1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962.[1]

Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Vilmos Varjú
  Hungary
Silver Viktor Lipsnis
  Soviet Union
Bronze Alfred Sosgórnik
  Poland

Results

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Final

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Vilmos Varjú   Hungary 19.02 CR
  Viktor Lipsnis   Soviet Union 18.38
  Alfred Sosgórnik   Poland 18.26
4 Władysław Komar   Poland 18.00
5 Zsigmond Nagy   Hungary 17.97
6 Jiří Skobla   Czechoslovakia 17.87
7 Dieter Urbach   West Germany 17.58
8 Milija Jocović   Yugoslavia 17.55
9 Martyn Lucking   Great Britain 17.47
10 Mike Lindsay   Great Britain 17.23
11 Peter Gratz   East Germany 17.09
12 Jarmo Kunnas   Finland 17.06
13 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski   Poland 17.05
14 Rudolf Langer   East Germany 16.95
15 Boško Tomasović   Yugoslavia 16.95

Qualification

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Viktor Lipsnis   Soviet Union 18.00 CR Q
2 Zsigmond Nagy   Hungary 17.91 Q
3 Vilmos Varjú   Hungary 17.81 Q
4 Alfred Sosgórnik   Poland 17.71 Q
5 Milija Jocović   Yugoslavia 17.46 Q
6 Mike Lindsay   Great Britain 17.44 Q
7 Jiří Skobla   Czechoslovakia 17.31 Q
8 Władysław Komar   Poland 17.22 Q
9 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski   Poland 17.12 Q
10 Dieter Urbach   West Germany 17.13 Q
11 Boško Tomasović   Yugoslavia 17.12 Q
12 Peter Gratz   East Germany 17.12 Q
13 Jarmo Kunnas   Finland 17.08 Q
14 Martyn Lucking   Great Britain 17.06 Q
15 Rudolf Langer   East Germany 17.05 Q
16 Silvano Meconi   Italy 16.93
17 Jean-Claude Ernwein   France 16.82
18 Aksel Thorsager   Denmark 16.22
19 Bjørn Bang Andersen   Norway 16.12
20 André Godard   France 15.71

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014