1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
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
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

The men's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Udo Beyer East Germany
Silver	Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union
Bronze	Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Udo Beyer	East Germany	21.08	CR
	Aleksandr Baryshnikov	Soviet Union	20.68
	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	20.30
4	Reijo Ståhlberg	Finland	20.17
5	Anatoliy Yarosh	Soviet Union	20.03
6	Jaromír Vlk	Czechoslovakia	19.53
7	Hreinn Halldórsson	Iceland	19.34
8	Jaroslav Brabec	Czechoslovakia	19.27
9	Valcho Stoev	Bulgaria	19.23
10	Mathias Schmidt	East Germany	19.21
	Geoff Capes	United Kingdom	DQ‡
	Yevgeniy Mironov	Soviet Union	DQ†	Doping

^†: Yevgeniy Mironov ranked initially 2nd (20.87m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
^‡: Geoff Capes was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official.

Qualification

31 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Reijo Ståhlberg	Finland	20.25	Q
2	Udo Beyer	East Germany	20.03	Q
3	Anatoliy Yarosh	Soviet Union	19.80	Q
4	Jaromír Vlk	Czechoslovakia	19.76	Q
5	Aleksandr Baryshnikov	Soviet Union	19.74	Q
6	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	19.72	Q
7	Hreinn Halldórsson	Iceland	19.62	Q
8	Jaroslav Brabec	Czechoslovakia	19.48	Q
9	Mathias Schmidt	East Germany	19.38	Q
10	Valcho Stoev	Bulgaria	19.26	Q
11	Ralf Reichenbach	West Germany	19.09
12	Jean-Pierre Egger	Switzerland	18.67
13	Miroslav Janoušek	Czechoslovakia	18.61
14	Anders Arrhenius	Sweden	18.48
15	Vladimir Milić	Yugoslavia	18.35
16	Marco Montelatici	Italy	18.14
17	Angelo Groppelli	Italy	18.04
	Yevgeniy Mironov	Soviet Union	DQ	Q†
	Geoff Capes	United Kingdom	DQ	Q‡

^†: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.
^‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official.

Participation

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)

• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)

References

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