1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the European Athletics Championships

The men's shot put at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 August.

Medalists

Gold	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine
Silver	Oliver-Sven Buder Germany
Bronze	Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine

Results

KEY:

q

Better non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 20.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	20.47			20.47	Q
2	B	Dragan Perić	Yugoslavia				20.44	Q
3	A	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	19.64	20.33		20.33	Q
4	A	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine				19.76	q
4	A	Arsi Harju	Finland				19.76	q
4	B	Mika Halvari	Finland				19.76	q
7	A	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy				19.75	q
8	B	Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez	Spain	19.54	x	x	19.54	q
9	A	Gheorghe Guşet	Romania				19.32	q
10	A	Timo Aaltonen	Finland				19.28	q
10	B	Michael Mertens	Germany				19.28	q
12	A	Fernando Alves	Portugal				19.20	q, NR
13	B	Vasyl Virastyuk	Ukraine				19.15
14	A	Oliver Duck	Germany				19.12
15	A	Pavel Pankuch	Slovakia				18.95
16	B	Attila Pintér	Hungary				18.94
17	B	Andrei Mikhnevich	Belarus				18.88
18	B	Corrado Fantini	Italy				18.64
19	B	Mikuláš Konopka	Slovakia				18.63
20	B	Saulius Kleiza	Lithuania				18.57
21	A	Henrik Wennberg	Sweden				18.48
22	B	Milan Haborák	Slovakia				18.10
23	A	Pétur Guðmundsson	Iceland				17.89
24	B	Shaun Pickering	Great Britain	x	x	17.80	17.80
	A	Stéphane Vial	France				NM
	A	Viktor Bulat	Belarus				NM
	A	Mark Proctor	Great Britain	x	x	x	NM
	B	Sören Tallhem	Sweden				NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine	20.02	20.26	20.99	20.98	21.10	21.17	21.17	SB
	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany	20.47	20.59	20.55	20.44	20.98	20.82	20.98	SB
	Yuriy Bilonoh	Ukraine	20.05	20.35	20.41	x	20.45	20.92	20.92	PB
4	Dragan Perić	Yugoslavia	20.28	20.46	x	20.37	x	20.65	20.65
5	Paolo Dal Soglio	Italy	19.91	20.50	x	x	19.55	x	20.50
6	Mika Halvari	Finland	19.61	20.29	20.33	19.64	20.14	19.94	20.33
7	Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez	Spain	20.02	19.21	19.35	18.50	19.23	x	20.02	SB
8	Michael Mertens	Germany	19.45	19.25	19.67	19.21	19.37	19.38	19.67
9	Arsi Harju	Finland	19.54	19.53	x				19.54
10	Gheorghe Guşet	Romania	18.68	18.87	18.73				18.87
11	Fernando Alves	Portugal	18.84	x	18.54				18.84
12	Timo Aaltonen	Finland	18.03	18.27	18.59				18.59

References

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