1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Shot put | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 15 athletes from 10 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 31, 1932 | ||||||||
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The shot put men at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was on July 31, 1932 in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum discharged. 15 athletes took part.
The American Leo Sexton was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Harlow Rothert . The Czech František Douda won the bronze medal.
Existing records
- World record : 16.05 m - Zygmunt Heljasz ( Poland ), Poznan , June 29, 1932
- Olympic record : 15.87 m - John Kuck ( USA ), Amsterdam final , July 29, 1928
Conducting the competition
On July 31, all athletes went into a qualifying round with three attempts each. The best six competitors had three more attempts in the final, which was held on the same day. The result of the qualification was included in the final result.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. Since the Anglo-American measure - feet and inches - was measured, millimeters are also taken into account in the final.
qualification
Date: July 31, 1932
The Finnish report Olympialaiskisal Los Angelesissa 1932 is the only source that completely presents the test series. Several newspaper reports confirmed the accuracy of the information in this report. The information differs from the official report, as there apparently the widths of the third round were adopted for the placements of places 7 to 14.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
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1 | Leo Sexton | United States | 15.60 m | 15.56 m | 15.72 m | 15,720 m | |
2 | Harlow Rothert | United States | 15.67 m | 15.675 m | 15.43 m | 15.675 m | |
3 | František Douda | Czechoslovakia | 15.61 m | 15.24 m | 14.49 m | 15.610 m | |
4th | Nelson Gray | United States | 15.46 m | 14.90 m | 14.84 m | 15,460 m | |
5 | Emil Hirschfeld | German Empire | 15.21 m | 15.36 m | 15.02 m | 15,360 m | |
6th | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | German Empire | 13.87 m | 14.99 m | 14.75 m | 14,990 m | |
7th | Zygmunt Heljasz | Poland | 13.80 m | 14.80 m | 14.49 m | 14,800 m | |
8th | József Darányi | Hungary | 14.58 m | 14.67 m | 14.67 m | 14,670 m | |
9 | Kalle Järvinen | Finland | 13.80 m | 14.63 m | 13.91 m | 14,630 m | |
10 | Jules Noël | France | 14.37 m | 13.91 m | 14.53 m | 14,530 m | |
11 | Harry Hart | South African Union | 14.47 m | X | 14.22 m | 14,470 m | |
12 | Clement Duhour | France | X | 12.31 m | 13.96 m | 13,960 m | |
13 | Paul Winter | France | 12.57 m | 12.60 m | 13.14 m | 13,140 m | |
14th | Pedro Elsa | Argentina | 11.77 m | X | 11.21 m | 11,770 m | |
ogV | Antônio Lira | Brazil | X | X | X |
final
Date: July 31, 1932
The top of the world were very close together before these games. With the Poland Zygmunt Haljasz, world record holder with 16.05 m, František Douda, Czechoslovakia and Emil Hirschfeld, Germany, three Europeans with bests over 16 meters were just ahead of the US-Americans who qualified for the Olympic competition. But in their homeland, the US shot putters presented themselves at their best, while the Europeans lagged behind their potential. Leo Sexton was the only one to exceed the 16-meter mark with 16.005 m. That meant an Olympic record and brought him the gold medal. Silver went to his compatriot Harlow Rothert, bronze went to František Douda. Emil Hirschfeld, bronze medalist in 1928 , came in fourth place five centimeters behind Douda.
Sexton's win was the eighth win by a US athlete in the ninth Olympic shot put final. It was also the sixth US double victory.
František Douda won the first Olympic medal in athletics for Czechoslovakia.
final | ||||||||
space | Surname | nation | Qualification range | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
1 | Leo Sexton | United States | 15,720 m | 15.94 m | 15.48 m | 16.005 m | 16.005 m | OR |
2 | Harlow Rothert | United States | 15.675 m | 15.43 m | 14.99 m | X | 15.675 m | |
3 | František Douda | Czechoslovakia | 15.610 m | 15.05 m | 15.22 m | 15.33 m | 15.610 m | |
4th | Emil Hirschfeld | German Empire | 15,360 m | 15.38 m | 15.54 m | 15.56 m | 15,560 m | |
5 | Nelson Gray | United States | 15,460 m | 13.74 m | X | X | 15,460 m | |
6th | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | German Empire | 14,990 m | 15.07 m | X | X | 15,070 m | |
7th | Zygmunt Heljasz | Poland | 14,800 m | not in the final | 14,800 m | |||
8th | József Darányi | Hungary | 14,670 m | 14,670 m |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 240f
Web links
- SportsReference Shot Put , accessed September 18, 2017
- Official report pp. 453–454 for comparison, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 18, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 557 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 240f