Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 8
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bud Houser
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Hartranft
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ralph Hills
 United States
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The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924. 28 shot putters from 15 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Bud Houser of the United States, the nation's sixth victory in the men's shot put (having won every Games except 1920). Glenn Hartranft took silver and Ralph Hills took bronze to complete the Americans' fourth medal sweep in the event.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1920 Games were gold medalist Ville Pörhölä and silver medalist Elmer Niklander of Finland and sixth-place finisher Harald Tammer of Estonia. Glenn Hartranft of the United States was the favorite. 1924 Olympic discus champion Bud Houser had beaten Hartranft in the shot put at the 1924 AAU championships, however, and was a serious contender.[2]

Brazil, Ireland, Latvia, Mexico, and Yugoslavia made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States appeared for the seventh time, the only nation to have competed in all Olympic shot put competitions to date.

Competition format

The competition continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and since 1908, with results carrying over between rounds. Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. The top six men advanced to the final, where they received an additional three throws. The best result, qualifying or final, counted.[2][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record  Ralph Rose (USA) 15.54 San Francisco, United States 21 August 1909
Olympic record  
Pat McDonald (USA
)		 15.34 Stockholm, Sweden 10 July 1912

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 8 July 1924 15:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

The best six shot putters, all three groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

The final was held on the same day. Only two competitors were able to improve their qualification width. Glenn Hartranft jumped from a fourth rank to the silver medal.

Rank Athlete Nation Qualifying Final Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bud Houser  United States 14.995 Unknown 14.995
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Hartranft  United States 14.405 14.895 14.895
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ralph Hills  United States 14.505 14.640 14.640
4 Hannes Torpo  Finland 14.450 Unknown 14.450
5 Norman Anderson  United States 14.290 Unknown 14.290
6 Elmer Niklander  Finland 14.265 Unknown 14.265
7 Ville Pörhölä  Finland 14.100 Did not advance 14.100
8 Bertil Jansson  Sweden 13.760 Did not advance 13.760
9 Raoul Paoli  France 13.535 Did not advance 13.535
10 Sixten Sundström  Sweden 13.530 Did not advance 13.530
11 Akseli Takala  Finland 13.315 Did not advance 13.315
12 Harald Tammer  Estonia 13.280 Did not advance 13.280
13 Veljko Narančić  Yugoslavia 13.215 Did not advance 13.215
14 Christos Vrettos  Greece 13.125 Did not advance 13.125
15 Ketil Askildt  Norway 13.090 Did not advance 13.090
16 Daniel Pierre  France 13.070 Did not advance 13.070
17 John O'Grady  Ireland 12.750 Did not advance 12.750
18 Pál Bedő  Hungary 12.660 Did not advance 12.660
19 Arvīds Ķibilds  Latvia 12.530 Did not advance 12.530
20 Charles Beckwith  Great Britain 12.480 Did not advance 12.480
21 Werner Nüesch  Switzerland 12.450 Did not advance 12.450
22 Maxime Bousselaire  France 12.265 Did not advance 12.265
23 Otto Garnus  Switzerland 12.120 Did not advance 12.120
24 Rex Woods  Great Britain 11.770 Did not advance 11.770
25 José Galimberti  Brazil 11.300 Did not advance 11.300
26 Dimitrios Karabatis  Greece 10.955 Did not advance 10.955
27 Jesús Aguirre  Mexico 9.470 Did not advance 9.470
28 Octávio Zani  Brazil X Did not advance X

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 142.

Sources

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