| Men's shot put at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 17–18 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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| «1912 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920 and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.
Twenty shot putters from ten nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 15.54 | Ralph Rose | San Francisco (USA) | August 21, 1909 |
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| 16.56(*) | Ralph Rose | Healdsburg (USA) | June 26, 1909 | |
| Olympic Record | 15.34 | Pat McDonald | Stockholm (SWE) | July 10, 1912 |
(*) unofficial, set in an exhibition
The best six shot putters qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
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| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 | Ville Pörhölä (FIN) | 14.035 | 3 | 14.81 |
| 2 | Elmer Niklander (FIN) | 14.155 | 1 | 14.155 |
| 3 | Harry Liversedge (USA) | 13.755 | 4 | 14.15 |
| 4 | Pat McDonald (USA) | 14.08 | 2 | 14.08 |
| 5 | Einar Nilsson (SWE) | 13.735 | 5 | 13.87 |
| 6 | Harald Tammer (EST) | 13.605 | 6 | 13.605 |
| 7 | George Bihlman (USA) | 13.575 | ||
| 8 | Howard Cann (USA) | 13.52 | ||
| 9 | Bertil Jansson (SWE) | 13.27 | ||
| 10 | Armas Taipale (FIN) | 12.945 | ||
| 11 | Frederik Petersen (DEN) | 12.525 | ||
| 12 | Raoul Paoli (FRA) | 12.485 | ||
| 13 | Aurelio Lenzi (ITA) | 12.325 | ||
| 14 | Giuseppe Tugnoli (ITA) | 12.07 | ||
| 15 | Henri Dozolme (FRA) | 11.965 | ||
| 16 | Erik Blomqvist (SWE) | 11.935 | ||
| 17 | Ignacio Izaguirre (ESP) | 11.235 | ||
| 18 | Gaston Wuyts (BEL) | 11.045 | ||
| 19 | Luigi Antognini (SUI) | 10.32 | ||
| 20 | Léon Pothier (BEL) | 10.10 | ||
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