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
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Vilmos VarjúHUN19.02CR
Viktor Lipsnis18.38
Alfred SosgórnikPOL18.26
4Władysław KomarPOL18.00
5Zsigmond NagyHUN17.97
6Jiří SkoblaTCH17.87
7Dieter UrbachFRG17.58
8Milija JocovićSFR Yugoslavia17.55
9Martyn LuckingGBR17.47
10Mike LindsayGBR17.23
11Peter GratzGDR17.09
12Jarmo KunnasFIN17.06
13Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiPOL17.05
14Rudolf LangerGDR16.95
15Boško TomasovićSFR Yugoslavia16.95

Qualification

14 September
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Viktor Lipsnis18.00CR Q
2Zsigmond NagyHUN17.91Q
3Vilmos VarjúHUN17.81Q
4Alfred SosgórnikPOL17.71Q
5Milija JocovićSFR Yugoslavia17.46Q
6Mike LindsayGBR17.44Q
7Jiří SkoblaTCH17.31Q
8Władysław KomarPOL17.22Q
9Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiPOL17.12Q
10Dieter UrbachFRG17.13Q
11Boško TomasovićSFR Yugoslavia17.12Q
12Peter GratzGDR17.12Q
13Jarmo KunnasFIN17.08Q
14Martyn LuckingGBR17.06Q
15Rudolf LangerGDR17.05Q
16Silvano MeconiITA16.93
17Jean-Claude ErnweinFRA16.82
18Aksel ThorsagerDEN16.22
19Bjørn Bang AndersenNOR16.12
20André GodardFRA15.71

Participation

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