Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's shot put event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 19–20 March 2006.

The winning margin was 1 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's shot put was won by less than 3 cm at these games.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Janus Robberts  South Africa	Dorian Scott  Jamaica	Scott Martin  Australia

Qualification: 19.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Scott Martin	Australia	19.64			19.64	Q
2	Janus Robberts	South Africa	19.40	x	x	19.40	q
3	Carl Myerscough	England	18.95	18.94	x	18.95	q
4	Dorian Scott	Jamaica	17.69	18.19	18.90	18.90	q
5	Vikas Gowda	India	x	17.91	18.37	18.37	q, SB
6	Scott Rider	England	17.60	17.80	17.86	17.86	q
7	Clay Cross	Australia	17.57	17.75	17.84	17.84	q
8	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	x	16.24	17.68	17.68	q
9	Muhammad Ashraf Ali	Pakistan	17.40	x	17.25	17.40	q
10	Shaka Sola	Samoa	15.92	x	x	15.92	q
11	Mark Proctor	England	15.88	15.91	15.58	15.91	q
12	Petros Mitsides	Cyprus	15.42	x	14.72	15.42	q
13	Anthony Soalla-Bell	Sierra Leone	15.41	15.02	15.06	15.41
14	Adonson Shallow	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.00	14.76	x	14.76
15	Dumsane Fakudze	Swaziland	14.15	x	x	14.15

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Janus Robberts	South Africa	18.17	19.26	19.76	x	x	x	19.76
	Dorian Scott	Jamaica	19.33	x	x	x	18.42	19.75	19.75
	Scott Martin	Australia	19.48	19.28	x	x	x	x	19.48
4	Carl Myerscough	England	18.71	x	19.07	x	17.82	x	19.07
5	Vikas Gowda	India	x	18.25	18.46	x	18.41	18.39	18.46	SB
6	Clay Cross	Australia	18.20	x	x	x	18.44	17.56	18.44
7	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	18.44	x	x	x	17.97	18.04	18.44
8	Mark Proctor	England	17.13	17.59	17.12	17.24	17.37	x	17.59
9	Scott Rider	England	16.67	x	17.10				17.10
10	Shaka Sola	Samoa	16.17	16.47	16.03				16.47
11	Petros Mitsides	Cyprus	x	15.17	15.63				15.63
	Muhammad Ashraf Ali	Pakistan							NM

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