1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put explained

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

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.

Medalists

Gold	Udo Beyer
Silver	Aleksandr Baryshnikov
Bronze	Wolfgang Schmidt

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Result
	align=left	align=left	21.08	CR
	align=left	align=left	20.68
	align=left	align=left	20.30
4	align=left	align=left	20.17
5	align=left	align=left	20.03
6	align=left	align=left	19.53
7	align=left	align=left	19.34
8	align=left	align=left	19.27
9	align=left	align=left	19.23
10	align=left	align=left	19.21
	align=left	align=left	DQ^‡
	align=left	align=left	DQ^†	Doping

^† Yevgeniy Mironov initially won the silver medal with 20.87m, but he was disqualified for drug use.
^‡: Geoff Capes was not permitted to start in the final after he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" for pushing an official during an argument.

Qualification

31 August

Rank	Name	Result
1	align=left	align=left	20.25	Q
2	align=left	align=left	20.03	Q
3	align=left	align=left	19.80	Q
4	align=left	align=left	19.76	Q
5	align=left	align=left	19.74	Q
6	align=left	align=left	19.72	Q
7	align=left	align=left	19.62	Q
8	align=left	align=left	19.48	Q
9	align=left	align=left	19.38	Q
10	align=left	align=left	19.26	Q
11	align=left	align=left	19.09
12	align=left	align=left	18.67
13	align=left	align=left	18.61
14	align=left	align=left	18.48
15	align=left	align=left	18.35
16	align=left	align=left	18.14
17	align=left	align=left	18.04
	align=left	align=left	DQ	Q^†
	align=left	align=left	DQ	Q^‡

^†: Yevgeniy Mironov initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for drug use.
^‡: Geoff Capes initially reached the final, but he was disqualified for "disorderly conduct" after pushing an official during an argument.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.