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

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 Bruce Bennett 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.

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.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nation	Qualification				Final				Throw-off
				#1	#2	#3	Result	#4	#5	#6	Result
	2	John Kuck	United States	15.00e	14.80e	15.43	15.43	15.10e	15.87 WR	15.20e	15.87
	1	Bruce Bennett	United States	15.75 OR	15.30e	15.30e	15.75	15.40e	15.20e	15.50e	15.75
	2	Emil Hirschfeld	Germany	15.72	14.98	15.52	15.72	15.63	14.78	15.01	15.72
4	1	Eric Krenz	United States	13.80	14.99	?	14.99	?	?	?	14.99
5	1	Armas Wahlstedt	Finland	14.69	14.40e	13.90e	14.69	14.00e	13.90e	13.92	14.69	13.92
6	1	Wilhelm Uebler	Germany	14.69	14.64	14.66	14.69	13.91	14.58	13.82	14.69	13.82
7	2	Harlow Rothert	United States				14.68	Did not advance
8	2	József Darányi	Hungary				14.35	Did not advance
9	2	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland				14.01	Did not advance
10	1	Werner Nüesch	Switzerland				13.77	Did not advance
11	2	Édouard Duhour	France				13.72	Did not advance
12	2	Nikolai Feldmann	Estonia				13.54	Did not advance
13	2	Johan Trandem	Norway				13.40	Did not advance
14	2	František Douda	Czechoslovakia				13.12	Did not advance
15	2	Dimitrios Karabatis	Greece				12.98	Did not advance
16	2	Ion David	Romania				12.82	Did not advance
17	1	Rex Woods	Great Britain				12.70	Did not advance
18	1	Raoul Paoli	France				12.68	Did not advance
19	1	Alexandru Fritz	Romania				12.55	Did not advance
20	2	Auguste Vos	Belgium				12.52	Did not advance
	2	Robert Howland	Great Britain				12.52	Did not advance
22	1	Jesús Aguirre	Mexico				11.33	Did not advance

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