Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 3 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Wilbur Thompson United States   Jim Delaney United States   Jim Fuchs United States

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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10 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
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 3. The final was won by American Wilbur Thompson. Thompson's compatriots, Jim Delaney and Jim Fuchs took 2nd and 3rd place.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Wilbur Thompson	United States	16.47	17.12	16.97	16.67	16.80	x	17.12	OR
	Jim Delaney	United States	16.14	16.68	15.88	16.03	16.03	16.28	16.68
	Jim Fuchs	United States	16.32	16.42	15.60	15.56	14.82	16.28	16.42
4	Mieczysław Łomowski	Poland							15.43
5	Gösta Arvidsson	Sweden							15.37
6	Yrjö Lehtilä	Finland							15.05
7	Jaakko Jouppila	Finland							14.59
8	Čestmír Kalina	Czechoslovakia							14.55
9	Konstantinos Giataganas	Greece							14.54
10	Witold Gerutto	Poland							14.37
11	John Giles	Great Britain							13.73
12	Sigfús Sigurðsson	Iceland							13.66

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's shot put, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-11.