Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Shot Put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entrylist of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 putters) before the final (12) took place on Saturday July 24, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 19.40 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Friday 23, 1976.

The first round leader was Aleksandr Baryshnikov with a 20.53. Al Feuerbach increased that by 2 cm with a 20.55 in the second round, with Udo Beyer moving into bronze medal position with a 20.50. Baryshnikov upped the ante to 21.00 in the third round and that is the way the leader board stayed until the fifth round. Beyer moved into gold medal position with a 21.05. A few throws later Yevgeny Mironov threw 21.03 and leaped from 6th place to the silver medal.

Medalists

Gold	Udo Beyer  East Germany
Silver	Yevgeny Mironov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Aleksandr Baryshnikov  Soviet Union

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	22.00 m	June 10, 1976	Colombes, France
Olympic Record	Władysław Komar (POL)	21.18 m	September 9, 1972	Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Hans-Peter Gies (GDR)	20.52	—	—	20.52 m
2	3	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.40	—	—	20.40 m
3	8	Hans Höglund (SWE)	19.30	19.76	—	19.76 m
4	9	Udo Beyer (GDR)	19.69	—	—	19.69 m
5	10	Peter Shmock (USA)	19.48	—	—	19.48 m
6	12	George Woods (USA)	19.25	19.27	19.35	19.35 m
7	14	Yves Brouzet (FRA)	18.59	18.75	19.14	19.14 m
8	16	Ivan Ivančić (YUG)	18.88	18.80	18.75	18.88 m
9	20	Bruce Pirnie (CAN)	X	17.82	X	17.82 m
10	22	Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	13.17	X	X	13.17 m
11	23	Saad Al-Bishi (KSA)	10.89	11.68	X	11.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	21.32	—	—	21.32 m	OR
2	4	Yevgeny Mironov (URS)	18.97	20.26	—	20.26 m
3	5	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)	19.92	—	—	19.92 m
4	6	Al Feuerbach (USA)	19.87	—	—	19.87 m
5	7	Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)	19.80	—	—	19.80 m
6	11	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	19.08	19.26	19.40	19.40 m
7	13	Ralf Reichenbach (FRG)	19.13	19.31	18.56	19.31 m
8	15	Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL)	X	18.93	18.55	18.93 m
9	17	Hans Almström (SWE)	18.31	18.76	X	18.76 m
10	18	Jos Schroeder (BEL)	17.78	17.97	18.33	18.33 m
11	19	Jean-Pierre Egger (SUI)	18.06	X	18.13	18.13 m
12	21	Juan Adolfo Turri (ARG)	17.24	16.79	17.76	17.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Udo Beyer (GDR)	20.38	20.50	20.49	X	21.05	20.45	21.05 m
02 !	Yevgeny Mironov (URS)	19.67	20.38	20.14	20.17	21.03	20.66	21.03 m
03 !	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	20.53	20.27	21.00	20.96	20.58	X	21.00 m
4	Al Feuerbach (USA)	19.74	20.55	20.07	20.21	20.10	20.32	20.55 m
5	Hans-Peter Gies (GDR)	19.98	20.19	20.47	20.45	20.11	20.13	20.47 m
6	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.15	20.21	20.36	20.32	20.31	X	20.36 m
7	George Woods (USA)	20.13	19.97	20.20	20.26	X	19.87	20.26 m
8	Hans Höglund (SWE)	20.17	20.10	19.85	19.61	X	X	20.17 m
9	Peter Shmock (USA)	19.77	19.89	19.26				19.89 m
10	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)	19.26	19.79	X				19.79 m
11	Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)	19.62	19.53	X				19.62 m
12	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	18.78	18.99	18.82				18.99 m

References

• (English) Results