Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
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
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928.

Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Kuck  United States	Herman Brix  United States	Emil Hirschfeld  Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.79	Emil Hirschfeld	Breslau (GER)	June 29, 1928
Olympic Record	15.34	Pat McDonald	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912

At first Herman Brix set a new Olympic record in the first round of the qualification with 15.75 metres. In the second round of the final John Kuck set a new world record with 15.87 metres.

Results

Qualification

The best six shot putters qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only incompletely available for the best six throwers.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Herman Brix (USA)	15.75 OR	15.30e	15.30e	15.75 OR	1	Q
2	Eric Krenz (USA)	13.80	14.99	unk	14.99	4	Q
3	Armas Wahlstedt (FIN)	14.69	14.40e	13.90e	14.69	=5	Q
	Wilhelm Uebler (GER)	14.69	14.64	14.66	14.69	=5	Q
5	Werner Nüesch (SUI)				13.77	10
6	Rex Woods (GBR)				12.70	17
7	Raoul Paoli (FRA)				12.68	18
8	Alexandru Fritz (ROU)				12.55	19
9	22x20px Jesús Aguirre (MEX)				11.33	22

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Emil Hirschfeld (GER)	15.72	14.98	15.52	15.72	2	Q
2	John Kuck (USA)	15.00e	14.80e	15.43	15.43	3	Q
3	Harlow Rothert (USA)				14.68	7
4	József Darányi (HUN)				14.35	8
5	Paavo Yrjölä (FIN)				14.01	9
6	Édouard Duhour (FRA)				13.72	11
7	Nikolai Feldmann (EST)				13.54	12
8	Johan Trandem (NOR)				13.40	13
9	František Douda (TCH)				13.12	14
10	Dimitrios Karabatis (GRE)				12.98	15
11	Ion David (ROU)				12.82	16
12	Auguste Vos (BEL)				12.52	=20
	Robert Howland (GBR)				12.52	=20

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Throw-off
1	John Kuck (USA)	15.03	15.10e	15.87 WR	15.20e	15.87 WR
2	Herman Brix (USA)	15.75	15.40e	15.20e	15.50e	15.75
3	Emil Hirschfeld (GER)	15.72	15.63	14.78	15.01	15.72
4	Eric Krenz (USA)	14.99	unk	unk	unk	14.99
5	Armas Wahlstedt (FIN)	14.69	14.00e	13.90e	13.92	14.69	13.92
6	Wilhelm Uebler (GER)	14.69	13.91	14.58	13.82	14.69	13.82

References

• sports-reference.com
• Official Olympic Report