1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.Medalists
Results
Final
6 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 20.50 | |
| Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 20.38 | |
| Geoff Capes | GBR | 20.21 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | | 20.13 | |
| 5 | Valeriy Voykin | | 20.07 | |
| 6 | Władysław Komar | POL | 19.82 | |
| 7 | Jaroslav Brabec | TCH | 19.73 | |
| 8 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 19.63 | |
| 9 | Valcho Stoev | | 19.62 | |
| 10 | Jaromír Vlk | TCH | 19.42 | |
| 11 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 19.25 | |
| 12 | Mike Winch | GBR | 18.89 | |
| 13 | Ole Lindskjøld | DEN | 18.84 | |
Qualification
4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Władysław Komar | POL | 20.00 | Q |
| 2 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 19.61 | Q |
| 3 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 19.57 | Q |
| 4 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 19.48 | Q |
| 5 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 19.37 | Q |
| 6 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 19.37 | Q |
| 7 | Ole Lindskjøld | DEN | 19.30 | Q |
| 8 | Valcho Stoev | | 19.29 | Q |
| 9 | Mike Winch | GBR | 19.29 | Q |
| 10 | Jaroslav Brabec | TCH | 19.21 | Q |
| 11 | Valeriy Voykin | | 19.16 | Q |
| 12 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | | 19.10 | Q |
| 13 | Jaromír Vlk | TCH | 19.09 | Q |
| 14 | Nikolay Khristov | | 18.59 | |
| 15 | Miroslav Janoušek | TCH | 18.56 | |
| 16 | Hreinn Halldorsson | ISL | 18.28 | |
| 17 | Angelo Groppelli | ITA | 18.06 | |
| 18 | Hans Höglund | SWE | 17.99 | |
| 19 | Josef Forst | FRG | 17.74 | |
| 20 | Mieczysław Bręczewski | POL | 17.49 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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