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The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.
Contents
Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
At first Herman Brix set a new Olympic record in the first round of the qualification with 15.75 metres. In the second round of the final John Kuck set a new world record with 15.87 metres.
Qualification
The best six shot putters qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only incompletely available for the best six throwers.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.
References
Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA