1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

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Olympic rings
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sport athletics
discipline Shot put
gender Men
Attendees 23 athletes from 17 countries
Competition location Montreal Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 23, 1976 (qualifying)
July 24, 1976 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Udo Beyer ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Silver medal Yevgeny Mironov ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Bronze medal Alexander Baryshnikov ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 

The men's shot put at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was played on July 23 and 24, 1976 at the Montreal Olympic Stadium. 23 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Udo Beyer from the GDR. He won ahead of Yevgeny Mironov and Alexander Baryschnikow , both from the Soviet Union.

In addition to the Olympic champion, Hans-Peter Gies and Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg also competed for the GDR. Both reached the final. Gies was fifth, Rothenburg tenth.
Ralf Reichenbach from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Jean-Pierre Egger were eliminated in the qualification.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record 22.00 m Alexander Baryshnikov ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  Colombes , France July 10, 1976
Olympic record 21.18 m Władysław Komar ( Poland ) Poland 1944Poland  Final of Munich , Federal Republic of Germany September 9, 1972

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round on July 23. The qualifying distance for the direct entry into the final on July 30th was 19.40 meters. Since only eleven athletes reached this distance, the final field was filled with the pusher who had the next best distance to twelve participants.

Time schedule

July 23, 10.15 a.m .: Qualification
July 24, 3 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are local Montreal time ( UTC − 5 )

The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.

qualification

Date: July 23, 1976, from 10.15 a.m.

Group A

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Hans-Peter Gies Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 20.52 m - - 20.52 m
2 Geoff Capes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 20.40 m - - 20.40 m
3 Hans Höglund SwedenSweden Sweden 19.30 m 19.76 m - 19.76 m
4th Udo Beyer Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 19.69 m - - 19.69 m
5 Peter Shmock United StatesUnited States United States 19.48 m - - 19.48 m
6th George Woods United StatesUnited States United States 19.25 m 19.27 m 19.35 m 19.35 m
7th Yves Brouzet FranceFrance France 18.59 m 18.75 m 19.14 m 19.14 m
8th Ivan Ivančić YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 18.88 m 18.80 m 18.75 m 18.88 m
9 Bruce Pirnie CanadaCanada Canada x 17.82 m x 17.82 m
10 Mohamed Al-Zinkawi KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 13.17 m x x 13.17 m
11 Saad Al-Bishi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 10.89 m 11.68 m x 11.68 m

Group B

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Alexander Baryshnikov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 21.32 m OR - - 21.32 m OR
2 Yevgeny Mironov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 18.97 m 20.26 m - 20.26 m
3 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 19.92 m - - 19.92 m
4th Al Feuerbach United StatesUnited States United States 19.87 m - - 19.87 m
5 Jaroslav Brabec CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 19.80 m - - 19.80 m
6th Reijo Ståhlberg FinlandFinland Finland 19.08 m 19.26 m 19.40 m 19.40 m
7th Ralf Reichenbach Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 19.13 m 19.31 m 18.56 m 19.31 m
8th Hreinn Halldórsson IcelandIceland Iceland x 18.93 m 18.55 m 18.93 m
9 Hans Almström SwedenSweden Sweden 18.31 m 18.76 m x 18.76 m
10 Georges Schroeder BelgiumBelgium Belgium 17.78 m 17.97 m 18.33 m 18.33 m
11 Jean-Pierre Egger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 18.06 m x 18.13 m 18.13 m
12 Juan Adolfo Turri ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 17.24 m 16.79 m 17.76 m 17.76 m

final

Date: July 24, 1976, 3 p.m.

Two weeks before the competition, the Soviet athlete Alexander Baryschnikow had achieved a favorite position with his world record of exactly 22 meters. Baryshnikov was the first athlete to use the new twisting technique in the shot put . In the qualification, Baryschnikow confirmed his special position: In his first stroke he achieved a new Olympic record with 21.32 m . Other medal contenders were the GDR athletes Hans-Peter Gies, Olympic Knights of 1972 , Udo Beyer and Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg and the two Americans Allan Feuerbach and George Woods.

In the final, Baryschnikow took the lead with his first attempt, behind him was the GDR athlete Beyer. However, the widths achieved were not yet at the expected level. In the second round Beyer came within three centimeters of Baryschnikow, but Feuerbach now took the lead with a two centimeter lead; the distances were very close, everything was still open. In lap three, the level rose again. Baryschnikow achieved 21.00 m and took the lead again in front of Feuerbach and Beyer. In the fifth round the order changed significantly again. First Beyer hit the ball to 21.05 m, then Baryschnikow's compatriot Evgeny Mironov came to 21.03 m. Baryschnikow and Feuerbach had slipped to third and fourth place. In the last lap nothing changed in the order. Udo Beyer was Olympic champion, the two Soviet athletes Evgeni Mironow and Alexander Baryschnikow won silver and bronze. Baryshnikov's Olympic record from qualifying was not reached in the final.

Udo Beyer became the first Olympic champion in the GDR in the shot put .

  • Olympic champion Udo Beyer, GDR

  • Hans-Peter Gies from the GDR came in fifth

  • GDR pusher Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg reached tenth place

  • The Olympic champion Al Feuerbach, USA

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Bottom line annotation
1 Udo Beyer Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 20.38 m 20.50 m 20.49 m x 21.05 m 20.45 m 21.05 m
2 Yevgeny Mironov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 19.67 m 20.38 m 20.14 m 20.17 m 21.03 m 20.66 m 21.03 m
3 Alexander Baryshnikov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 20.53 m 20.27 m 21.00 m 20.96 m 20.58 m x 21.00 m
4th Al Feuerbach United StatesUnited States United States 19.74 m 20.55 m 20.07 m 20.21 m 20.10 m 20.32 m 20.55 m
5 Hans-Peter Gies Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 19.98 m 20.19 m 20.47 m 20.45 m 20.11 m 20.13 m 20.47 m
6th Geoff Capes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 20.15 m 20.21 m 20.36 m 20.32 m 20.31 m x 20.36 m
7th George Woods United StatesUnited States United States 20.13 m 19.97 m 20.20 m 20.26 m x 19.87 m 20.26 m
8th Hans Höglund SwedenSweden Sweden 20.17 m 20.10 m 19.85 m 19.61 m x x 20.17 m
9 Peter Shmock United StatesUnited States United States 19.77 m 19.89 m 19.26 m not in the final of the
eight best athletes		 19.89 m
10 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 19.26 m 19.79 m x 19.79 m
11 Jaroslav Brabec CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 19.62 m 19.53 m x 19.62 m
12 Reijo Ståhlberg FinlandFinland Finland 18.78 m 18.99 m 18.82 m 18.99 m

literature

  • Ernst Huberty / Willy B. Wange, The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976, Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, p. 226f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 557 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 17, 2017
  2. ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 17, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 75, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 17, 2017
  4. ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 17, 2017