1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Vilmos Varjú
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver Viktor Lipsnis
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Alfred Sosgórnik
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Results

Final

14 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Vilmos Varjú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19.02CR
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Lipsnis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.38
Bronze medal icon.svg Alfred Sosgórnik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18.26
4 Władysław Komar Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18.00
5 Zsigmond Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17.97
6 Jiří Skobla Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 17.87
7 Dieter Urbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17.58
8 Milija Jocović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 17.55
9 Martyn Lucking Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.47
10 Mike Lindsay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.23
11 Peter Gratz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 17.09
12 Jarmo Kunnas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17.06
13 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17.05
14 Rudolf Langer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16.95
15 Boško Tomasović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 16.95

Qualification

14 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1 Viktor Lipsnis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.00CR Q
2 Zsigmond Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17.91Q
3 Vilmos Varjú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17.81Q
4 Alfred Sosgórnik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17.71Q
5 Milija Jocović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 17.46Q
6 Mike Lindsay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.44Q
7 Jiří Skobla Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 17.31Q
8 Władysław Komar Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17.22Q
9 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17.12Q
10 Dieter Urbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17.13Q
11 Boško Tomasović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 17.12Q
12 Peter Gratz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 17.12Q
13 Jarmo Kunnas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17.08Q
14 Martyn Lucking Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.06Q
15 Rudolf Langer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 17.05Q
16 Silvano Meconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.93
17 Jean-Claude Ernwein Flag of France.svg  France 16.82
18 Aksel Thorsager Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 16.22
19 Bjørn Bang Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16.12
20 André Godard Flag of France.svg  France 15.71

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014