1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962.Medalists
Results
Final
14 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Vilmos Varjú | HUN | 19.02 | CR |
| Viktor Lipsnis | | 18.38 | |
| Alfred Sosgórnik | POL | 18.26 | |
4 | Władysław Komar | POL | 18.00 | |
5 | Zsigmond Nagy | HUN | 17.97 | |
6 | Jiří Skobla | TCH | 17.87 | |
7 | Dieter Urbach | FRG | 17.58 | |
8 | Milija Jocović | SFR Yugoslavia | 17.55 | |
9 | Martyn Lucking | GBR | 17.47 | |
10 | Mike Lindsay | GBR | 17.23 | |
11 | Peter Gratz | GDR | 17.09 | |
12 | Jarmo Kunnas | FIN | 17.06 | |
13 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | POL | 17.05 | |
14 | Rudolf Langer | GDR | 16.95 | |
15 | Boško Tomasović | SFR Yugoslavia | 16.95 | |
Qualification
14 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
1 | Viktor Lipsnis | | 18.00 | CR Q |
2 | Zsigmond Nagy | HUN | 17.91 | Q |
3 | Vilmos Varjú | HUN | 17.81 | Q |
4 | Alfred Sosgórnik | POL | 17.71 | Q |
5 | Milija Jocović | SFR Yugoslavia | 17.46 | Q |
6 | Mike Lindsay | GBR | 17.44 | Q |
7 | Jiří Skobla | TCH | 17.31 | Q |
8 | Władysław Komar | POL | 17.22 | Q |
9 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | POL | 17.12 | Q |
10 | Dieter Urbach | FRG | 17.13 | Q |
11 | Boško Tomasović | SFR Yugoslavia | 17.12 | Q |
12 | Peter Gratz | GDR | 17.12 | Q |
13 | Jarmo Kunnas | FIN | 17.08 | Q |
14 | Martyn Lucking | GBR | 17.06 | Q |
15 | Rudolf Langer | GDR | 17.05 | Q |
16 | Silvano Meconi | ITA | 16.93 | |
17 | Jean-Claude Ernwein | FRA | 16.82 | |
18 | Aksel Thorsager | DEN | 16.22 | |
19 | Bjørn Bang Andersen | NOR | 16.12 | |
20 | André Godard | FRA | 15.71 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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