The men's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.[1]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Udo Beyer East Germany
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| Silver | Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union
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| Bronze | Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany
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Results edit
Final edit
1 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Udo Beyer | East Germany |
21.08 | CR |
 |
Aleksandr Baryshnikov | Soviet Union |
20.68 | |
 |
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 | |
| Geoff Capes |  Great Britain |
DQ‡ | ||
| Yevgeniy Mironov | Soviet Union |
DQ† | Doping |
† Yevgeniy Mironov initially won the silver medal with 20.87m, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes was not permitted to start in the final after he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" for pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
Qualification edit
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 | |
| Yevgeniy Mironov | Soviet Union |
DQ | Q† | |
| Geoff Capes | Great Britain |
DQ | Q‡ |
†: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (3)
Finland (1)
Iceland (1)
Italy (2)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Great Britain (1)
West Germany (1)
Yugoslavia (1)
References edit
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ a b 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, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ^ a b this week.. August 1978., Scottish Daily Record & Sunday, September 2, 1978, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ^ a b Capes takes police title, Glasgow Herald, September 11, 1978, p. 18, retrieved September 13, 2014