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1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.[1] Although the existence of this event is up for debate.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Gunnar Huseby
 Iceland
Silver Dmitriy Goryainov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Yrjö Lehtilä
 Finland

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunnar Huseby  Iceland 15.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitriy Goryainov  Soviet Union 15.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yrjö Lehtilä  Finland 15.23
4 Roland Nilsson  Sweden 15.16
5 Thage Pettersson  Sweden 14.87
6 Sulo Bärlund  Finland 14.75
7 Eivind Sværen  Norway 14.34
8 Lars Ulgenes  Norway 14.28
9 Witold Gerutto  Poland 13.90

Qualification

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gunnar Huseby  Iceland 15.64 Q
2 Thage Pettersson  Sweden 14.72 Q
3 Yrjö Lehtilä  Finland 14.50 Q
4 Witold Gerutto  Poland 14.49 Q
5 Eivind Sværen  Norway 14.33 Q
6 Dmitriy Goryainov  Soviet Union 14.32 Q
7 Roland Nilsson  Sweden 14.20 Q
8 Sulo Bärlund  Finland 14.11 Q
9 Lars Ulgenes  Norway 14.02 Q
10 Čestmír Kalina  Czechoslovakia 13.60
11 Dave Guiney  Ireland 13.57
12 Roger Verhas  Belgium 12.77
13 Mieczysław Łomowski  Poland 12.53

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - The Globe Delusion (PDF), Ross Kemp, pp. 350–362, retrieved 13 August 2018