Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31.[1]

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 31
Medalists
Bill Nieder
 United States
Parry O'Brien
 United States
Dallas Long
 United States
Athletics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Results

All throwers reaching 16.75 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.

Qualifying
RankNameNationalityMark123
1TDallas Long United States17.6517.65passpass
1TViktor Lipsnis Soviet Union17.6517.65passpass
3Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia17.3217.32passpass
4Parry O'Brien United States17.2917.29passpass
5Mike Lindsay Great Britain17.2817.28passpass
6Martyn Lucking Great Britain17.2017.20passpass
7Bill Nieder United States17.1417.14passpass
8Dieter Urbach United Team of Germany17.0916.5517.09pass
9Silvano Meconi Italy17.0817.08passpass
10Alfred Sosgórnik Poland17.0617.06passpass
11Les Mills New Zealand16.93foul16.93pass
12Hermann Lingnau United Team of Germany16.8716.2116.87pass
13Zsigmond Nagy Hungary16.8416.84passpass
14TJaroslav Plíhal Czechoslovakia16.8116.81passpass
14TWarwick Selvey Australia16.8116.81passpass
16Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Poland16.71foulfoul16.71
17Arthur Rowe Great Britain16.6816.1916.4216.68
18Georgios Tsakanikas Greece16.4416.4416.2216.38
19Erik Uddebom Sweden16.3116.3116.0916.27
20Fritz Kühl United Team of Germany15.7115.7115.7115.69
21Gideon Ariel Israel14.6514.5614.6514.57
22Salem El-Jisr Lebanon13.8213.3413.8213.50
23Nayef Mohamed Hameed Iraq13.6513.5212.6112.65
24Haider Khan Pakistan13.5313.5313.4713.26

Final
RankNameNationalityMark123456Notes
Bill Nieder United States19.6818.6718.77foul18.6719.68 ORfoulOR
Parry O'Brien United States19.1118.77 OR19.11 ORfoul18.6417.4118.39
Dallas Long United States19.0116.8018.8818.6618.25foul19.01
4Viktor Lipsnis Soviet Union17.9017.2817.9017.51foulfoul17.83
5Mike Lindsay Great Britain17.8017.6317.6317.8017.0917.3917.43
6Alfred Sosgórnik Poland17.5717.5717.57foulfoul17.5217.39
7Dieter Urbach United Team of Germany17.4717.3417.0517.47
8Martyn Lucking Great Britain17.4317.0516.7117.43
9Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia17.3917.3117.39foul
10Jaroslav Plíhal Czechoslovakia17.3617.3517.3617.27
11Les Mills New Zealand17.0616.8616.0917.06
12Hermann Lingnau United Team of Germany16.9816.6516.9816.66
13Silvano Meconi Italy16.73foul16.73foul
14Zsigmond Nagy Hungary16.67foul16.67foul
15Warwick Selvey Australia16.1816.1815.9315.76

Key: OR = Olympic record

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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