Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venues Olympic Stadium
Dates 23 September (qualification
and final)
Competitors 21 from 17 nations
Winning distance 22.47 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ulf Timmermann
 East Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Randy Barnes
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Werner Günthör
 Switzerland

The Men's Shot Put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Friday September 23, 1988.[1]

Medalists

GoldUlf Timmermann
 East Germany
SilverRandy Barnes
 United States
BronzeWerner Günthör
 Switzerland

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Ulf Timmermann (GDR)23.06 m May 22, 1988Greece Chania, Greece
Olympic Record Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)21.35 m July 30, 1980Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Ulf Timmermann (GDR)22.02 m September 23, 1988South Korea Seoul, South Korea
 Ulf Timmermann (GDR)22.16 m
 Ulf Timmermann (GDR)22.29 m
 Randy Barnes (USA)22.39 m
 Ulf Timmermann (GDR)22.47 m

Qualifying round

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE 1 2 3
1.  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 21.27 m 21.27
2.  Randy Barnes (USA) 20.83 m 20.16 20.83
3.  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 20.18 m 19.72 20.18 19.93
4.  Gert Weil (CHI) 20.18 m 20.18 19.58 19.59
5.  Jim Doehring (USA) 19.73 m 16.89 17.66 19.73
6.  Georgi Todorov (BUL) 19.68 m 19.25 19.02 19.68
7.  Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) 18.89 m 18.89 17.54 –
8.  Ma Yongfeng (CHN) 18.27 m 17.48 17.79 18.27
9.  Ahmed Shatta (EGY) 17.61 m 16.94 17.61 17.37
10.  Paul Edwards (GBR) 17.28 m 17.13 17.11 17.28
11.  Han Min-su (KOR) 15.68 m 15.67 15.68 15.64


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE 1 2 3
1.  Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.97 m X 20.97
2.  Werner Günthör (SUI) 20.70 m 20.70
3.  Sergey Smirnov (URS) 20.48 m 20.13 20.48
4.  Remigius Machura (TCH) 20.16 m 19.88 20.16 X
5.  Georg Andersen (NOR) 20.05 m X 19.95 20.05
6.  Helmut Krieger (POL) 19.75 m 19.42 X 19.75
7.  Gregg Tafralis (USA) 19.71 m 19.71 19.44 X
8.  Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) 19.21 m 19.21 X X
9.  Mohamed Achouch (EGY) 18.94 m 18.19 18.94 18.50
10.  Muhammad Zankawi (KUW) 15.92 m X 15.34 15.92

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE 1 2 3 4 5 6
 Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 m OR 22.02 21.31 22.16 21.90 22.29 22.47
 Randy Barnes (USA) 22.39 m 20.17 20.72 X 21.31 21.01 22.39
 Werner Günthör (SUI) 21.99 m 21.45 21.59 21.70 20.98 21.99 21.61
4.  Udo Beyer (GDR) 21.40 m X 21.40 20.84 20.82 21.30 21.31
5.  Remigius Machura (TCH) 20.57 m 20.57 20.03 20.16 20.36 20.12 20.29
6.  Gert Weil (CHI) 20.38 m 20.22 20.09 X 20.23 20.21 20.38
7.  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 20.36 m 19.71 20.17 20.06 19.93 20.36 20.26
8.  Sergey Smirnov (URS) 20.36 m 20.11 X 20.36 X X X
9.  Gregg Tafralis (USA) 20.16 m 20.16 X X
10.  Georg Andersen (NOR) 19.91 m X X 19.91
11.  Jim Doehring (USA) 19.89 m 19.27 X 19.89
12.  Helmut Krieger (POL) 19.51 m X 19.51 X

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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