1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

The men's shot put at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1971.

Medalists Gold Hartmut Briesenick Silver Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg Bronze Władysław Komar

Results Final 13 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Hartmut Briesenick 21.08 AR Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg 20.47 Władysław Komar 20.04 4 Vilmos Varjú 19.99 5 Valeriy Voykin 19.81 6 Rimantas Plungė 19.61 7 Dieter Hoffmann 19.38 8 Yves Brouzet 19.20 9 Pekka Ahnger 19.00 10 Miroslav Janoušek 18.76 11 Ralf Reichenbach 18.74 12 Hans-Dieter Möser 18.51 13 Arnjolt Beer 18.46 14 Seppo Simola 18.27 Heinfried Birlenbach DNS

Qualification 12 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Władysław Komar 19.65 Q 2 Vilmos Varjú 19.56 Q 3 Hartmut Briesenick 19.55 Q 4 Rimantas Plungė 19.19 Q 5 Pekka Ahnger 19.14 Q 6 Valeriy Voykin 19.00 Q 7 Miroslav Janoušek 19.00 Q 8 Yves Brouzet 18.96 Q 9 Ralf Reichenbach 18.91 Q 10 Heinfried Birlenbach 18.89 Q 11 Seppo Simola 18.83 Q 12 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg 18.81 Q 13 Dieter Hoffmann 18.75 Q 14 Arnjolt Beer 18.75 Q 15 Hans-Dieter Möser 18.72 Q 16 Geoff Capes 18.54 17 Jaroslav Brabec 18.50 18 Matti Yrjölä 18.49 19 Ivan Ivančić 18.43 20 Anders Arrhenius 17.84 21 Bjørn Bang Andersen 17.83 22 Mihály Teveli 16.82 23 Sándor Holub 16.63

Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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