The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920 and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

Twenty shot putters from ten nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.54	Ralph Rose Ralph Rose Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....	San Francisco San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 21, 1909
	16.56(*)	Ralph Rose Ralph Rose Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....	Healdsburg Healdsburg, California Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 11,254...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	June 26, 1909
Olympic Record	15.34	Pat McDonald	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 10, 1912

(*) unofficial, set in an exhibition

Results

The best six shot putters qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Qual.		Final
		Distance	Rank
1		14.035	3	14.81
2		14.155	1	14.155
3		13.755	4	14.15
4		14.08	2	14.08
5		13.735	5	13.87
6		13.605	6	13.605
7		13.575
8		13.52
9		13.27
10		12.945
11		12.525
12		12.485
13		12.325
14		12.07
15		11.965
16		11.935
17		11.235
18		11.045
19		10.32
20		10.10