1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
| Men's shot put at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's shot put at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 August 1958.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Arthur Rowe Great Britain |
| Silver | Viktor Lipsnis Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia |
Results
Final
23 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Rowe | Great Britain | 17.78 | CR NR | |
| Viktor Lipsnis | Soviet Union | 17.47 | ||
| Jiří Skobla | Czechoslovakia | 17.12 | ||
| 4 | Hermann Lingnau | West Germany | 17.07 | |
| 5 | Silvano Meconi | Italy | 16.98 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Loshchilov | Soviet Union | 16.96 | |
| 7 | Vilmos Varjú | Hungary | 16.77 | |
| 8 | Alfred Sosgórnik | Poland | 16.65 | |
| 9 | Dieter Urbach | West Germany | 16.65 | |
| 10 | Todor Artarski | Bulgaria | 16.48 | |
| 11 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | Poland | 16.33 | |
| 12 | Jaroslav Plíhal | Czechoslovakia | 16.26 | |
| 13 | Joel Eklund | Sweden | 16.20 | |
| 14 | Martyn Lucking | Great Britain | 16.02 | |
| 15 | Aksel Thorsager | Denmark | 15.88 | |
| 16 | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 15.73 | |
| 17 | Gunnar Huseby | Iceland | 15.62 |
Qualification
23 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Lingnau | West Germany | 17.00 | Q |
| 2 | Alfred Sosgórnik | Poland | 16.79 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Lipsnis | Soviet Union | 16.76 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Loshchilov | Soviet Union | 16.75 | Q |
| 5 | Jiří Skobla | Czechoslovakia | 16.75 | Q |
| 6 | Silvano Meconi | Italy | 16.07 | Q |
| 7 | Arthur Rowe | Great Britain | 16.04 | Q |
| 8 | Vilmos Varjú | Hungary | 15.95 | Q |
| 9 | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 15.91 | Q |
| 10 | Dieter Urbach | West Germany | 15.89 | Q |
| 11 | Joel Eklund | Sweden | 15.76 | Q |
| 12 | Martyn Lucking | Great Britain | 15.74 | Q |
| 13 | Todor Artarski | Bulgaria | 15.61 | Q |
| 14 | Jaroslav Plíhal | Czechoslovakia | 15.60 | Q |
| 15 | Gunnar Huseby | Iceland | 15.50 | Q |
| 16 | Aksel Thorsager | Denmark | 15.45 | Q |
| 17 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | Poland | 15.32 | Q |
| 18 | Mario Monti | Italy | 14.53 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (2)
- Poland (2)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014