1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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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.[1]
Gold | Udo Beyer![]() |
Silver | Aleksandr Baryshnikov![]() |
Bronze | Wolfgang Schmidt![]() |
1 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Udo Beyer | ![]() |
21.08 | CR |
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Aleksandr Baryshnikov | ![]() |
20.68 | |
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Wolfgang Schmidt | ![]() |
20.30 | |
4 | Reijo Ståhlberg | ![]() |
20.17 | |
5 | Anatoliy Yarosh | ![]() |
20.03 | |
6 | Jaromír Vlk | ![]() |
19.53 | |
7 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ![]() |
19.34 | |
8 | Jaroslav Brabec | ![]() |
19.27 | |
9 | Valcho Stoev | ![]() |
19.23 | |
10 | Mathias Schmidt | ![]() |
19.21 | |
Geoff Capes | ![]() |
DQ‡ | ||
Yevgeniy Mironov | ![]() |
DQ† | Doping |
† Yevgeniy Mironov initially won the silver medal with 20.87m, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes was not permitted to start in the final after he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" for pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
31 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | Reijo Ståhlberg | ![]() |
20.25 | Q |
2 | Udo Beyer | ![]() |
20.03 | Q |
3 | Anatoliy Yarosh | ![]() |
19.80 | Q |
4 | Jaromír Vlk | ![]() |
19.76 | Q |
5 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | ![]() |
19.74 | Q |
6 | Wolfgang Schmidt | ![]() |
19.72 | Q |
7 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ![]() |
19.62 | Q |
8 | Jaroslav Brabec | ![]() |
19.48 | Q |
9 | Mathias Schmidt | ![]() |
19.38 | Q |
10 | Valcho Stoev | ![]() |
19.26 | Q |
11 | Ralf Reichenbach | ![]() |
19.09 | |
12 | Jean-Pierre Egger | ![]() |
18.67 | |
13 | Miroslav Janoušek | ![]() |
18.61 | |
14 | Anders Arrhenius | ![]() |
18.48 | |
15 | Vladimir Milić | ![]() |
18.35 | |
16 | Marco Montelatici | ![]() |
18.14 | |
17 | Angelo Groppelli | ![]() |
18.04 | |
Yevgeniy Mironov | ![]() |
DQ | Q† | |
Geoff Capes | ![]() |
DQ | Q‡ |
†: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for drug use.[2]
‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official during an argument.[3][4]
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
European Athletics Championships champions in men's shot put
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