1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 28 and 29 August 1990.[1] There were a total number of nineteen participating athletes.

Medalists edit

Gold Ulf Timmermann
  East Germany
Silver Oliver-Sven Buder
  East Germany
Bronze Georg Andersen
  Norway

Final edit

Rank Final Distance
    Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 21.32 m
    Oliver-Sven Buder (GDR) 21.01 m
    Georg Andersen (NOR) 20.71 m
4.   Sergey Smirnov (URS) 20.45 m
5.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.21 m
6.   Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) 20.13 m
7.   Sergey Nikolayev (URS) 19.97 m
8.   Karsten Stolz (FRG) 19.95 m
9.   Kalman Konya (FRG) 19.71 m
10.   Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) 19.62 m
11.   Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) 19.46 m
12.   Dragan Perić (YUG) 18.67 m
  Vyacheslav Lykho (URS) DSQ

: Vyacheslav Lykho ranked initially 3rd (20.81m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2][3]

Qualification edit

Rank Group A Distance
1.   Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) 20.15 m
2.   Oliver-Sven Buder (GDR) 20.08 m
3.   Sergey Smirnov (URS) 19.86 m
4.   Sergey Nikolayev (URS) 19.67 m
5.   Dragan Perić (YUG) 19.51 m
6.   Karsten Stolz (FRG) 19.39 m
7.   Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) 19.25 m
8.   Bernd Kneissler (FRG) 19.07 m
9.   Paul Edwards (GBR) 18.66 m


Rank Group B Distance
1.   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 20.42 m
2.   Georg Andersen (NOR) 20.38 m
3.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.09 m
4.   Kalman Konya (FRG) 19.64 m
5.   Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) 19.25 m
6.   Helmut Krieger (POL) 19.20 m
7.   Jovan Lazarević (YUG) 19.18 m
8.   Gheorghe Guset (ROM) 18.87 m
9.   Jan Sagedal (NOR) 18.73 m
  Vyacheslav Lykho (URS) DSQ

: Vyacheslav Lykho initially reached the final (19.88m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2][3]

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. ^ a b Verspringer Maas neemt EK-brons van Bilac over - Verspringer Frans Maas ontvangt alsnog de bronzen medaille van het Europese kampioenschap. De Nederlandse atleet, die eind augustus in Split negen centimeter van de derde plaats bleef verwijderd, neemt het brons over van Borut Bilac, die in Joegoslavie verboden stimulerende middelen heeft gebruikt. (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, October 5, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014
  3. ^ a b Doping bei EM (in German), Neues Deutschland, October 6, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014