1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put explained

Event:	Men's shot put
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Hartmut Briesenick
Silver	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg
Bronze	Władysław Komar

Results

Final

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		21.08	AR
	align=left		align=left		20.47
	align=left		align=left		20.04
4	align=left		align=left		19.99
5	align=left		align=left		19.81
6	align=left		align=left		19.61
7	align=left		align=left		19.38
8	align=left		align=left		19.20
9	align=left		align=left		19.00
10	align=left		align=left		18.76
11	align=left		align=left		18.74
12	align=left		align=left		18.51
13	align=left		align=left		18.46
14	align=left		align=left		18.27
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Qualification

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		19.65	Q
2	align=left		align=left		19.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		19.55	Q
4	align=left		align=left		19.19	Q
5	align=left		align=left		19.14	Q
6	align=left		align=left		19.00	Q
7	align=left		align=left		19.00	Q
8	align=left		align=left		18.96	Q
9	align=left		align=left		18.91	Q
10	align=left		align=left		18.89	Q
11	align=left		align=left		18.83	Q
12	align=left		align=left		18.81	Q
13	align=left		align=left		18.75	Q
14	align=left		align=left		18.75	Q
15	align=left		align=left		18.72	Q
16	align=left		align=left		18.54
17	align=left		align=left		18.50
18	align=left		align=left		18.49
19	align=left		align=left		18.43
20	align=left		align=left		17.84
21	align=left		align=left		17.83
22	align=left		align=left		16.82
23	align=left		align=left		16.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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