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 Nationality Result Notes Udo Beyer 21.08 CR Aleksandr Baryshnikov 20.68 Wolfgang Schmidt 20.30 4 Reijo Ståhlberg 20.17 5 Anatoliy Yarosh 20.03 6 Jaromír Vlk 19.53 7 Hreinn Halldórsson 19.34 8 Jaroslav Brabec 19.27 9 Valcho Stoev 19.23 10 Mathias Schmidt 19.21 Geoff Capes DQ‡ Yevgeniy Mironov 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 Nationality Result Notes 1 Reijo Ståhlberg 20.25 Q 2 Udo Beyer 20.03 Q 3 Anatoliy Yarosh 19.80 Q 4 Jaromír Vlk 19.76 Q 5 Aleksandr Baryshnikov 19.74 Q 6 Wolfgang Schmidt 19.72 Q 7 Hreinn Halldórsson 19.62 Q 8 Jaroslav Brabec 19.48 Q 9 Mathias Schmidt 19.38 Q 10 Valcho Stoev 19.26 Q 11 Ralf Reichenbach 19.09 12 Jean-Pierre Egger 18.67 13 Miroslav Janoušek 18.61 14 Anders Arrhenius 18.48 15 Vladimir Milić 18.35 16 Marco Montelatici 18.14 17 Angelo Groppelli 18.04 Yevgeniy Mironov DQ Q† Geoff Capes 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.
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