Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 13–14
Competitors	19 from 14 nations
Winning distance	20.54 OR
Medalists

The Men's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1]

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	Randy Matson (USA)	21.78 m	College Station, United States	April 23, 1967
Olympic record	Dallas Long (USA)	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
3	A	Randy Matson	United States	18.30	19.75	–	19.75	Q
1	A	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	19.88	–	–	19.88	Q
2	A	George Woods	United States	19.79	–	–	19.79	Q
3	A	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	18.30	19.75	–	19.75	Q
5	B	Pierre Colnard	France	19.57	–	–	19.57	Q
6	A	Heinfried Birlenbach	West Germany	19.43	–	–	19.43	Q
7	A	Dave Maggard	United States	18.73	19.26	–	19.26	Q
8	A	Uwe Grabe	East Germany	18.08	18.59	19.15	19.15	Q
9	A	Władysław Komar	Poland	19.09	–	–	19.09	Q
10	A	Traugott Glöckler	West Germany	18.89	19.09	–	19.09	Q
11	B	Les Mills	New Zealand	18.56	19.00	–	19.00	Q
12	B	Jeff Teale	Great Britain	18.76	X	18.87	18.87	q
13	A	Vilmos Varjú	Hungary	18.69	X	18.86	18.86
14	B	Arnjolt Beer	France	18.72	X	X	18.72
15	B	Edy Hubacher	Switzerland	18.54	18.38	X	18.54
16	B	Guðmundur Hermannsson	Iceland	16.24	16.77	17.35	17.35
17	B	Georgios Lemonis	Greece	16.43	X	X	16.43
18	B	Rolando Mendoza	Nicaragua	11.39	13.33	13.32	13.33
19	B	Mauricio Jubis	El Salvador	12.04	12.46	12.92	12.92

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Randy Matson	United States	20.54	20.09	18.67	20.15	20.02	20.18	20.54	OR
	George Woods	United States	20.12	X	X	–	19.19	X	20.12
	Eduard Gushchin	Soviet Union	20.09	19.45	19.69	X	X	19.41	20.09
4	Dieter Hoffmann	East Germany	20.00	19.33	19.75	19.68	19.85	19.86	20.00
5	Dave Maggard	United States	19.43	19.33	19.75	19.68	19.85	19.86	19.43
6	Władysław Komar	Poland	18.66	19.28	18.54	X	X	19.21	19.28
7	Uwe Grabe	East Germany	18.20	18.74	19.03	17.43	17.66	18.34	19.03
8	Heinfried Birlenbach	West Germany	18.80	18.48	X	18.13	18.67	X	18.80
9	Pierre Colnard	France	18.62	X	18.79	N/A			18.79
10	Jeff Teale	Great Britain	18.65	18.57	18.60	N/A			18.65
11	Les Mills	New Zealand	18.18	18.01	17.95	N/A			18.18
12	Traugott Glöckler	West Germany	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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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Shot put at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1912 Men's two handed shot put