Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
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Men's shot put at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Sharjah
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date17 October 1964
Competitors22 from 13 nations
Winning time20.33 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dallas Long
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Randy Matson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Vilmos Varju
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  1960
1968  
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The men's shot put was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October 1964. 25 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 3 not starting in the qualification round. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Dallas Long of the United States, the nation's fifth consecutive and 13th overall victory in the men's shot put. His teammate Randy Matson took silver, making 1964 the fifth straight Games the Americans had finished one-two. A second consecutive sweep was prevented when Vilmos Varju of Hungary took third over American Parry O'Brien. Long was the sixth man to win two shot put medals (adding to his 1960 bronze); Matson would later become the seventh (winning gold in 1968). O'Brien's fourth place finish kept him from being the first man to win four—he had taken gold in 1952 and 1956 and silver in 1960.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1960 Games were silver medalist (and 1952 and 1956 gold medalist) Parry O'Brien and bronze medalist Dallas Long of the United States, fourth-place finisher Viktor Lipsnis of the Soviet Union, fifth-place finisher Mike Lindsay and eighth-place finisher Martyn Lucking of Great Britain, sixth-place finisher Alfred Sosgórnik of Poland, eleventh-place finisher Les Mills of New Zealand, thirteenth-place finisher (and 1956 finalist) Silvano Meconi of Italy, and fourteenth-place finisher Zsigmond Nagy of Hungary. O'Brien was attempting to be the first man to win three gold medals or four medals overall in the shot put, though he was not as dominant as he had been in the 1950s. Long had broken the world record four times since the Rome Games and was favored, with the third American (teenager Randy Matson) a strong challenger. [2]

The Ivory Coast, South Korea, and Morocco each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States appeared for the 15th time, the only nation to have competed in all Olympic shot put competitions to date.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 17.80 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Dallas Long  (USA)20.68 Los Angeles, United States 25 July 1964
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Bill Nieder  (USA)19.68 Rome, Italy 31 August 1960

Randy Matson broke the Olympic record with his third throw of the final, at 19.88 metres. He extended his new record to 20.20 metres, in his fourth throw. Dallas Long, however, throwing in the order immediately after Matson, took over the record with his gold medal throw of 20.33 metres.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 17 October 196410:00
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 17.80 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Dallas Crutcher Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.5119.51Q
2 Randy Matson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.9218.92Q
3 Viktor Lipsnis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.9018.90Q
4 Vilmos Varju Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.2618.26Q
5 Zsigmond Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.1418.14Q
6 Władysław Komar Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.0518.05Q
Les Mills Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18.0518.05Q
Georgios Tsakanikas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 17.7217.2518.0518.05Q
9 Rudolf Langer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 17.9017.90Q
10 Adolfas Varanauskas Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.8617.86Q
11 Parry O'Brien Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.8417.84Q
12 Nikolay Karasyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.8317.83Q
13 Dieter Hoffmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 17.45X17.8217.82Q
14 Heinfried Birlenbach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 17.1016.7917.7717.77
15 Alfred Sosgórnik Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland X17.75X17.75
16 Martyn Lucking Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain XX17.6717.67
17 Silvano Meconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.2917.20X17.29
18 Lahcen Samsam Akka Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco X17.24X17.24
19 Mike Lindsay Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16.7716.7017.2317.23
20 Segui Denis Kragbe Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 16.2016.5916.3816.59
21 Teruo Itokawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15.7315.8415.5615.84
22 Im Ho-geun Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 13.4713.6413.3713.64
Edmund Piątkowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS
Gideon Ariel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel DNS
Gheorghe ZîmbresteanuFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania DNS

Final

The scores from the qualification round were ignored for the final. Each thrower received three attempts; the six that had thrown the longest in those three threw another three times each.

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svgDallas LongFlag of the United States.svg  United States 19.6119.5519.3420.33 OR 19.09X20.33 OR
Silver medal icon.svgRandy MatsonFlag of the United States.svg  United States 18.5319.1919.88 OR 20.20 OR X19.6220.20
Bronze medal icon.svgVilmos VarjuFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19.23X19.3919.2918.9719.2519.39
4Parry O'BrienFlag of the United States.svg  United States 18.9518.8619.2018.3218.6218.8419.20
5Zsigmond NagyFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.77X18.5018.43X18.8818.88
6Nikolay KarasiovFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.8618.26X18.1417.9818.1818.86
7Les MillsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18.1918.5018.52Did not advance18.52
8Adolf VaranauskasFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union X18.3018.41Did not advance18.41
9Władysław KomarFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.20XXDid not advance18.20
10Victor LipsnisFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.4517.8618.11Did not advance18.11
11Rudolf LangerFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 17.2916.90XDid not advance17.29
12Dieter HoffmannFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany XX17.11Did not advance17.11
13Georges TsakinikasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 16.87X16.38Did not advance16.87

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 51.