1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gunnar Huseby  Iceland
Silver	Dmitriy Goryainov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Yrjö Lehtilä  Finland

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	15.56
02 !	Dmitriy Goryainov	Soviet Union	15.25
03 !	Yrjö Lehtilä	Finland	15.23
4	Roland Nilsson	Sweden	15.16
5	Thage Pettersson	Sweden	14.87
6	Sulo Bärlund	Finland	14.75
7	Eivind Sværen	Norway	14.34
8	Lars Ulgenes	Norway	14.28
9	Witold Gerutto	Poland	13.90

Qualification

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	15.64	Q
2	Thage Pettersson	Sweden	14.72	Q
3	Yrjö Lehtilä	Finland	14.50	Q
4	Witold Gerutto	Poland	14.49	Q
5	Eivind Sværen	Norway	14.33	Q
6	Dmitriy Goryainov	Soviet Union	14.32	Q
7	Roland Nilsson	Sweden	14.20	Q
8	Sulo Bärlund	Finland	14.11	Q
9	Lars Ulgenes	Norway	14.02	Q
10	Čestmír Kalina	Czechoslovakia	13.60
11	Dave Guiney	Ireland	13.57
12	Roger Verhas	Belgium	12.77
13	Mieczysław Łomowski	Poland	12.53

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References