The men's shot put event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.[1][2][3]
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Reijo Ståhlberg |  Finland |
18.35 | x | 19.13 | 20.02 | 20.48 | x | 20.48 | |
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Władysław Komar |  Poland |
20.16 | |||||||
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Geoff Capes |  Great Britain |
20.11 | |||||||
| 4 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov |  Soviet Union |
19.95 | |||||||
| 5 | Gerd Steines |  West Germany |
19.81 | |||||||
| 6 | Jaroslav Brabec |  Czechoslovakia |
19.36 | |||||||
| 7 | Marco Montelatici |  Italy |
19.27 | |||||||
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Egger |  Switzerland |
19.04 | |||||||
| 9 | Mathias Schmidt |  East Germany |
19.00 | |||||||
| 10 | Angelo Groppelli | Italy |
18.45 |