1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1971.[1]

Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Hartmut Briesenick
  East Germany
Silver Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg
  East Germany
Bronze Władysław Komar
  Poland

Results

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Final

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13 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Hartmut Briesenick   East Germany 21.08 AR
  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg   East Germany 20.47
  Władysław Komar   Poland 20.04
4 Vilmos Varjú   Hungary 19.99
5 Valeriy Voykin   Soviet Union 19.81
6 Rimantas Plungė   Soviet Union 19.61
7 Dieter Hoffmann   East Germany 19.38
8 Yves Brouzet   France 19.20
9 Pekka Ahnger   Finland 19.00
10 Miroslav Janoušek   Czechoslovakia 18.76
11 Ralf Reichenbach   West Germany 18.74
12 Hans-Dieter Möser   West Germany 18.51
13 Arnjolt Beer   France 18.46
14 Seppo Simola   Finland 18.27
Heinfried Birlenbach   West Germany DNS

Qualification

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12 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Władysław Komar   Poland 19.65 Q
2 Vilmos Varjú   Hungary 19.56 Q
3 Hartmut Briesenick   East Germany 19.55 Q
4 Rimantas Plungė   Soviet Union 19.19 Q
5 Pekka Ahnger   Finland 19.14 Q
6 Valeriy Voykin   Soviet Union 19.00 Q
7 Miroslav Janoušek   Czechoslovakia 19.00 Q
8 Yves Brouzet   France 18.96 Q
9 Ralf Reichenbach   West Germany 18.91 Q
10 Heinfried Birlenbach   West Germany 18.89 Q
11 Seppo Simola   Finland 18.83 Q
12 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg   East Germany 18.81 Q
13 Dieter Hoffmann   East Germany 18.75 Q
14 Arnjolt Beer   France 18.75 Q
15 Hans-Dieter Möser   West Germany 18.72 Q
16 Geoff Capes   Great Britain 18.54
17 Jaroslav Brabec   Czechoslovakia 18.50
18 Matti Yrjölä   Finland 18.49
19 Ivan Ivančić   Yugoslavia 18.43
20 Anders Arrhenius   Sweden 17.84
21 Bjørn Bang Andersen   Norway 17.83
22 Mihály Teveli   Hungary 16.82
23 Sándor Holub   Hungary 16.63

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014