| Men's shot put at the European Athletics Championships |
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| 1962 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 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 | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962. [1]
| Gold | Vilmos Varjú |
| Silver | Viktor Lipsnis |
| Bronze | Alfred Sosgórnik |
14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilmos Varjú | 19.02 | CR | ||
| Viktor Lipsnis | 18.38 | |||
| Alfred Sosgórnik | 18.26 | |||
| 4 | Władysław Komar | 18.00 | ||
| 5 | Zsigmond Nagy | 17.97 | ||
| 6 | Jiří Skobla | 17.87 | ||
| 7 | Dieter Urbach | 17.58 | ||
| 8 | Milija Jocović | 17.55 | ||
| 9 | Martyn Lucking | 17.47 | ||
| 10 | Mike Lindsay | 17.23 | ||
| 11 | Peter Gratz | 17.09 | ||
| 12 | Jarmo Kunnas | 17.06 | ||
| 13 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | 17.05 | ||
| 14 | Rudolf Langer | 16.95 | ||
| 15 | Boško Tomasović | 16.95 |
14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Lipsnis | 18.00 | CR Q | |
| 2 | Zsigmond Nagy | 17.91 | Q | |
| 3 | Vilmos Varjú | 17.81 | Q | |
| 4 | Alfred Sosgórnik | 17.71 | Q | |
| 5 | Milija Jocović | 17.46 | Q | |
| 6 | Mike Lindsay | 17.44 | Q | |
| 7 | Jiří Skobla | 17.31 | Q | |
| 8 | Władysław Komar | 17.22 | Q | |
| 9 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | 17.12 | Q | |
| 10 | Dieter Urbach | 17.13 | Q | |
| 11 | Boško Tomasović | 17.12 | Q | |
| 12 | Peter Gratz | 17.12 | Q | |
| 13 | Jarmo Kunnas | 17.08 | Q | |
| 14 | Martyn Lucking | 17.06 | Q | |
| 15 | Rudolf Langer | 17.05 | Q | |
| 16 | Silvano Meconi | 16.93 | ||
| 17 | Jean-Claude Ernwein | 16.82 | ||
| 18 | Aksel Thorsager | 16.22 | ||
| 19 | Bjørn Bang Andersen | 16.12 | ||
| 20 | André Godard | 15.71 |
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.