Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Shot Put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canda, had an entrylist of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 putters) before the final (12) took place on Saturday July 24, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 19.40 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Friday 23, 1976.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Udo Beyer
East Germany (GDR)
Silver  Yevgeny Mironov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze  Aleksandr Baryshnikov
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record  Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) 22.00 m June 10, 1976 Colombes, France
Olympic Record  Władysław Komar (POL) 21.18 m September 9, 1972 Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 2  Hans-Peter Gies (GDR) 20.52 — — 20.52 m
2 3  Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.40 — — 20.40 m
3 8  Hans Höglund (SWE) 19.30 19.76 — 19.76 m
4 9  Udo Beyer (GDR) 19.69 — — 19.69 m
5 10  Pete Shmock (USA) 19.48 — — 19.48 m
6 12  George Woods (USA) 19.25 19.27 19.35 19.35 m
7 14  Yves Brouzet (FRA) 18.59 18.75 19.14 19.14 m
8 16  Ivan Ivančić (YUG) 18.88 18.80 18.75 18.88 m
9 20  Bruce Pirnie (CAN) X 17.82 X 17.82 m
10 22  Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 13.17 X X 13.17 m
11 23  Saad Al-Bishi (KSA) 10.89 11.68 X 11.68 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 1  Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) 21.32 — — 21.32 m OR
2 4  Yevgeny Mironov (URS) 18.97 20.26 — 20.26 m
3 5  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 19.92 — — 19.92 m
4 6  Al Feuerbach (USA) 19.87 — — 19.87 m
5 7  Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) 19.80 — — 19.80 m
6 11  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) 19.08 19.26 19.40 19.40 m
7 13  Ralf Reichenbach (FRG) 19.13 19.31 18.56 19.31 m
8 15  Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL) X 18.93 18.55 18.93 m
9 17  Hans Almström (SWE) 18.31 18.76 X 18.76 m
10 18  Jos Schroeder (BEL) 17.78 17.97 18.33 18.33 m
11 19  Jean-Pierre Egger (SUI) 18.06 X 18.13 18.13 m
12 21  Juan Adolfo Turri (ARG) 17.24 16.79 17.76 17.76 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.38 20.50 20.49 X 21.05 20.45 21.05 m
 Yevgeny Mironov (URS) 19.67 20.38 20.14 20.17 21.03 20.66 21.03 m
 Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) 20.53 20.27 21.00 20.96 20.58 X 21.00 m
4  Al Feuerbach (USA) 19.74 20.55 20.07 20.21 20.10 20.32 20.55 m
5  Hans-Peter Gies (GDR) 19.98 20.19 20.47 20.45 20.11 20.13 20.47 m
6  Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.15 20.21 20.36 20.32 20.31 X 20.36 m
7  George Woods (USA) 20.13 19.97 20.20 20.26 X 19.87 20.26 m
8  Hans Höglund (SWE) 20.17 20.10 19.85 19.61 X X 20.17 m
9  Pete Shmock (USA) 19.77 19.89 19.26 19.89 m
10  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 19.26 19.79 X 19.79 m
11  Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) 19.62 19.53 X 19.62 m
12  Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) 18.78 18.99 18.82 18.99 m

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