The men's shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928.

Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.79	Emil Hirschfeld Emil Hirschfeld Emil Hirschfeld was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.He was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin....	Breslau (GER Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government... )	June 29, 1928
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

At first Herman Brix

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. During the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix .-Early life and Olympics:...

 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

John Kuck

John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.Born in Wilson, Kansas, Kuck competed for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event.-References:*...

 set a new world record with 15.87 metres.

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		15.75 OR	15.30e	15.30e	15.75 OR	1	Q
2		13.80	14.99	unk	14.99	4	Q
3		14.69	14.40e	13.90e	14.69	=5	Q
		14.69	14.64	14.66	14.69	=5	Q
5					13.77	10
6					12.70	17
7					12.68	18
8					12.55	19
9					11.33	22

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		15.72	14.98	15.52	15.72	2	Q
2		15.00e	14.80e	15.43	15.43	3	Q
3					14.68	7
4					14.35	8
5					14.01	9
6					13.72	11
7					13.54	12
8					13.40	13
9					13.12	14
10					12.98	15
11					12.82	16
12					12.52	=20
					12.52	=20

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

12-hour clock

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Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Throw-off
1		15.03	15.10e	15.87 WR	15.20e	15.87 WR
2		15.75	15.40e	15.20e	15.50e	15.75
3		15.72	15.63	14.78	15.01	15.72
4		14.99	unk	unk	unk	14.99
5		14.69	14.00e	13.90e	13.92	14.69	13.92
6		14.69	13.91	14.58	13.82	14.69	13.82