1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.[1] Although the existence of this event is up for debate.[2]

Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Gunnar Huseby
  Iceland
Silver Dmitriy Goryainov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Yrjö Lehtilä
  Finland

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 15.56
  Dmitriy Goryainov   Soviet Union 15.25
  Yrjö Lehtilä   Finland 15.23
4 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 15.16
5 Thage Pettersson   Sweden 14.87
6 Sulo Bärlund   Finland 14.75
7 Eivind Sværen   Norway 14.34
8 Lars Ulgenes   Norway 14.28
9 Witold Gerutto   Poland 13.90

Qualification

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 15.64 Q
2 Thage Pettersson   Sweden 14.72 Q
3 Yrjö Lehtilä   Finland 14.50 Q
4 Witold Gerutto   Poland 14.49 Q
5 Eivind Sværen   Norway 14.33 Q
6 Dmitriy Goryainov   Soviet Union 14.32 Q
7 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 14.20 Q
8 Sulo Bärlund   Finland 14.11 Q
9 Lars Ulgenes   Norway 14.02 Q
10 Čestmír Kalina   Czechoslovakia 13.60
11 Dave Guiney   Ireland 13.57
12 Roger Verhas   Belgium 12.77
13 Mieczysław Łomowski   Poland 12.53

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - The Globe Delusion (PDF), Ross Kemp, pp. 350–362, retrieved 13 August 2018