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

Men's shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands

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, 29 July 1928. Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed.^[1]

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)	29 June 1928
Olympic Record	15.34	Pat McDonald	Stockholm (SWE)	10 July 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	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

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.