Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
1928 Summer Olympics stamp of the Netherlands athletics.jpg
Men's shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 29, 1928
Competitors22 from 14 nations
Winning distance15.87 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg John Kuck
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Bruce Bennett
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Emil Hirschfeld
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
  1924
1932  

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928. Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. [2] The event was won by Johnny Kuck of the United States, the nation's second consecutive, and seventh overall, victory in the men's shot put. Kuck set a new world record. Future film star Bruce Bennett, then still using his birth name Herman Brix, took silver. Emil Hirschfeld won Germany's first shot put medal with bronze.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Ninth-place finisher Raoul Paoli of France was the highest-placed returning thrower from the 1924 Games. The world record holder and favorite coming into the event was Emil Hirschfeld of Germany, attempting to become only the second man from outside the United States to win. [3]

Czechoslovakia and Romania made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States appeared for the eighth 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 employed since 1900 and maintained since 1908, wherein results carried over between rounds. During the qualifying round, each athlete was allotted three throws. The six highest-scoring male athletes advanced to the final, where they were granted an additional three throws. The best outcome, whether from the qualifying or final round, was taken into consideration for determining the final rankings. [3] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Emil Hirschfeld  (GER)15.79 Breslau, Weimar Republic 29 June 1928
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Pat McDonald  (USA)15.34 Stockholm, Sweden 10 July 1912

At first Bruce Bennett set a new Olympic record in the first round of the qualification with 15.75 metres. Emil Hirschfeld also threw better than the old Olympic record in the first throw, but was 3 centimetres short of Bennett's new mark. In the second round of the final John Kuck set a new world record with 15.87 metres.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 21 July 192814:00Qualifying
Final

Results

The best six shot putters qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only incompletely available for the best six throwers.

RankGroupAthleteNation123456DistanceThrow-offNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 John Kuck US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15.00e14.80e15.4315.10e15.87 WR 15.20e15.87 WR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Bruce Bennett US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15.75 OR 15.30e15.30e15.40e15.20e15.50e15.75
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Emil Hirschfeld Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 15.7214.9815.5215.6314.7815.0115.72
41 Eric Krenz US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 13.8014.99UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown14.99
51 Armas Wahlstedt Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.6914.40e13.90e14.00e13.90e13.9214.6913.92
61 Wilhelm Uebler Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 14.6914.6414.6613.9114.5813.8214.6913.82
72 Harlow Rothert US flag 48 stars.svg  United States UnknownDid not advance14.68
82 József Darányi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary UnknownDid not advance14.35
92 Paavo Yrjölä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland UnknownDid not advance14.01
101 Werner Nüesch Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland UnknownDid not advance13.77
112 Édouard Duhour Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDid not advance13.72
122 Nikolai Feldmann Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia UnknownDid not advance13.54
132 Johan Trandem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway UnknownDid not advance13.40
142 František Douda Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia UnknownDid not advance13.12
152 Dimitrios Karabatis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece UnknownDid not advance12.98
162 Ion David Flag of Romania.svg  Romania UnknownDid not advance12.82
171 Rex Woods Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain UnknownDid not advance12.70
181 Raoul Paoli Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDid not advance12.68
191 Alexandru Fritz Flag of Romania.svg  Romania UnknownDid not advance12.55
202 Auguste Vos Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDid not advance12.52
2 Robert Howland Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain UnknownDid not advance12.52
221 Jesús Aguirre Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico UnknownDid not advance11.33

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. Official Report, p. 374.
  3. 1 2 "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. Official Report, p. 454.