1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the
1966 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
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The men's shot put at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vilmos Varjú
 Hungary
Silver Nikolay Karasyov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Władysław Komar
 Poland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Vilmos Varjú  Hungary 19.43 CR
2nd Nikolay Karasyov  Soviet Union 18.82
3rd Władysław Komar  Poland 18.68
4 Alfred Sosgórnik  Poland 18.38
5 Heinfried Birlenbach  West Germany 18.37
6 Matti Yrjölä  Finland 18.19
7 Pierre Colnard  France 18.15 NR
8 Dieter Hoffmann  East Germany 18.02
9 Bjørn Bang Andersen  Norway 17.84
10 Tomo Suker  Yugoslavia 17.74
11 Pero Barišić  Yugoslavia 17.66
12 Eduard Gushchin  Soviet Union 17.64

Qualification

2 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vilmos Varjú  Hungary 19.05 CR Q
2 Heinfried Birlenbach  West Germany 18.59 Q
3 Władysław Komar  Poland 18.53 Q
4 Nikolay Karasyov  Soviet Union 18.38 Q
5 Eduard Gushchin  Soviet Union 18.23 Q
6 Tomo Suker  Yugoslavia 18.01 Q
7 Bjørn Bang Andersen  Norway 18.01 Q
8 Alfred Sosgórnik  Poland 18.01 Q
9 Matti Yrjölä  Finland 17.90 Q
10 Pierre Colnard  France 17.75 Q
11 Pero Barišić  Yugoslavia 17.69 Q
12 Dieter Hoffmann  East Germany 17.62 Q
13 Milija Jocović  Yugoslavia 17.61
14 Géza Fejér  Hungary 17.57
15 Bengt Bendeus  Sweden 17.40
16 Alain Drufin  France 16.91

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References