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1962 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Vilmos Varjú
 Hungary
Silver Viktor Lipsnis
 Soviet Union
Bronze Alfred Sosgórnik
 Poland

Results

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Final

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vilmos Varjú  Hungary 19.02 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Lipsnis  Soviet Union 18.38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Sosgórnik  Poland 18.26
4 Władysław Komar  Poland 18.00
5 Zsigmond Nagy  Hungary 17.97
6 Jiří Skobla  Czechoslovakia 17.87
7 Dieter Urbach  West Germany 17.58
8 Milija Jocović  Yugoslavia 17.55
9 Martyn Lucking  Great Britain 17.47
10 Mike Lindsay  Great Britain 17.23
11 Peter Gratz  East Germany 17.09
12 Jarmo Kunnas  Finland 17.06
13 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski  Poland 17.05
14 Rudolf Langer  East Germany 16.95
15 Boško Tomasović  Yugoslavia 16.95

Qualification

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Viktor Lipsnis  Soviet Union 18.00 CR Q
2 Zsigmond Nagy  Hungary 17.91 Q
3 Vilmos Varjú  Hungary 17.81 Q
4 Alfred Sosgórnik  Poland 17.71 Q
5 Milija Jocović  Yugoslavia 17.46 Q
6 Mike Lindsay  Great Britain 17.44 Q
7 Jiří Skobla  Czechoslovakia 17.31 Q
8 Władysław Komar  Poland 17.22 Q
9 Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski  Poland 17.12 Q
10 Dieter Urbach  West Germany 17.13 Q
11 Boško Tomasović  Yugoslavia 17.12 Q
12 Peter Gratz  East Germany 17.12 Q
13 Jarmo Kunnas  Finland 17.08 Q
14 Martyn Lucking  Great Britain 17.06 Q
15 Rudolf Langer  East Germany 17.05 Q
16 Silvano Meconi  Italy 16.93
17 Jean-Claude Ernwein  France 16.82
18 Aksel Thorsager  Denmark 16.22
19 Bjørn Bang Andersen  Norway 16.12
20 André Godard  France 15.71

Participation

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014