1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

None Men's shot put European Athletics Championships The men's shot put at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966. 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 397–405 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Vilmos Varjú HUN 1957Silver Nikolay Karasyov URS 1955Bronze Władysław Komar POL Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Vilmos Varjú HUN 1957 19.43 CR Nikolay Karasyov URS 1955 18.82 Władysław Komar POL 18.68 4 Alfred Sosgórnik POL 18.38 5 Heinfried Birlenbach FRG 18.37 6 Matti Yrjölä FIN 18.19 7 Pierre Colnard FRA 18.15 NR 8 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 18.02 9 Bjørn Bang Andersen NOR 17.84 10 Tomislav Šuker SFR Yugoslavia 17.74 11 Pero Barišić SFR Yugoslavia 17.66 12 Eduard Gushchin URS 1955 17.64 Qualification 2 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Vilmos Varjú HUN 1957 19.05 CR Q 2 Heinfried Birlenbach FRG 18.59 Q 3 Władysław Komar POL 18.53 Q 4 Nikolay Karasyov URS 1955 18.38 Q 5 Eduard Gushchin URS 1955 18.23 Q 6 Tomislav Šuker SFR Yugoslavia 18.01 Q 7 Bjørn Bang Andersen NOR 18.01 Q 8 Alfred Sosgórnik POL 18.01 Q 9 Matti Yrjölä FIN 17.90 Q 10 Pierre Colnard FRA 17.75 Q 11 Pero Barišić SFR Yugoslavia 17.69 Q 12 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 17.62 Q 13 Milija Jocović SFR Yugoslavia 17.61 14 Géza Fejér HUN 1957 17.57 15 Bengt Bendeus SWE 17.40 16 Alain Drufin FRA 16.91 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event. 22em GDR (1) FIN (1) FRA (2) HUN 1957 (2) NOR (1) POL (2) URS 1955 (2) SWE (1) FRG (1) SFR Yugoslavia (3) References Category:Shot put at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships