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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's shot put event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.^[1][2] A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.

Gold	Ralf Bartels  Germany
Silver	Justin Anlezark  Australia
Bronze	Clay Cross  Australia

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ralf Bartels	Germany	16.31	16.61	17.92	x	17.49	18.71	18.71
	Justin Anlezark	Australia	17.76	17.47	18.06	18.20	18.21	16.53	18.21
	Clay Cross	Australia	17.51	17.69	15.86	17.09	x	16.72	17.69
4	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	16.84	16.59	17.10	x	17.35	x	17.35
5	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	17.33	17.09	16.41	x	16.79	16.63	17.33
6	Ian Waltz	United States	17.21	16.90	17.09	17.29	17.31	x	17.31
7	Jarkko Haukijärvi	Finland	16.80	16.86	16.96	16.74	17.09	16.92	17.09
8	Iker Sukía	Spain	16.63	16.77	16.69	16.40	16.45	16.66	16.77
9	Matthias Wiese	Germany	16.48	x	16.07				16.48
10	Attila Pintér	Hungary	15.75	15.87	16.14				16.14
11	Yves Niaré	France	15.44	16.12	x				16.12
12	Mirosław Dec	Poland	x	15.10	15.74				15.74

23 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ralf Bartels	Germany	17.93	-	-	17.93	Q
2	Clay Cross	Australia	16.00	17.75	-	17.75	Q
3	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia	16.27	17.35	-	17.35	Q
4	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	17.15	-	-	17.15	Q
5	Iker Sukía	Spain	16.83	16.54	x	16.83	q
6	Yves Niaré	France	15.79	16.59	x	16.59	q
7	Váios Tíngas	Greece	16.12	16.20	16.25	16.25
8	John Davis	United States	15.97	x	15.08	15.97
9	Jhonny Rodríguez	Colombia	15.90	15.60	15.67	15.90
10	Igor Tuchak	Russia	15.79	15.85	15.63	15.85
11	Arpad Sinko	Yugoslavia	15.42	x	15.38	15.42
12	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	x	14.57	x	14.57

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Justin Anlezark	Australia	17.43	-	-	17.43	Q
2	Jarkko Haukijärvi	Finland	17.21	-	-	17.21	Q
3	Ian Waltz	United States	17.08	17.08	-	17.08	Q
4	Attila Pintér	Hungary	15.93	16.64	16.84	16.84	q
5	Mirosław Dec	Poland	16.68	16.67	16.20	16.68	q
6	Matthias Wiese	Germany	16.62	15.80	x	16.62	q
7	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	16.49	16.26	x	16.49
8	Yevgeniy Belyakov	Russia	16.16	15.98	16.24	16.24
9	Marius Vornicu	Romania	16.17	15.94	16.15	16.17
10	Erwin Simpelaar	Netherlands	15.79	x	16.03	16.03
11	Charles Winchester	Cook Islands	11.37	x	11.16	11.37

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.