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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