1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

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 Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vilmos Varjú
 Hungary
Silver Viktor Lipsnis
 Soviet Union
Bronze Alfred Sosgórnik
 Poland

Results

Final

14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Vilmos Varjú  Hungary 19.02 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Viktor Lipsnis  Soviet Union 18.38
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Sosgórnik  Poland 18.26
4 Władysław Komar  Poland 18.00
5 Zsigmond Nagy  Hungary 17.97
6 Jiří Skobla  Czechoslovakia 17.87
7 Dieter Urbach  West Germany 17.58
8 Milija Jocović  Yugoslavia 17.55
9 Martyn Lucking  United Kingdom 17.47
10 Mike Lindsay  United Kingdom 17.23
11 Peter Gratz  East Germany 17.09
12 Jarmo Kunnas  Finland 17.06
13 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski  Poland 17.05
14 Rudolf Langer  East Germany 16.95
15 Boško Tomasović  Yugoslavia 16.95

Qualification

14 September

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

Participation

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

References

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