1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put explained

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

The men's shot put at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 August.

Medalists

Gold	Oleksandr Bagach
Silver	Oliver-Sven Buder
Bronze	Yuriy Bilonoh

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			20.47			20.47	Q
2	B						20.44	Q
3	A			19.64	20.33		20.33	Q
4	A						19.76	q
4	A						19.76	q
4	B						19.76	q
7	A						19.75	q
8	B			19.54			19.54	q
9	A						19.32	q
10	A						19.28	q
10	B						19.28	q
12	A						19.20	q, NR
13	B						19.15
14	A						19.12
15	A						18.95
16	B						18.94
17	B						18.88
18	B						18.64
19	B						18.63
20	B						18.57
21	A						18.48
22	B						18.10
23	A						17.89
24	B			x	x	17.80	17.80
	A
	A
	A			x	x	x
	B

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.02	20.26	20.99	20.98	21.10	21.17	21.17	SB
			20.47	20.59	20.55	20.44	20.98	20.82	20.98	SB
			20.05	20.35	20.41		20.45	20.92	20.92	PB
			20.28	20.46		20.37		20.65	20.65
			19.91	20.50			19.55		20.50
			19.61	20.29	20.33	19.64	20.14	19.94	20.33
			20.02	19.21	19.35	18.50	19.23		20.02	SB
			19.45	19.25	19.67	19.21	19.37	19.38	19.67
			19.54	19.53					19.54
10			18.68	18.87	18.73				18.87
11			18.84		18.54				18.84
12			18.03	18.27	18.59				18.59

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