Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DateJuly 31 (qualification and final)
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning distance21.70
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Stulce
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Jim Doehring
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Lykho
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
  1988
1996  

The men's shot put was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 26 participating athletes from 18 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event took place on 31 July 1992. [1] The event was won by Mike Stulce of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's shot put since 1968 (and 15th overall). His countryman Jim Doehring took silver. Vyacheslav Lykho of the Unified Team earned bronze, the first medal for a Soviet or former Soviet athlete in the event since 1980.

Summary

Switzerland's Werner Günthör was again favored, having won the 1987 and 1991 World Championships. But he was below par and placed only fourth. American Mike Stulce was leading, having the four longest throws of the event, and winning gold with 21.70. He won over teammate Jim Doehring, who threw 20.96 in round two for the silver. Russian Vyacheslav Lykho had his two best throws in the first two rounds, getting the bronze with 20.94. The outcome of this event was a surprise to pundits and spectators alike, with Stulce's win being considered one of the most unexpected upsets of the 1992 games. [2] [3]

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were defending champion Ulf Timmermann of East Germany (now representing unified Germany), bronze medalist (and 1984 finalist) Werner Günthör of Switzerland, fourth-place finisher (and 1976 gold medalist and 1980 bronze medalist) Udo Beyer of East Germany, sixth-place finisher Gert Weil of Chile, seventh-place finisher (and 1984 gold medalist) Alessandro Andrei of Italy, and eleventh-place finisher Jim Doehring of the United States. Günthör had won the 1987 and 1991 world championships; as in 1988, he was favored over the three men who had previously won the event. American Randy Barnes, the silver medalist in 1988, had set the world record in 1990 (a record that still stands as of 2020), but was suspended and could not compete. [4]

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Qatar each made their debut in the men's shot put, one Yugoslav competitor competed as an Independent Olympic Participant, and some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st 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 19.80 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 eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [4] [5]

Records

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1992 Games were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Randy Barnes  (USA)23.12 Los Angeles, United States 22 May 1988
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ulf Timmermann  (GDR)22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

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

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 31 July 199210:00
18:55
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Jim Doehring Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.7720.5320.53Q
2 Werner Günthör Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 20.5020.50Q
3 Luciano Zerbini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.2520.25Q
4 Dragan Perić Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants X18.3520.2420.24Q
5 Vyacheslav Lykho Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team X20.2420.24Q
6 Mike Stulce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.1820.18Q
7 Aleksandr Klimenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 19.3320.1620.16Q
8 Alessandro Andrei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.5119.5120.1420.14Q
9 Ulf Timmermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19.6219.7319.9319.93Q
10 Klaus Bodenmüller Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 19.5619.8619.86Q
11 Ron Backes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.7119.35X19.71q
12 Sören Tallhem Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.4119.1819.6519.65q
13 Gert Weil Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 18.5119.0419.4119.41
14 Pétur Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 18.4618.7619.1519.15
15 Paul Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 18.5719.0318.8019.03
16 Andriy Nemchaninov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 18.9118.98X18.98
17 Gheorghe Guşet Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 18.41X18.9618.96
18 Kent Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.46X18.5618.56
19 Udo Beyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18.47XX18.47
20 Antero Paljakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.42XX18.42
21 Khaled Al-Khalidi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 17.5617.7217.5017.72
22 Victor Costello Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 15.9917.15X17.15
23 Paul Quirke Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 16.7117.0116.9917.01
24 Bilal Saad Mubarak Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 16.9116.98X16.98
25 Peter Dajia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XX16.8116.81
26 Zlatan Saračević Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina X15.1216.3816.38
Kalman Konya Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Final

The final was held on July 31, 1992.

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Stulce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.4921.58X21.1121.70X21.70
Silver medal icon.svg Jim Doehring Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.8920.96X20.17X20.0320.96
Bronze medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Lykho Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 20.9320.9420.79X19.9920.3520.94
4 Werner Günthör Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 19.7420.0120.2720.85X20.9120.91
5 Ulf Timmermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.1220.0319.8320.4920.1020.3820.49
6 Klaus Bodenmüller Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20.1320.1920.4820.3919.8119.9220.48
7 Dragan Perić Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants X19.9019.5920.07X20.3220.32
8 Aleksandr Klimenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team X20.23XXX20.1420.23
9 Luciano Zerbini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.8819.7519.54Did not advance19.88
10 Ron Backes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.75XXDid not advance19.75
11 Alessandro Andrei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.4619.5319.62Did not advance19.62
12 Sören Tallhem Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.3119.32XDid not advance19.32

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