Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
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3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
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20 km walk		men
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Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
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Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Shot Put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States had an entrylist of 19 competitors. The final was held on August 11, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Alessandro Andrei Italy (ITA)
Silver	Mike Carter United States (USA)
Bronze	Dave Laut United States (USA)

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 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Udo Beyer (GDR)	22.22 m	June 25, 1983	Los Angeles, United States
Olympic Record	Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)	21.35 m	July 30, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Results

Qualification

• Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.70 metres advanced to the final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE	1	2	3
1.	Mike Carter (USA)	20.69 m	20.69	—	—
2.	Augie Wolf (USA)	20.55 m	20.55	—	—
3.	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	20.18 m	20.18	—	—
4.	Marco Montelatici (ITA)	20.14 m	20.14	—	—
5.	Dave Laut (USA)	20.01 m	20.01	—	—
6.	Sören Tallhem (SWE)	19.94 m	19.94	—	—
7.	Gert Weil (CHI)	19.94 m	19.38	19.92	—
8.	Werner Günthör (SUI)	19.71 m	19.28	19.71	—
9.	Aulis Akonniemi (FIN)	19.38 m	19.13	19.34	19.38
10.	Erik de Bruin (NED)	19.28 m	19.20	19.28	19.07
11.	Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)	19.00 m	19.00	X	18.95
12.	Karsten Stolz (FRG)	18.98 m	18.98	X	17.67
13.	Erwin Weitzl (AUT)	18.96 m	18.03	18.96	X
14.	Dimitrios Koutsoukis (GRE)	18.74 m	18.74	18.62	18.60
15.	Ahmed Kamel Shatta (EGY)	18.58 m	18.13	17.95	18.58
16.	Yngve Wahlander (SWE)	18.28	X	18.28	18.27
17.	Ahmed Mohamed Achouche (EGY)	18.11	18.11	X	17.14
18.	Matt Catalano (CAN)	17.24	17.10	17.24	16.91
18.	Henry Smith (SAM)	16.09	16.09	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	20.41	20.97	21.26	20.55	20.92	20.96	21.26 m
	Mike Carter (USA)	20.63	20.69	21.09	20.42	X	20.38	21.09 m
	Dave Laut (USA)	20.97	18.39	X	20.03	20.31	20.97	20.97 m
4	Augie Wolf (USA)	20.04	19.91	19.41	20.08	19.74	20.93	20.93 m
5	Werner Günthör (SUI)	20.28	X	X	19.38	X	20.11	20.28 m
6	Marco Montelatici (ITA)	19.88	19.26	19.98	19.35	19.85	X	19.98 m
7	Sören Tallhem (SWE)	19.81	X	19.54	X	X	—	19.81 m
8	Erik de Bruin (NED)	19.65	X	X	—	X	X	19.65 m
9	Aulis Akonniemi (FIN)	18.98	X	X				18.98 m
10	Gert Weil (CHI)	18.19	18.69	X				18.69 m
11	Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)	18.39	X	X				18.39 m
12	Karsten Stolz (FRG)	18.31	X	18.21				18.31 m

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)

References

• Results
• sports-reference