Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
The Men's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1]
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 13–14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 20.54 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 21.78 m | College Station, United States | April 23, 1967 | |
Olympic record | 20.33 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 17, 1964 |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 18.90m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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3 | A | Randy Matson | 18.30 | 19.75 | – | 19.75 | Q | |
1 | A | Eduard Gushchin | 19.88 | – | – | 19.88 | Q | |
2 | A | George Woods | 19.79 | – | – | 19.79 | Q | |
3 | A | Dieter Hoffmann | 18.30 | 19.75 | – | 19.75 | Q | |
5 | B | Pierre Colnard | 19.57 | – | – | 19.57 | Q | |
6 | A | Heinfried Birlenbach | 19.43 | – | – | 19.43 | Q | |
7 | A | Dave Maggard | 18.73 | 19.26 | – | 19.26 | Q | |
8 | A | Uwe Grabe | 18.08 | 18.59 | 19.15 | 19.15 | Q | |
9 | A | Władysław Komar | 19.09 | – | – | 19.09 | Q | |
10 | A | Traugott Glöckler | 18.89 | 19.09 | – | 19.09 | Q | |
11 | B | Les Mills | 18.56 | 19.00 | – | 19.00 | Q | |
12 | B | Jeff Teale | 18.76 | X | 18.87 | 18.87 | q | |
13 | A | Vilmos Varjú | 18.69 | X | 18.86 | 18.86 | ||
14 | B | Arnjolt Beer | 18.72 | X | X | 18.72 | ||
15 | B | Edy Hubacher | 18.54 | 18.38 | X | 18.54 | ||
16 | B | Guðmundur Hermannsson | 16.24 | 16.77 | 17.35 | 17.35 | ||
17 | B | Georgios Lemonis | 16.43 | X | X | 16.43 | ||
18 | B | Rolando Mendoza | 11.39 | 13.33 | 13.32 | 13.33 | ||
19 | B | Mauricio Jubis | 12.04 | 12.46 | 12.92 | 12.92 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Randy Matson | 20.54 | 20.09 | 18.67 | 20.15 | 20.02 | 20.18 | 20.54 | OR | ||
George Woods | 20.12 | X | X | – | 19.19 | X | 20.12 | |||
Eduard Gushchin | 20.09 | 19.45 | 19.69 | X | X | 19.41 | 20.09 | |||
4 | Dieter Hoffmann | 20.00 | 19.33 | 19.75 | 19.68 | 19.85 | 19.86 | 20.00 | ||
5 | Dave Maggard | 19.43 | 19.33 | 19.75 | 19.68 | 19.85 | 19.86 | 19.43 | ||
6 | Władysław Komar | 18.66 | 19.28 | 18.54 | X | X | 19.21 | 19.28 | ||
7 | Uwe Grabe | 18.20 | 18.74 | 19.03 | 17.43 | 17.66 | 18.34 | 19.03 | ||
8 | Heinfried Birlenbach | 18.80 | 18.48 | X | 18.13 | 18.67 | X | 18.80 | ||
9 | Pierre Colnard | 18.62 | X | 18.79 | N/A | 18.79 | ||||
10 | Jeff Teale | 18.65 | 18.57 | 18.60 | N/A | 18.65 | ||||
11 | Les Mills | 18.18 | 18.01 | 17.95 | N/A | 18.18 | ||||
12 | Traugott Glöckler | X | 17.20 | 18.14 | N/A | 18.14 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
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