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 | ||||||||
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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.
Pre-fight
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 |
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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
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 557 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Official report p. 678, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)