1966 European Indoor Games – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1966 European Indoor Games was held on 27 March in Dortmund.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vilmos Varjú Hungary	Dieter Hoffmann East Germany	Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia

Results

Qualification

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	18.17	–	–	18.17	q
2	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	17.34	17.81	–	17.81	q
3	Jaroslav Šmíd	Czechoslovakia	x	17.66	x	17.66	q
4	Jiří Skobla	Czechoslovakia	16.96	16.70	17.37	17.37	q
5	Bengt Christiansson	Sweden	17.09	16.80	17.34	17.34	q
6	Tomislav Šuker	Yugoslavia	15.93	16.90	16.38	16.90	q
7	Bjørn Bang Andersen	Norway	x	16.02	16.72	16.72
8	Pierre Colnard	France	16.62	16.26	16.08	16.62
9	Heinfried Birlenbach	West Germany	x	16.37	16.55	16.55
10	Pero Barišić	Yugoslavia	16.44	x	15.95	16.44
11	Loukas Louka	Greece	16.23	15.76	15.81	16.23
12	Alberto Díaz de la Gandara	Spain	15.58	15.53	15.59	15.59
13	Roland Borrey	Belgium	x	15.27	15.23	15.27
14	Edy Hubacher	Switzerland	14.61	15.20	15.15	15.20

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	18.43	18.72	x	19.05	18.75	18.68	19.05
	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	18.14	x	x	x	18.25	x	18.25
	Jiří Skobla	Czechoslovakia	17.36	18.08	x	x	x	x	18.08
4	Tomislav Šuker	Yugoslavia	16.86	17.40	17.46	17.21	17.72	17.88	17.88
5	Jaroslav Šmíd	Czechoslovakia	16.66	17.32	x	x	17.71	16.92	17.71
6	Bengt Christiansson	Sweden	x	17.17	17.23	17.09	x	x	17.23