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

Men's shot put at the 1966 European Athletics Championships on a Hungarian stamp

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

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	19.43	CR
02 !	Nikolay Karasyov	Soviet Union	18.82
03 !	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

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

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

Shot put at the European Athletics Championships
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