1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships

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
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
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Udo Beyer
 East Germany
Silver Aleksandr Baryshnikov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Wolfgang Schmidt
 East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Udo Beyer  East Germany 21.08 CR
2nd Aleksandr Baryshnikov  Soviet Union 20.68
3rd Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 20.30
4 Reijo Ståhlberg  Finland 20.17
5 Anatoliy Yarosh  Soviet Union 20.03
6 Jaromír Vlk  Czechoslovakia 19.53
7 Hreinn Halldórsson  Iceland 19.34
8 Jaroslav Brabec  Czechoslovakia 19.27
9 Valcho Stoev  Bulgaria 19.23
10 Mathias Schmidt  East Germany 19.21
11 Geoff Capes  United Kingdom DQ
12 Yevgeniy Mironov  Soviet Union DQ Doping

: Yevgeniy Mironov ranked initially 2nd (20.87m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
: Geoff Capes was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official.[3][4]

Qualification

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Reijo Ståhlberg  Finland 20.25 Q
2 Udo Beyer  East Germany 20.03 Q
3 Anatoliy Yarosh  Soviet Union 19.80 Q
4 Jaromír Vlk  Czechoslovakia 19.76 Q
5 Aleksandr Baryshnikov  Soviet Union 19.74 Q
6 Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 19.72 Q
7 Hreinn Halldórsson  Iceland 19.62 Q
8 Jaroslav Brabec  Czechoslovakia 19.48 Q
9 Mathias Schmidt  East Germany 19.38 Q
10 Valcho Stoev  Bulgaria 19.26 Q
11 Ralf Reichenbach  West Germany 19.09
12 Jean-Pierre Egger   Switzerland 18.67
13 Miroslav Janoušek  Czechoslovakia 18.61
14 Anders Arrhenius  Sweden 18.48
15 Vladimir Milić  Yugoslavia 18.35
16 Marco Montelatici  Italy 18.14
17 Angelo Groppelli  Italy 18.04
18 Yevgeniy Mironov  Soviet Union DQ Q
19 Geoff Capes  United Kingdom DQ Q

: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2]
: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official.[3][4]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. 1 2 Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, retrieved September 13, 2014
  3. 1 2 this week.. August 1978., Scottish Daily Record & Sunday, September 2, 1978, retrieved September 13, 2014
  4. 1 2 Capes takes police title, Glasgow Herald, September 11, 1978, p. 18, retrieved September 13, 2014
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