1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.[1] Although the existence of this event is up for debate.[2]

Medalists edit

Gold Gunnar Huseby
  Iceland
Silver Dmitriy Goryainov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Yrjö Lehtilä
  Finland

Results edit

Final edit

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 15.56
  Dmitriy Goryainov   Soviet Union 15.25
  Yrjö Lehtilä   Finland 15.23
4 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 15.16
5 Thage Pettersson   Sweden 14.87
6 Sulo Bärlund   Finland 14.75
7 Eivind Sværen   Norway 14.34
8 Lars Ulgenes   Norway 14.28
9 Witold Gerutto   Poland 13.90

Qualification edit

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 15.64 Q
2 Thage Pettersson   Sweden 14.72 Q
3 Yrjö Lehtilä   Finland 14.50 Q
4 Witold Gerutto   Poland 14.49 Q
5 Eivind Sværen   Norway 14.33 Q
6 Dmitriy Goryainov   Soviet Union 14.32 Q
7 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 14.20 Q
8 Sulo Bärlund   Finland 14.11 Q
9 Lars Ulgenes   Norway 14.02 Q
10 Čestmír Kalina   Czechoslovakia 13.60
11 Dave Guiney   Ireland 13.57
12 Roger Verhas   Belgium 12.77
13 Mieczysław Łomowski   Poland 12.53

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - The Globe Delusion (PDF), Ross Kemp, pp. 350–362, retrieved 13 August 2018