1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Shot Put
Encyclopedia
These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put
event at the 1990 European Championships in Split
, Yugoslavia
. There were a total number of nineteen participating athletes. The final was held on 29 August 1990.
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
event at the 1990 European Championships in Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. There were a total number of nineteen participating athletes. The final was held on 29 August 1990.
Qualification
| Rank | Group A | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.15 m | |
| 2. | 20.08 m | |
| 3. | 19.86 m | |
| 4. | 19.67 m | |
| 5. | 19.51 m | |
| 6. | 19.39 m | |
| 7. | 19.25 m | |
| 8. | 19.07 m | |
| 9. | 18.66 m |
| Rank | Group B | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.42 m | |
| 2. | 20.38 m | |
| 3. | 20.09 m | |
| 4. | 19.88 m | |
| 5. | 19.64 m | |
| 6. | 19.25 m | |
| 7. | 19.20 m | |
| 8. | 19.18 m | |
| 9. | 18.87 m | |
| 10. | 18.73 m |
Final
| Rank | Final | Distance |
|---|---|---|
 |
21.32 m | |
 |
21.01 m | |
 |
20.71 m | |
| 4. | 20.45 m | |
| 5. | 20.21 m | |
| 6. | 20.13 m | |
| 7. | 19.97 m | |
| 8. | 19.95 m | |
| 9. | 19.71 m | |
| 10. | 19.62 m | |
| 11. | 19.46 m | |
| 12. | 18.67 m | |
| — | DSQ |
- Vyacheslav LykhoVyacheslav LykhoVyacheslav Lykho is a retired shot putter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in Split due to a doping...
was later disqualified due to a dopingDoping (sport)The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...
offence.
See also
- 1988 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
- 1990 Shot Put Year Ranking
- 1991 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)
- 1994 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)