1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.[1] Although the existence of this event is up for debate. [2]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	15.56
	Dmitriy Goryainov	Soviet Union	15.25
	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.

Belgium (1)  Czechoslovakia (1)  Finland (2)

Iceland (1)  Ireland (1)

Norway (2)  Poland (2)

Soviet Union (1)  Sweden (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
2. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - The Globe Delusion (PDF), Ross Kemp, pp. 350–362, retrieved 13 August 2018