1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km 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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gunnar Huseby
 Iceland
Silver Angiolo Profeti
 Italy
Bronze Otto Grigalka
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Gunnar Huseby  Iceland 16.74 CR NR
2nd Angiolo Profeti  Italy 15.16
3rd Otto Grigalka  Soviet Union 15.14
4 Willy Senn   Switzerland 14.95
5 Petar Sarcevic  Yugoslavia 14.90
6 Vladimir Jirout  Czechoslovakia 14.89
7 John Savidge  United Kingdom 14.69
8 John Giles  United Kingdom 14.29
9 Gösta Arvidsson  Sweden 14.17

Qualification

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gunnar Huseby  Iceland 16.29 CR Q
2 John Savidge  United Kingdom 15.54 Q
3 Otto Grigalka  Soviet Union 15.45 Q
4 Vladimir Jirout  Czechoslovakia 15.23 Q
5 Petar Sarcevic  Yugoslavia 15.18 Q
6 Angiolo Profeti  Italy 14.95 Q
7 Willy Senn   Switzerland 14.79 Q
8 Gösta Arvidsson  Sweden 14.57 Q
9 John Giles  United Kingdom 14.52 Q
10 Konstantinos Giataganas  Greece 14.49
11 Roger Verhaes  Belgium 14.37
12 Willy Wuyts  Belgium 13.28
13 Jean Darot  France 13.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014
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