1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25 August 1950.[1]

Men's shot put
at the European Athletics Championships

The winning margin was 1.58 metres which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's shot put has been won by more than 1.3 metres at these championships.


Medalists

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Gold Gunnar Huseby
  Iceland
Silver Angiolo Profeti
  Italy
Bronze Otto Grigalka
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 16.74 CR NR
  Angiolo Profeti   Italy 15.16
  Otto Grigalka   Soviet Union 15.14
4 Willy Senn    Switzerland 14.95
5 Petar Sarcevic   Yugoslavia 14.90
6 Vladimír Jirout   Czechoslovakia 14.89
7 John Savidge   Great Britain 14.69
8 John Giles   Great Britain 14.29
9 Gösta Arvidsson   Sweden 14.17

Qualification

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25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 16.29 CR Q
2 John Savidge   Great Britain 15.54 Q
3 Otto Grigalka   Soviet Union 15.45 Q
4 Vladimír Jirout   Czechoslovakia 15.23 Q
5 Petar Sarcevic   Yugoslavia 15.18 Q
6 Angiolo Profeti   Italy 14.95 Q
7 Willy Senn    Switzerland 14.79 Q
8 Gösta Arvidsson   Sweden 14.57 Q
9 John Giles   Great Britain 14.52 Q
10 Konstantinos Giataganas   Greece 14.49
11 Roger Verhas   Belgium 14.37
12 Willy Wuyts   Belgium 13.28
13 Jean Darot   France 13.12

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014