Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
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200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
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4×100 m relay		men		women
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Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
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Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's Shot Put event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 16 competitors. The final was held on Wednesday 30 July 1980, with the qualifying round staged two days earlier in the Lenin Stadium. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 19.60 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Kiselyov  Soviet Union
Silver	Aleksandr Baryshnikov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Udo Beyer  East Germany

Abbreviations

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
		1	2	3
1	Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)	20.72	—	—	20.72 m
2	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	20.58	—	—	20.58 m
3	Vladimir Milić (YUG)	20.56	—	—	20.56 m
4	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	20.53	—	—	20.53 m
5	Anatoli Yaroch (URS)	20.19	—	—	20.19 m
6	Udo Beyer (GDR)	19.94	—	—	19.94 m
7	Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (GDR)	19.15	19.57	19.92	19.92 m
8	Geoff Capes (GBR)	19.75	—	—	19.75 m
9	Hreinn Halldorsson (ISL)	19.29	19.74	—	19.74 m
10	Jaromír Vlk (TCH)	19.58	19.69	—	19.69 m
11	Oskar Jakobsson (ISL)	19.30	X	19.66	19.66 m
12	Jean-Pierre Egger (SUI)	19.61	—	—	19.61 m
13	Nikola Hristov (BUL)	17.82	18.94	19.01	19.01 m
14	Mohammad Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	17.15	X	17.03	17.15 m
15	Bahadur Singh Chauhan (IND)	17.05	16.91	16.72	17.05 m
—	Valcho Stoyev (BUL)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)	21.10	20.86	21.35	21.03	21.00	X	21.35 m
02 !	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	20.20	21.08	20.66	20.39	X	X	21.08 m
03 !	Udo Beyer (GDR)	X	20.70	21.06	20.98	X	X	21.06 m
4	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	19.83	X	20.20	19.63	20.82	20.58	20.82 m
5	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.50	X	19.47	X	19.69	19.23	20.50 m
6	Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (GDR)	20.32	X	19.80	19.50	X	20.00	20.32 m
7	Jaromír Vlk (TCH)	20.24	X	19.77	19.62	19.84	20.01	20.24 m
8	Vladimir Milić (YUG)	20.07	X	19.69	X	20.06	X	20.07 m
9	Anatoli Yaroch (URS)	19.63	19.93	X				19.93 m
10	Hreinn Halldorsson (ISL)	19.55	18.99	19.16				19.55 m
11	Oskar Jakobsson (ISL)	19.07	X	X				19.07 m
12	Jean-Pierre Egger (SUI)	18.25	18.26	18.90				18.90 m

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)

References

• Results
• sports-reference