1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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
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The men's shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gunnar Huseby  Iceland
Silver	Angiolo Profeti  Italy
Bronze	Otto Grigalka  Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	16.74	CR NR
02 !	Angiolo Profeti	Italy	15.16
03 !	Otto Grigalka	Soviet Union	15.14
4	Willy Senn	Switzerland	14.95
5	Petar Sarcevic	Yugoslavia	14.90
6	Vladimir Jirout	Czechoslovakia	14.89
7	John Savidge	United Kingdom	14.69
8	John Giles	United Kingdom	14.29
9	Gösta Arvidsson	Sweden	14.17

Qualification

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	16.29	CR Q
2	John Savidge	United Kingdom	15.54	Q
3	Otto Grigalka	Soviet Union	15.45	Q
4	Vladimir Jirout	Czechoslovakia	15.23	Q
5	Petar Sarcevic	Yugoslavia	15.18	Q
6	Angiolo Profeti	Italy	14.95	Q
7	Willy Senn	Switzerland	14.79	Q
8	Gösta Arvidsson	Sweden	14.57	Q
9	John Giles	United Kingdom	14.52	Q
10	Konstantinos Giataganas	Greece	14.49
11	Roger Verhaes	Belgium	14.37
12	Willy Wuyts	Belgium	13.28
13	Jean Darot	France	13.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References