1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
Men's shot put at the European Athletics Championships |
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1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Udo Beyer![]() |
Silver | Aleksandr Baryshnikov![]() |
Bronze | Wolfgang Schmidt![]() |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]1 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Udo Beyer | ![]() | 21.08 | CR |
![]() | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | ![]() | 20.68 | |
![]() | Wolfgang Schmidt | ![]() | 20.30 | |
4 | Reijo Ståhlberg | ![]() | 20.17 | |
5 | Anatoliy Yarosh | ![]() | 20.03 | |
6 | Jaromír Vlk | ![]() | 19.53 | |
7 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ![]() | 19.34 | |
8 | Jaroslav Brabec | ![]() | 19.27 | |
9 | Valcho Stoev | ![]() | 19.23 | |
10 | Mathias Schmidt | ![]() | 19.21 | |
Geoff Capes | ![]() | DQ‡ | ||
Yevgeniy Mironov | ![]() | DQ† | Doping |
† Yevgeniy Mironov initially won the silver medal with 20.87m, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes was not permitted to start in the final after he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" for pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
Qualification
[edit]31 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | Reijo Ståhlberg | ![]() | 20.25 | Q |
2 | Udo Beyer | ![]() | 20.03 | Q |
3 | Anatoliy Yarosh | ![]() | 19.80 | Q |
4 | Jaromír Vlk | ![]() | 19.76 | Q |
5 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | ![]() | 19.74 | Q |
6 | Wolfgang Schmidt | ![]() | 19.72 | Q |
7 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ![]() | 19.62 | Q |
8 | Jaroslav Brabec | ![]() | 19.48 | Q |
9 | Mathias Schmidt | ![]() | 19.38 | Q |
10 | Valcho Stoev | ![]() | 19.26 | Q |
11 | Ralf Reichenbach | ![]() | 19.09 | |
12 | Jean-Pierre Egger | ![]() | 18.67 | |
13 | Miroslav Janoušek | ![]() | 18.61 | |
14 | Anders Arrhenius | ![]() | 18.48 | |
15 | Vladimir Milić | ![]() | 18.35 | |
16 | Marco Montelatici | ![]() | 18.14 | |
17 | Angelo Groppelli | ![]() | 18.04 | |
Yevgeniy Mironov | ![]() | DQ | Q† | |
Geoff Capes | ![]() | DQ | Q‡ |
†: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (3)
Finland (1)
Iceland (1)
Italy (2)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Great Britain (1)
West Germany (1)
Yugoslavia (1)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ a b Holt, John B. (April 26–28, 1979), International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 353–354, archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ^ a b this week.. August 1978., Scottish Daily Record & Sunday, September 2, 1978, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ^ a b Capes takes police title, Glasgow Herald, September 11, 1978, p. 18, retrieved September 13, 2014