The Men's Shot Put

Shot put

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 event at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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, Canda

Canda

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, had an entrylist of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 putters) before the final (12) took place on Saturday July 24, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 19.40 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Friday 23, 1976.

Medalists

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  OR	olympic record
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record		22.00 m	June 10, 1976	Colombes, France Colombes Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes ....
Olympic Record		21.18 m	September 9, 1972	Munich, Germany Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		20.52	—	—	20.52 m
2	3		20.40	—	—	20.40 m
3	8		19.30	19.76	—	19.76 m
4	9		19.69	—	—	19.69 m
5	10		19.48	—	—	19.48 m
6	12		19.25	19.27	19.35	19.35 m
7	14		18.59	18.75	19.14	19.14 m
8	16		18.88	18.80	18.75	18.88 m
9	20		X	17.82	X	17.82 m
10	22		13.17	X	X	13.17 m
11	23		10.89	11.68	X	11.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		21.32	—	—	21.32 m	OR
2	4		18.97	20.26	—	20.26 m
3	5		19.92	—	—	19.92 m
4	6		19.87	—	—	19.87 m
5	7		19.80	—	—	19.80 m
6	11		19.08	19.26	19.40	19.40 m
7	13		19.13	19.31	18.56	19.31 m
8	15		X	18.93	18.55	18.93 m
9	17		18.31	18.76	X	18.76 m
10	18		17.78	17.97	18.33	18.33 m
11	19		18.06	X	18.13	18.13 m
12	21		17.24	16.79	17.76	17.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		20.38	20.50	20.49	X	21.05	20.45	21.05 m
		19.67	20.38	20.14	20.17	21.03	20.66	21.03 m
		20.53	20.27	21.00	20.96	20.58	X	21.00 m
4		19.74	20.55	20.07	20.21	20.10	20.32	20.55 m
5		19.98	20.19	20.47	20.45	20.11	20.13	20.47 m
6		20.15	20.21	20.36	20.32	20.31	X	20.36 m
7		20.13	19.97	20.20	20.26	X	19.87	20.26 m
8		20.17	20.10	19.85	19.61	X	X	20.17 m
9		19.77	19.89	19.26				19.89 m
10		19.26	19.79	X				19.79 m
11		19.62	19.53	X				19.62 m
12		18.78	18.99	18.82				18.99 m