Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put

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The men's shot put was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October 1964. 25 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 3 not starting in the qualification round.

Contents 1 Medallists 2 Results 2.1 Qualification 2.2 Final 3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dallas Crutcher Long United States	James Randel Matson United States	Vilmos Varju Hungary

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 17.80 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Dallas Crutcher Long	United States	19.51 metres		19.51	—
2	James Randel Matson	United States	18.92 metres		18.92	—
3	Victor Lipsnis	Soviet Union	18.90 metres		18.90	—
4	Vilmos Varju	Hungary	18.26 metres		18.26	—
5	Zsigmond Nagy	Hungary	18.14 metres		18.14	—
6	Władysław Komar	Poland	18.05 metres		18.05	—
	Leslie Mills	New Zealand	18.05 metres		18.05	—
	Georges Tsakinikas	Greece	18.05 metres		17.72	17.25	18.05
9	Rudolf Langer	Unified Team of Germany	17.90 metres		17.90	—
10	Adolf Varanauskas	Soviet Union	17.86 metres		17.86	—
11	W. Parry O'Brien	United States	17.84 metres		17.84	—
12	Nikolay Karasiov	Soviet Union	17.83 metres		17.83	—
13	Dieter Hoffmann	Unified Team of Germany	17.82 metres		17.45	X	17.82
14	Heinfried Birlenbach	Unified Team of Germany	17.77 metres		17.10	16.79	17.77
15	Alfred Sosgornik	Poland	17.75 metres		X	17.75	X
16	Martyn Taylor Lucking	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	17.67 metres		X	X	17.67
17	Silvano Meconi	Italy	17.29 metres		17.29	17.20	X
18	Lahcen Akka Samsam	Morocco	17.24 metres		X	17.24	X
19	Michael Robert Lindsay	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	17.23 metres		16.77	16.70	17.23
20	Segui Denis Kragbe	Côte d'Ivoire	16.59 metres		16.20	16.59	16.38
21	Itokawa Teruo	Japan	15.84 metres		15.73	15.84	15.56
22	Rim He Kun	Korea	13.64 metres		13.47	13.64	13.37
—	Edmund Piatkowski	Poland	Did not start		—
	Gideon Uriel	Israel	Did not start		—
	Gheorghe Zimbresteanu	Romania	Did not start		—

[edit] Final

The scores from the qualification round were ignored for the final. Each thrower received three attempts; the six that had thrown the longest in those three threw another three times each.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Dallas Crutcher Long	United States	20.33 metres OR		19.61	19.55	19.34	20.33	19.09	X
2	James Randel Matson	United States	20.20 metres		18.53	19.19	18.88	20.20	X	19.62
3	Vilmos Varju	Hungary	19.39 metres		19.23	X	19.39	19.29	18.97	19.25
4	W. Parry O'Brien	United States	19.20 metres		18.95	18.86	19.20	18.32	18.62	18.84
5	Zsigmond Nagy	Hungary	18.88 metres		18.77	X	18.50	18.43	X	18.88
6	Nikolay Karasiov	Soviet Union	18.86 metres		18.86	18.26	X	18.14	17.98	18.18
7	Leslie Mills	New Zealand	18.52 metres		18.19	18.50	18.52
8	Adolf Varanauskas	Soviet Union	18.41 metres		X	18.30	18.41
9	Władysław Komar	Poland	18.20 metres		18.20	X	X
10	Victor Lipsnis	Soviet Union	18.11 metres		17.45	17.86	18.11
11	Rudolf Langer	Unified Team of Germany	17.29 metres		17.29	16.90	X
12	Dieter Hoffmann	Unified Team of Germany	17.11 metres		X	X	17.11
13	Georges Tsakinikas	Greece	16.87 metres		16.87	X	16.38

[edit] References

• Official Report

The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's	100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase | 4x100 m | 4x400 m | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | decathlon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Women's	100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 80 m hurdles | 4x100 m | pentathlon | long jump | high jump | shot put | discus | javelin