1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 17, 1920 (qualification) August 18, 1920 (final)
Medalist Ville Pörhölä ( FIN )   Elmer Niklander ( FIN )   Harry Liversedge ( USA )

The shot put men at the Olympic Games 1920 in Antwerp was on 17 and 18 August 1920 in Antwerp Olympic Stadium held. 20 athletes took part.

The Finnish team celebrated a double victory. Ville Pörhölä won the gold medal, silver went to Elmer Niklander . Harry Liversedge from the USA won bronze.

The Swiss Luigi Antognini finished in 19th place in the preliminary fight. German and Austrian athletes were excluded from participating in these games.

Existing records

• World record : 15.54 m - Ralph Rose ( USA ), San Francisco , August 21, 1909
• Olympic record : 15.34 m - Pat McDonald ( USA ), final 1912 , July 10, 1912

Conducting the competition

All 20 starters had to complete a qualifying round on August 17th. The best six athletes advanced to the final, which took place on August 18th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: August 17, 1920

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Elmer Niklander	Finland	14.16 m
2	Pat McDonald	United States	14.08 m
3	Ville Pörhölä	Finland	14.04 m
4th	Harry Liversedge	United States	13.76 m
5	Einar Nilsson	Sweden	13.74 m
6th	Harald Tammer	Estonia	13.61 m
7th	George Bihlman	United States	13,575 m
8th	Howard Cann	United States	13.52 m
9	Bertil Jansson	Sweden	13.27 m
10	Armas Taipale	Finland	12.95 m
11	Frederik Petersen	Denmark	12.53 m
12	Raoul Paoli	France	12.49 m
13	Aurelio Lenzi	Italy	12.33 m
14th	Giuseppe Tugnoli	Italy	12.07 m
15th	Henri Dozolme	France	11.97 m
16	Erik Blomqvist	Sweden	11.94 m
17th	Ignacio Izaguirre	Spain	11.24 m
18th	Gustave Wuyts	Belgium	11.05 m
19th	Luigi Antognini	Switzerland	10.32 m
20th	Léon Pottier	Belgium	10.10 m

final

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Ville Pörhölä	Finland	14.810 m
2	Elmer Niklander	Finland	14.155 m
3	Harry Liversedge	United States	14.150 m
4th	Pat McDonald	United States	14.080 m
5	Einar Nilsson	Sweden	13,870 m
6th	Harald Tammer	Estonia	13.605 m

Date: August 18, 1920

The Olympic champion of 1912 , Patrick McDonald, was handicapped beyond his performance zenit and also by a hand injury. He finished fourth. The Olympic victory went to the Finn Ville Pörhölä, who won with 14.81 m. Pörhöläs compatriot Elmer Niklander - actually a discussion specialist - surprised with the silver medal. The best American Harry Liversedge won bronze.

After five US victories and victory in the interludes of 1906 , a non-American was able to win the sixth Olympic final for the first time. Liversedge's bronze medal was the 13th US medal in the shot put out of a possible 18.

Picture gallery

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  Olympic Champion Ville Pörhölä (FIN)

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  Elmer Niklander (FIN), winner of the silver medal (photo from 1912)

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  Harry Liversedge (USA), later Brigadier General of the US Marines, wins bronze

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  Defending champion Pat McDonald (USA) takes 4th place (photo from 1912)

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  Armas Taipale (FIN), 1912 Olympic champion in the discus throw, finished tenth

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 146

Web links

• SportsReference Shot Put , accessed September 3, 2017

Video

• Ville Pörhölä - 1920 Olympic Games , published July 4, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed September 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 548 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Official report ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) p. 117, French. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)