1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
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
| 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 | Great Britain | DQ‡ | ||
| Yevgeniy Mironov | Soviet Union | 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
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 | Great Britain | 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
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
- ^ 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), (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