Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venues Olympic Stadium
Dates23 September (qualification
and final)
Competitors21 from 17 nations
Winning distance22.47 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ulf Timmermann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Randy Barnes
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Werner Günthör
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1984
1992  

The men's shot put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 21 competitors from 17 nations, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Friday September 23, 1988. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Ulf Timmermann of East Germany, the nation's second victory in the men's shot put. Randy Barnes of the United States took silver, the second straight Games that an American finished second. Werner Günthör earned Switzerland's first medal in the event, a bronze.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1984 Games were defending champion Alessandro Andrei of Italy, fifth-place finisher Werner Günthör of Switzerland, and tenth-place finisher Gert Weil of Chile. Günthör had won the 1987 world championship and 1986 European championship. Andrei had held the world record until May of 1988, when Ulf Timmermann of East Germany had made the first throw over 23 metres. Timmermann and his countryman Udo Beyer (1976 gold medalist and 1980 bronze medalist) were expected to challenge Günthör for gold, along with Randy Barnes of the United States. [2]

The People's Republic of China made its debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

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 20.20 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 eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1988 Games were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)23.06 Chania, Greece 22 May 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Kiselyov  (URS)21.35 Moscow, Soviet Union 30 July 1980

Twelve throws by four men beat the old record. Werner Günthör had the first, with his initial throw in the final round of 21.45 metres. Ulf Timmermann quickly beat that and set the mark over 22 metres for the first time, with 22.02 metres in his first throw. Udo Beyer beat the old record at 21.40 metres in the second set of throws, but this put him only in third place so far in the competition. Timmermann improved on his own new record with a 22.16 metres throw in the third set and then a 22.29 metres throw in the fifth. Randy Barnes took the record briefly in the sixth and final throws, hitting 22.39 metres before Timmermann—in the last throw by anyone in the competition—recaptured the record and won gold with 22.47 metres.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 September 19889:10
16:10
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying round

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Ulf Timmermann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 21.2721.27Q
2 Udo Beyer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany X20.9720.97Q
3 Randy Barnes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.1620.8320.83Q
4 Werner Günthör Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 20.7020.70Q
5 Sergey Smirnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.1320.4820.48Q
6 Alessandro Andrei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.7220.1819.9320.18q
7 Gert Weil Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 20.1819.5819.5920.18q
8 Remigius Machura Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 19.8820.16X20.16q
9 Georg Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway X19.9520.0520.05q
10 Helmut Krieger Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19.42X19.7519.75q
11 Jim Doehring Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.8917.6619.7319.73q
12 Gregg Tafralis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.7119.44X19.71q
13 Georgi Todorov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 19.2519.0219.6819.68
14 Pétur Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 19.21XX19.21
15 Mohamed Achouch Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 18.1918.9418.5018.94
16 Klaus Bodenmüller Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18.8917.5418.89
17 Ma Yongfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 17.4817.7918.2718.27
18 Ahmed Shatta Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 16.9417.6117.3717.61
19 Paul Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.1317.1117.2817.28
20 Muhammad Zankawi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait X15.3415.9215.92
21 Han Min-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 15.6715.6815.6415.68

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ulf Timmermann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.02 OR 21.3122.16 OR 21.9022.29 OR 22.47 OR 22.47 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Randy Barnes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.1720.72X21.3121.0122.39 OR 22.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Werner Günthör Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 21.45 OR 21.5921.7020.9821.9921.6121.99
4 Udo Beyer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany X21.4020.8420.8221.3021.3121.40
5 Remigius Machura Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 20.5720.0320.1620.3620.1220.2920.57
6 Gert Weil Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 20.2220.09X20.2320.2120.3820.38
7 Alessandro Andrei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.7120.1720.0619.9320.3620.2620.36
8 Sergey Smirnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20.11X20.36XXX20.36
9 Gregg Tafralis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.16XXDid not advance20.16
10 Georg Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway XX19.91Did not advance19.91
11 Jim Doehring Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.27X19.89Did not advance19.89
12 Helmut Krieger Flag of Poland.svg  Poland X19.51XDid not advance19.51

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