 | X | 21.07 | PB |
 |
Joachim Olsen | Denmark |
20.27 | 20.95 | 20.33 | 20.99 | 20.72 | 20.39 | 20.99 | |
| 4 | Tomasz Majewski | Poland |
19.92 | X | X | 19.98 | 20.83 | X | 20.83 | NR |
| 5 | Manuel Martínez | Spain |
X | 20.79 | 20.60 | X | X | 20.33 | 20.79 | SB |
| 6 | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus |
20.22 | 20.50 | 20.27 | 20.27 | 19.97 | 20.23 | 20.50 | |
| 7 | Carl Myerscough | Great Britain |
19.69 | X | 19.76 | 19.90 | X | 20.47 | 20.47 | |
| 8 | Yuriy Bilonoh | Ukraine |
X | 20.26 | X | X | 20.02 | X | 20.26 |