1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Vilmos Varjú Hungary
Silver	Nikolay Karasyov Soviet Union
Bronze	Władysław Komar Poland

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	19.43	CR
	Nikolay Karasyov	Soviet Union	18.82
	Władysław Komar	Poland	18.68
4	Alfred Sosgórnik	Poland	18.38
5	Heinfried Birlenbach	West Germany	18.37
6	Matti Yrjölä	Finland	18.19
7	Pierre Colnard	France	18.15	NR
8	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	18.02
9	Bjørn Bang Andersen	Norway	17.84
10	Tomo Suker	Yugoslavia	17.74
11	Pero Barišić	Yugoslavia	17.66
12	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	17.64

Qualification

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	19.05	CR Q
2	Heinfried Birlenbach	West Germany	18.59	Q
3	Władysław Komar	Poland	18.53	Q
4	Nikolay Karasyov	Soviet Union	18.38	Q
5	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	18.23	Q
6	Tomo Suker	Yugoslavia	18.01	Q
7	Bjørn Bang Andersen	Norway	18.01	Q
8	Alfred Sosgórnik	Poland	18.01	Q
9	Matti Yrjölä	Finland	17.90	Q
10	Pierre Colnard	France	17.75	Q
11	Pero Barišić	Yugoslavia	17.69	Q
12	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	17.62	Q
13	Milija Jocović	Yugoslavia	17.61
14	Géza Fejér	Hungary	17.57
15	Bengt Bendeus	Sweden	17.40
16	Alain Drufin	France	16.91

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• East Germany (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)

• Hungary (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)

• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)

• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (3)

References

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