Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the 1988 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		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
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Marathon		men		women
20 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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Shot Put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Friday September 23, 1988.

Medalists

Gold	Ulf Timmermann East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Randy Barnes United States (USA)
Bronze	Werner Günthör Switzerland (SUI)

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 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	23.06 m	May 22, 1988	Chania, Greece
Olympic Record	Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)	21.35 m	July 30, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.02 m	September 23, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.16 m
	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.29 m
	Randy Barnes (USA)	22.39 m
	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.47 m

Qualifying round

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE	1	2	3
1.	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	21.27 m	21.27	-	-
2.	Randy Barnes (USA)	20.83 m	20.16	20.83	-
3.	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	20.18 m	19.72	20.18	19.93
4.	Gert Weil (CHI)	20.18 m	20.18	19.58	19.59
5.	Jim Doehring (USA)	19.73 m	16.89	17.66	19.73
6.	Georgi Todorov (BUL)	19.68 m	19.25	19.02	19.68
7.	Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)	18.89 m	18.89	17.54	-
8.	Ma Yongfeng (CHN)	18.27 m	17.48	17.79	18.27
9.	Ahmed Shatta (EGY)	17.61 m	16.94	17.61	17.37
10.	Paul Edwards (GBR)	17.28 m	17.13	17.11	17.28
11.	Han Min-Soo (KOR)	15.68 m	15.67	15.68	15.64

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE	1	2	3
1.	Udo Beyer (GDR)	20.97 m	X	20.97	-
2.	Werner Günthör (SUI)	20.70 m	20.70	-	-
3.	Sergey Smirnov (URS)	20.48 m	20.13	20.48	-
4.	Remigius Machura (TCH)	20.16 m	19.88	20.16	X
5.	Georg Andersen (NOR)	20.05 m	X	19.95	20.05
6.	Helmut Krieger (POL)	19.75 m	19.42	X	19.75
7.	Gregg Tafralis (USA)	19.71 m	19.71	19.44	X
8.	Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL)	19.21 m	19.21	X	X
9.	Mohamed Achouch (EGY)	18.94 m	18.19	18.94	18.50
10.	Muhammad Zankawi (KUW)	15.92 m	X	15.34	15.92

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.47 m OR	22.02	21.31	22.16	21.90	22.29	22.47
	Randy Barnes (USA)	22.39 m	20.17	20.72	X	21.31	21.01	22.39
	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.99 m	21.45	21.59	21.70	20.98	21.99	21.61
4.	Udo Beyer (GDR)	21.40 m	X	21.40	20.84	20.82	21.30	21.31
5.	Remigius Machura (TCH)	20.57 m	20.57	20.03	20.16	20.36	20.12	20.29
6.	Gert Weil (CHI)	20.38 m	20.22	20.09	X	20.23	20.21	20.38
7.	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	20.36 m	19.71	20.17	20.06	19.93	20.36	20.26
8.	Sergey Smirnov (URS)	20.36 m	20.11	X	20.36	X	X	X
9.	Gregg Tafralis (USA)	20.16 m	20.16	X	X
10.	Georg Andersen (NOR)	19.91 m	X	X	19.91
11.	Jim Doehring (USA)	19.89 m	19.27	X	19.89
12.	Helmut Krieger (POL)	19.51 m	X	19.51	X

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)

References

• (English) Official Report
• (English) todor66