| Men's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |
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| Dates | August 3 (qualifying and final) | ||||||
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| «1936 | 1952» | ||||||
| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 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 | |||
| 10 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 | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 3. The final was won by American Wilbur Thompson. Thompson's compatriots, Jim Delaney and Jim Fuchs took 2nd and 3rd place.
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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| Wilbur Thompson | United States | 16.470 | 17.120 | 16.970 | 16.670 | 16.800 | x | 17.120 | OR | |
| Jim Delaney | United States | 16.140 | 16.680 | 15.880 | 16.030 | 16.030 | 16.280 | 16.680 | ||
| Jim Fuchs | United States | 16.320 | 16.420 | 15.600 | 15.560 | 14.820 | 16.280 | 16.420 | ||
| 4 | Mieczysław Łomowski | Poland | 15.430 | |||||||
| 5 | Gösta Arvidsson | Sweden | 15.370 | |||||||
| 6 | Yrjö Lehtilä | Finland | 15.050 | |||||||
| 7 | Jaakko Jouppila | Finland | 14.590 | |||||||
| 8 | Čestmír Kalina | Czechoslovakia | 14.550 | |||||||
| 9 | Konstantinos Giataganas | Greece | 14.540 | |||||||
| 10 | Witold Gerutto | Poland | 14.370 | |||||||
| 11 | John Giles | Great Britain | 13.730 | |||||||
| 12 | Sigfús Sigurðsson | Iceland | 13.660 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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