1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

None Men's shot put European Athletics Championships 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. 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 405–412 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Dieter Hoffmann GDRSilver Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg GDRBronze Hans-Peter Gies GDR Results Final 18 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Dieter Hoffmann GDR 20.12 CR Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg GDR 20.05 Hans-Peter Gies GDR 19.78 4 Matti Yrjölä FIN 19.27 5 Pierre Colnard FRA 19.06 6 Eduard Gushchin URS 1955 18.91 7 Vilmos Varjú HUN 18.78 8 Nikolay Karasyov URS 1955 18.71 9 Miroslav Janoušek TCH 18.67 10 Edy Hubacher SUI 18.67 11 Seppo Simola FIN 18.65 12 Yves Brouzet FRA 18.42 Qualification 17 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 19.72 CR Q 2 Hans-Peter Gies GDR 19.51 Q 3 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg GDR 19.51 Q 4 Matti Yrjölä FIN 19.18 Q 5 Pierre Colnard FRA 18.96 Q 6 Nikolay Karasyov URS 1955 18.83 Q 7 Eduard Gushchin URS 1955 18.80 Q 8 Vilmos Varjú HUN 18.62 Q 9 Yves Brouzet FRA 18.54 Q 10 Edy Hubacher SUI 18.48 Q 11 Miroslav Janoušek TCH 18.47 Q 12 Seppo Simola FIN 18.41 Q 13 Flavio Asta ITA 18.34 14 Ricky Bruch SWE 18.34 15 Bengt Bendeus SWE 18.21 16 Sándor Holub HUN 17.92 17 Arnjolt Beer FRA 17.78 18 Jeff Teale GBR 17.77 19 Thord Carlsson SWE 17.76 20 Hannes Schulze-Bauer AUT 17.42 21 Georgios Lemonis GRE old 17.38 22 Guðmundur Hermansson ISL 17.16 Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) TCH (1) GDR (3) FIN (2) FRA (3) GRE old (1) HUN (2) ISL (1) ITA (1) URS 1955 (2) SWE (3) SUI (1) GBR (1) References Category:Shot put at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships