| Final 15:00 | Distanceance | | | 1. Dieter Hoffmann |  East Germany | 20.12m | CR | | 2. Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | East Germany | 20.05m | | | 3. Hans-Peter Gies | East Germany | 19.78m | | | 4. Matti Yrjölä |  Finland | 19.27m | | | 5. Pierre Colnard |  France | 19.06m | | | 6. Eduard Gushchin |  Soviet Union | 18.91m | | | 7. Vilmos Varjú |  Hungary | 18.78m | | | 8. Nikolay Karasyov | Soviet Union | 18.71m | | | 9. Miroslav Janoušek |  Czechoslovakia | 18.67m | | | 10.Edy Hubacher |  Switzerland | 18.67m | | | 11.Seppo Simola | Finland | 18.65m | | | 12.Yves Brouzet | France | 18.42m | |
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| History Men Shot Put | | World Record: Matson (USA) 21.78m - 1967 | | European Record: Gies, East Germany 20.64m - 1969 |
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Qualification - Wednesday 17th September 10:00 | | Mark 18.80m - 7 Athletes passed the mark. Next 5 were added. |
| Group A | Distanceance | | Gr. | | 1. Dieter Hoffmann | East Germany | 19.72m | CR Q | B | | 2. Hans-Peter Gies | East Germany | 19.51m | Q | A | | 2. Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | East Germany | 19.51m | Q | A | | 4. Matti Yrjölä | Finland | 19.18m | Q | B | | 5. Pierre Colnard | France | 18.96m | Q | B | | 6. Nikolay Karasyov | Soviet Union | 18.83m | Q | A | | 7. Eduard Gushchin | Soviet Union | 18.80m | Q | B | | 8. Vilmos Varjú | Hungary | 18.62m | q | B | | 9. Yves Brouzet | France | 18.54m | q | A | | 10.Edy Hubacher | Switzerland | 18.48m | q | B | | 11.Miroslav Janoušek | Czechoslovakia | 18.47m | q | A | | 12.Seppo Simola | Finland | 18.41m | q | A | | eliminated | | 13.Flavio Asta |  Italy | 18.34m | | A | | 14.Ricky Bruch |  Sweden | 18.34m | | | 15.Bengt Bendeus | Sweden | 18.21m | | A | | 16.Sándor Holub | Hungary | 17.92m | | A | | 17.Arnjolt Beer | France | 17.78m | | | 18.Jeffrey Teale |  Great Britain | 17.77m | | A | | 19.Thord Carlsson | Sweden | 17.76m | | | 20.Hannes Schulze-Bauer |  Austria | 17.42m | | | 21.Georgios Lemonis |  Greece | 17.38m | | | 22.Guðmundur Hermansson |  Iceland | 17.16m | |
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