1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

None Men's shot put European Athletics Championships The men's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 427–435 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Udo Beyer GDRSilver Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 1955Bronze Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Results Final 1 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Udo Beyer GDR 21.08 CR Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 1955 20.68 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 20.30 4 Reijo Ståhlberg FIN 20.17 5 Anatoliy Yarosh URS 1955 20.03 6 Jaromír Vlk TCH 19.53 7 Hreinn Halldórsson ISL 19.34 8 Jaroslav Brabec TCH 19.27 9 Valcho Stoev BUL 1971 19.23 10 Mathias Schmidt GDR 19.21 11 Geoff Capes GBR DQ‡ 12 Yevgeniy Mironov URS 1955 DQ† Doping † Yevgeniy Mironov initially won the silver medal with 20.87m, but he was disqualified for drug use. Holt John B. April 26–28, 1979 International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf IAAF 353–354 September 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725171426/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf July 25, 2018 dead ‡: Geoff Capes was not permitted to start in the final after he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" for pushing an official during an argument. September 2, 1978 this week.. August 1978. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/this+week..+August+1978.-a0106943187 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday September 13, 2014 September 11, 1978 Capes takes police title https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QAI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=cUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6339%2C2300414 Glasgow Herald 18 September 13, 2014 Qualification 31 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Reijo Ståhlberg FIN 20.25 Q 2 Udo Beyer GDR 20.03 Q 3 Anatoliy Yarosh URS 1955 19.80 Q 4 Jaromír Vlk TCH 19.76 Q 5 Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 1955 19.74 Q 6 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 19.72 Q 7 Hreinn Halldórsson ISL 19.62 Q 8 Jaroslav Brabec TCH 19.48 Q 9 Mathias Schmidt GDR 19.38 Q 10 Valcho Stoev BUL 1971 19.26 Q 11 Ralf Reichenbach FRG 19.09 12 Jean-Pierre Egger SUI 18.67 13 Miroslav Janoušek TCH 18.61 14 Anders Arrhenius SWE 18.48 15 Vladimir Milić SFR Yugoslavia 18.35 16 Marco Montelatici ITA 18.14 17 Angelo Groppelli ITA 18.04 18 Yevgeniy Mironov URS 1955 DQ Q† 19 Geoff Capes GBR DQ Q‡ †: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for drug use. ‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official during an argument. Participation According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1971 (1) TCH (3) GDR (3) FIN (1) ISL (1) ITA (2) URS 1955 (3) SWE (1) SUI (1) GBR (1) FRG (1) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:Shot put at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships