1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	Dieter Hoffmann East Germany
Silver	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg East Germany
Bronze	Hans-Peter Gies East Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	20.12	CR
	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg	East Germany	20.05
	Hans-Peter Gies	East Germany	19.78
4	Matti Yrjölä	Finland	19.27
5	Pierre Colnard	France	19.06
6	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	18.91
7	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	18.78
8	Nikolay Karasyov	Soviet Union	18.71
9	Miroslav Janoušek	Czechoslovakia	18.67
10	Edy Hubacher	Switzerland	18.67
11	Seppo Simola	Finland	18.65
12	Yves Brouzet	France	18.42

Qualification

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	19.72	CR Q
2	Hans-Peter Gies	East Germany	19.51	Q
3	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg	East Germany	19.51	Q
4	Matti Yrjölä	Finland	19.18	Q
5	Pierre Colnard	France	18.96	Q
6	Nikolay Karasyov	Soviet Union	18.83	Q
7	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	18.80	Q
8	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	18.62	Q
9	Yves Brouzet	France	18.54	Q
10	Edy Hubacher	Switzerland	18.48	Q
11	Miroslav Janoušek	Czechoslovakia	18.47	Q
12	Seppo Simola	Finland	18.41	Q
13	Flavio Asta	Italy	18.34
14	Ricky Bruch	Sweden	18.34
15	Bengt Bendeus	Sweden	18.21
16	Sándor Holub	Hungary	17.92
17	Arnjolt Beer	France	17.78
18	Jeff Teale	Great Britain	17.77
19	Thord Carlsson	Sweden	17.76
20	Hannes Schulze-Bauer	Austria	17.42
21	Georgios Lemonis	Greece	17.38
22	Guðmundur Hermansson	Iceland	17.16

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (2)

• France (3)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)

• Iceland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Soviet Union (2)

• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (1)