Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 17–18
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
   Finland
   Finland
   United States
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeplechase men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
3 km walk men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
56 lb weight throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. 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 United States Ralph Rose San Francisco (USA) August 21, 1909
16.56(*) United States Ralph Rose Healdsburg (USA) June 26, 1909
Olympic Record 15.34 United States Pat McDonald Stockholm (SWE) 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  Ville Pörhölä (FIN) 14.035 3 14.81
2  Elmer Niklander (FIN) 14.155 1 14.155
3  Harry Liversedge (USA) 13.755 4 14.15
4  Pat McDonald (USA) 14.08 2 14.08
5  Einar Nilsson (SWE) 13.735 5 13.87
6  Harald Tammer (EST) 13.605 6 13.605
7  George Bihlman (USA) 13.575
8  Howard Cann (USA) 13.52
9  Bertil Jansson (SWE) 13.27
10  Armas Taipale (FIN) 12.945
11  Frederik Petersen (DEN) 12.525
12  Raoul Paoli (FRA) 12.485
13  Aurelio Lenzi (ITA) 12.325
14  Giuseppe Tugnoli (ITA) 12.07
15  Henri Dozolme (FRA) 11.965
16  Erik Blomqvist (SWE) 11.935
17  Ignacio Izaguirre (ESP) 11.235
18  Gaston Wuyts (BEL) 11.045
19  Luigi Antognini (SUI) 10.32
20  Léon Pothier (BEL) 10.10

References

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