1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	22 athletes from 14 countries
Competition location	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 2, 1936
Medalist Hans Woellke ( GER ) Sulo Bärlund ( FIN ) Gerhard Stöck ( GER )
← 1932 1948 →

The men's shot put at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 2, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 22 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the German Hans Woellke ahead of the Finn Sulo Bärlund . The bronze medal was won by Gerhard Stöck from Germany.

Existing records

• World record : 17.40 m - Jack Torrance ( USA ), Oslo , August 5, 1934
• Olympic record : 16.005 m - Leo Sexton ( USA ), Los Angeles final , July 31, 1932

Conducting the competition

The athletes began with a qualifying round. To qualify for the preliminary competition, the participants had to create at least 14.50 m. In the preliminary battle, each participant had three attempts. The best six athletes then qualified for another three attempts in the final. The result of the pre-match was included in the final result. All partial competitions were held on August 2nd.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The order and width of the trial series in the qualifying round are not known.

qualification

August 2, 1936, 11.00 a.m.
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 10 ° C, wind speed approx. 1.6 m / s.

Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
Sulo Bärlund	Finland	k. A.
Gunnar Bergh	Sweden
József Darányi	Hungary
František Douda	Czechoslovakia
Sam Francis	United States
Karel Hoplíček	Czechoslovakia
István Horváth	Hungary
Aleksa Kovačević	Yugoslavia
Risto Kuntsi	Finland
Hans-Heinrich Sievert	German Empire
Gerhard Stock	German Empire
Jack Torrance	United States
Arnold Viiding	Estonia
Hans Woellke	German Empire
Dimitri Zaitz	United States
Chen Baoqiu	China	k. A.
Antônio Lira	Brazil
Jules Noël	France
Abdul Rahim	Afghanistan
Shizuo Takada	Japan
Miroslav Vítek	Czechoslovakia
Jean Wagner	Luxembourg

Pre-fight

The Czechoslovak František Douda failed in the semi-finals

August 2, 1936, 5.30 p.m.
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 10 ° C, wind speed approx. 1.6 m / s.
Note: The best sizes are printed in bold.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	result	annotation
1	Sulo Bärlund	Finland	15.68 m	16.03 m	14.98 m	16.03 m	OR
2	Hans Woellke	German Empire	15.96 m	14.76 m	15.72 m	15.96 m
3	Gerhard Stock	German Empire	15.56 m	15.56 m	15.14 m	15.56 m
4th	Sam Francis	United States	15.45 m	15.09 m	15.09 m	15.45 m
5	Jack Torrance	United States	15.38 m	14.40 m	15.34 m	15.38 m
6th	Dimitri Zaitz	United States	15.32 m	14.16 m	14.09 m	15.32 m
7th	František Douda	Czechoslovakia	15.09 m	15.05 m	15.28 m	15.28 m
8th	Arnold Viiding	Estonia	14.72 m	14.31 m	15.23 m	15.23 m
9	Gunnar Bergh	Sweden	14.83 m	15.01 m	14.51 m	15.01 m
10	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	German Empire	14.79 m	14.43 m	13.23 m	14.79 m
11	Aleksa Kovačević	Yugoslavia	14.74 m	x	14.27 m	14.74 m
12	József Darányi	Hungary	14.63 m	14.45 m	x	14.63 m
13	Risto Kuntsi	Finland	x	14.20 m	14.61 m	14.61 m
14th	István Horváth	Hungary	13.66 m	14.18 m	14.32 m	14.32 m
15th	Karel Hoplíček	Czechoslovakia	14.12 m	13.72 m	13.34 m	14.12 m

final

August 6, 1936
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 10 ° C, wind speed approx. 1.6 m / s.

World record holder Jack Torrance was not in a position to push for gold due to health problems. With 15.38 m he managed a fifth place. Hans Woellke was able to hit the ball to 15.96 m in the first pre-fight attempt, but the Finn Bärlund countered with a new Olympic record of 16.03 m. Barlund, who had managed the only 16-meter push so far, led up to the fifth round. And in the fifth attempt he improved to 16.12 m. In this round, however, Woellke increased to the Olympic record distance of 16.20 m and thus won the gold medal in front of Bärlund. Third was the German Gerhard Stöck, who was supposed to achieve even greater things in the javelin throw , with 15.66 m.

Hans Woellke won the first German gold medal in the shot put .
For the first time, there was no medalist from the USA in this discipline.
Note: The best sizes are printed in bold.

				final
space	Surname	nation	Qualification range	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Hans Woellke	German Empire	15.96 m	15.90 m	16.20 m	14.98 m	16.20 m	OR
2	Sulo Bärlund	Finland	16.03 m	15.52 m	16.12 m	15.42 m	16.12 m
3	Gerhard Stock	German Empire	15.56 m	15.29 m	14.78 m	15.66 m	15.66 m
4th	Sam Francis	United States	15.45 m	x	14.57 m	13.61 m	15.45 m
5	Jack Torrance	United States	15.38 m	14.79 m	14.57 m	14.56 m	15.38 m
6th	Dimitri Zaitz	United States	15.32 m	14.09 m	x	14.85 m	15.32 m
7th	František Douda	Czechoslovakia	15.28 m	not in the final			15.28 m
8th	Arnold Viiding	Estonia	15.23 m				15.23 m

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 294f

Web links

• SportsReference Shot Put , accessed September 21, 2017
• Official report , pp. 678-679, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 21, 2017
• 1936, Shot Putt, Men, Olympic Games, 1936 , published August 2, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 557 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official report p. 678, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)