1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	19 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 11, 1984
Medalist Alessandro Andrei ( ITA )   Michael Carter ( USA )   Dave Laut ( USA )

The shot put men at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles was on 11 August 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum discharged. 19 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Italian Alessandro Andrei . He won ahead of the two Americans Michael Carter and Dave Laut .

Karsten Stolz competed for the Federal Republic of Germany. He reached the final and finished twelve there.
The Swiss Werner Günthör also qualified for the final. He finished fifth.
The Austrian Erwin Weitzl failed in the qualification.
Athletes from Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1980	Vladimir Kisselev ( Soviet Union )	21.35 m	Moscow 1980
World Champion 1983	Edward Sarul ( Poland )	21.39 m	Helsinki 1983
European Champion 1982	Udo Beyer ( GDR )	21.50 m	Athens 1982
Pan American Most 1983r	Luis Delís ( Cuba )	18.24 m	Caracas 1983
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1983	Paul Ruiz ( Cuba )	17.76 m	Havana 1983
South America Champion 1983	Gert Weil ( Chile )	15.64 m	Santa Fe 1983
Asian champion 1983	Mohamed Al-Zinkawi ( Kuwait )	17.90 m	Kuwait City 1983
African champions 1982	Youssef Nagui Assad ( Egypt )	20.44 m	Cairo 1982

Existing records

World record	22.22 m	Udo Beyer ( GDR )	Los Angeles , USA	June 25, 1983
Olympic record	21.35 min	Vladimir Kisselev ( Soviet Union )	Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	July 30, 1980

qualification

Date: August 11, 1984

For the qualification, the athletes were drawn into two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 19.70 m. Since only eight athletes achieved this performance, the final field was filled with the next best participants from both groups, the so-called lucky losers , to twelve participants. So 18.98 m was enough for the final. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	August Wolf	United States	20.55 m	-	-	20.55 m
2	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	20.18 m	-	-	20.18 m
3	Dave Loud	United States	20.01 m	-	-	20.01 m
4th	Soeren Tallhem	Sweden	19.94 m	-	-	19.94 m
5	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	19.28 m	19.71 m	-	19.71 m
6th	Bishop Dolegiewicz	Canada	19.00 m	x	18.95 m	19.00 m
7th	Ahmed Shata	Egypt	18.13 m	17.95 m	18.58 m	18.58 m
8th	Henry Smith	Western Samoa	16.09 m	x	x	16.09 m
DNS	Stefan Fernholm	Sweden
	Bruno Pauletto	Canada
	Kari Toeyrylae	Finland

Group B

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Michael Carter	United States	20.69 m	-	-	20.69 m
2	Marco Montelatici	Italy	20.14 m	-	-	20.14 m
3	Gert Weil	Chile	19.38 m	19.94 m	-	19.94 m
4th	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	19.13 m	19.34 m	19.38 m	19.38 m
5	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	19.20 m	19.28 m	19.07 m	19.28 m
6th	Karsten pride	BR Germany	18.98 m	x	17.67 m	18.98 m
7th	Erwin Weitzl	Austria	18.03 m	18.96 m	x	18.96 m
8th	Dimitrios Koutsoukis	Greece	18.74 m	18.52 m	18.60 m	18.74 m
9	Yngve Wahlander	Sweden	x	18.28 m	18.27 m	18.28 m
10	Mohammed Achouche	Egypt	18.11 m	x	17.14 m	18.11 m
11	Martino Catalano	Canada	17.10 m	17.24 m	16.91 m	17.24 m

final

The Dutchman Erik de Bruin was Olympic eight

Date: August 11, 1984

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final. Eight of them had made the required qualification distance, the field was filled with the next best participants from both groups. Three Americans and two Italians had progressed. There was also one athlete from the Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Chile, Finland, Canada and the Netherlands. Each participant initially had three attempts. The best eight athletes were then able to complete three more attempts.

The Olympic boycott prevented the participation of the world record holder Udo Beyer from the GDR, the world champion Edward Sarul from Poland and the athletes from the Soviet Union. Vice world champion Ulf Timmermann , GDR, was also absent for the same reason. The favorites were now the three US athletes Michael Carter, Dave Laut and August Wolf. The Italian Alessandro Andrei and the Swiss Werner Günthör belonged to the other group of contenders for the top positions.

In the final, Laut took the lead with 20.97 m. Carter and Andrei lay behind him. On lap two, Andrei pushed the ball to the same distance as Laut and took over the lead because his second best shot was further than Laut's second best attempt. Carter improved a minimum of six centimeters, but couldn't get any closer to the two leaders. In the third round, Andrei took the sole lead with 21.26 m. Carter pushed past Laut at 21.09 meters. The Swiss Günthör was in fourth place ahead of Wolf. Nothing changed in the medal ranks until the end. Wolf was able to overtake Günthör in fourth place in the last attempt.

The lack of athletes from the boycott states significantly reduced the value of this competition in view of the current world rankings. However, the medal winners did not have to hide with their size. They were in the range with which top positions at major athletic events have been achieved in recent years.

Alessandro Andreis gold medal was not only the first Italian Olympic victory in the shot put , it was also the first ever medal for an Italian shot put.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	20.41 m	20.97 m	21.26 m	20.55 m	20.92 m	20.96 m	21.26 m
2	Michael Carter	United States	20.63 m	20.69 m	21.09 m	20.42 m	x	20.38 m	21.09 m
3	Dave Loud	United States	20.97 m	18.39 m	x	20.03 m	20.31 m	20.97 m	20.97 m
4th	August Wolf	United States	20.04 m	19.91 m	19.41 m	20.08 m	19.74 m	20.93 m	20.93 m
5	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	20.28 m	x	x	19.38 m	x	20.11 m	20.28 m
6th	Marco Montelatici	Italy	19.88 m	19.26 m	19.98 m	19.35 m	19.85 m	x	19.98 m
7th	Soeren Tallhem	Sweden	19.81 m	x	19.54 m	x	x	-	19.81 m
8th	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	19.65 m	x	x	-	x	x	19.65 m
9	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	18.98 m	x	x	not in the final of the eight best athletes			18.98 m
10	Gert Weil	Chile	18.19 m	18.69 m	x				18.69 m
11	Bishop Dolegiewicz	Canada	18.39 m	x	x				18.39 m
12	Karsten pride	BR Germany	18.31 m	x	18.21 m				18.31 m

literature

• Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 35

Web links

• SportsReference Shot Put , accessed January 13, 2018
• Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 288, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 13, 2018

Video

• alessandro andrei shot put 21.95m , published on August 30, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed on January 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 678 , accessed on January 13, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 288, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 13, 2018
3. ↑ SportsReference Shot Put , accessed January 13, 2018