Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 13–14
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Winning distance20.54 OR
Medalists
 Randy Matson  United States
 George Woods  United States
 Eduard Gushchin  Soviet Union
Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The Men's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Randy Matson (USA) 21.78 m College Station, United States April 23, 1967
Olympic record  Dallas Long (USA) 20.33 m Tokyo, Japan October 17, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 18.90m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
3 A Matson, RandyRandy Matson United States 18.30 19.75 – 19.75 Q
1 A Gushchin, EduardEduard Gushchin Soviet Union 19.88 – – 19.88 Q
2 A Woods, GeorgeGeorge Woods United States 19.79 – – 19.79 Q
3 A Hoffmann, DieterDieter Hoffmann East Germany 18.30 19.75 – 19.75 Q
5 B Colnard, PierrePierre Colnard France 19.57 – – 19.57 Q
6 A Birlenbach, HeinfriedHeinfried Birlenbach West Germany 19.43 – – 19.43 Q
7 A Maggard, DaveDave Maggard United States 18.73 19.26 – 19.26 Q
8 A Grabe, UweUwe Grabe East Germany 18.08 18.59 19.15 19.15 Q
9 A Komar, WładysławWładysław Komar Poland 19.09 – – 19.09 Q
10 A Glöckler, TraugottTraugott Glöckler West Germany 18.89 19.09 – 19.09 Q
11 B Mills, LesLes Mills New Zealand 18.56 19.00 – 19.00 Q
12 B Teale, JeffJeff Teale Great Britain 18.76 X 18.87 18.87 q
13 A Varjú, VilmosVilmos Varjú Hungary 18.69 X 18.86 18.86
14 B Beer, ArnjoltArnjolt Beer France 18.72 X X 18.72
15 B Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher Switzerland 18.54 18.38 X 18.54
16 B Hermannsson, GuðmundurGuðmundur Hermannsson Iceland 16.24 16.77 17.35 17.35
17 B Lemonis, GeorgiosGeorgios Lemonis Greece 16.43 X X 16.43
18 B Mendoza, RolandoRolando Mendoza Nicaragua 11.39 13.33 13.32 13.33
19 B Jubis, MauricioMauricio Jubis El Salvador 12.04 12.46 12.92 12.92

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Matson, RandyRandy Matson United States 20.54 20.09 18.67 20.15 20.02 20.18 20.54 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Woods, GeorgeGeorge Woods United States 20.12 X X – 19.19 X 20.12
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gushchin, EduardEduard Gushchin Soviet Union 20.09 19.45 19.69 X X 19.41 20.09
4 Hoffmann, DieterDieter Hoffmann East Germany 20.00 19.33 19.75 19.68 19.85 19.86 20.00
5 Maggard, DaveDave Maggard United States 19.43 19.33 19.75 19.68 19.85 19.86 19.43
6 Komar, WładysławWładysław Komar Poland 18.66 19.28 18.54 X X 19.21 19.28
7 Grabe, UweUwe Grabe East Germany 18.20 18.74 19.03 17.43 17.66 18.34 19.03
8 Birlenbach, HeinfriedHeinfried Birlenbach West Germany 18.80 18.48 X 18.13 18.67 X 18.80
9 Colnard, PierrePierre Colnard France 18.62 X 18.79 N/A 18.79
10 Teale, JeffJeff Teale Great Britain 18.65 18.57 18.60 N/A 18.65
11 Mills, LesLes Mills New Zealand 18.18 18.01 17.95 N/A 18.18
12 Glöckler, TraugottTraugott Glöckler West Germany X 17.20 18.14 N/A 18.14

References

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