Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928. Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.[2] The event was won by Johnny Kuck of the United States, the nation's second consecutive, and seventh overall, victory in the men's shot put. Kuck set a new world record. Future film star Bruce Bennett, then still using his birth name Herman Brix, took silver. Emil Hirschfeld won Germany's first shot put medal with bronze.

Men's shot put
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Men's shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 29
Competitors22 from 14 nations
Winning distance15.87 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Kuck
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bruce Bennett
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emil Hirschfeld
 Germany
← 1924
1932 →

Background

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This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Ninth-place finisher Raoul Paoli of France was the highest-placed returning thrower from the 1924 Games. The world record holder and favorite coming into the event was Emil Hirschfeld of Germany, attempting to become only the second man from outside the United States to win.[3]

Czechoslovakia and Romania made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States appeared for the eighth time, the only nation to have competed in all Olympic shot put competitions to date.

Competition format

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The competition continued to use the two-round format employed since 1900 and maintained since 1908, wherein results carried over between rounds. During the qualifying round, each athlete was allotted three throws. The six highest-scoring male athletes advanced to the final, where they were granted an additional three throws. The best outcome, whether from the qualifying or final round, was taken into consideration for determining the final rankings.[3][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record   Emil Hirschfeld (GER) 15.79 Breslau, Weimar Republic 29 June 1928
Olympic record   Pat McDonald (USA) 15.34 Stockholm, Sweden 10 July 1912

At first Bruce Bennett set a new Olympic record in the first round of the qualification with 15.75 metres. Emil Hirschfeld also threw better than the old Olympic record in the first throw, but was 3 centimetres short of Bennett's new mark. In the second round of the final John Kuck set a new world record with 15.87 metres.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 21 July 1928 14:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

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The best six shot putters qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only incompletely available for the best six throwers.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Throw-off Notes
  2 John Kuck   United States 15.00e 14.80e 15.43 15.10e 15.87 WR 15.20e 15.87 WR
  1 Bruce Bennett   United States 15.75 OR 15.30e 15.30e 15.40e 15.20e 15.50e 15.75
  2 Emil Hirschfeld   Germany 15.72 14.98 15.52 15.63 14.78 15.01 15.72
4 1 Eric Krenz   United States 13.80 14.99 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 14.99
5 1 Armas Wahlstedt   Finland 14.69 14.40e 13.90e 14.00e 13.90e 13.92 14.69 13.92
6 1 Wilhelm Uebler   Germany 14.69 14.64 14.66 13.91 14.58 13.82 14.69 13.82
7 2 Harlow Rothert   United States Unknown Did not advance 14.68
8 2 József Darányi   Hungary Unknown Did not advance 14.35
9 2 Paavo Yrjölä   Finland Unknown Did not advance 14.01
10 1 Werner Nüesch   Switzerland Unknown Did not advance 13.77
11 2 Édouard Duhour   France Unknown Did not advance 13.72
12 2 Nikolai Feldmann   Estonia Unknown Did not advance 13.54
13 2 Johan Trandem   Norway Unknown Did not advance 13.40
14 2 František Douda   Czechoslovakia Unknown Did not advance 13.12
15 2 Dimitrios Karabatis   Greece Unknown Did not advance 12.98
16 2 Ion David   Romania Unknown Did not advance 12.82
17 1 Rex Woods   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance 12.70
18 1 Raoul Paoli   France Unknown Did not advance 12.68
19 1 Alexandru Fritz   Romania Unknown Did not advance 12.55
20 2 Auguste Vos   Belgium Unknown Did not advance 12.52
2 Robert Howland   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance 12.52
22 1 Jesús Aguirre   Mexico Unknown Did not advance 11.33

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 454.
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