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1983 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Shot Put
These are the official results of men's shot put at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on 7 August 1983. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3 UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Final Qualification *Held on Sunday 1983-08-07 See also * 1980 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Moscow) * 1983 Shot Put Year Ranking * 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles) * 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) * 1988 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1983 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Shot Put s Shot put at the World Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shot Put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's competition began in 1948. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Siege of Troy but there is no record of any dead weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first events resembling the modern shot put likely occurred in the Middle Ages when soldiers held competitions in which they hurled cannonballs. Shot put competitions were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland, and were a part of the British Amateur Championships beginning in 1866. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Laut
David Lester Laut (December 21, 1956 – August 27, 2009) was an American shot putter. He was born in Findlay, Ohio, and grew up in Oxnard, California. Laut attended Art Haycox Elementary School, E. O. Green Junior High School, Santa Clara High School, Moorpark College (all in Ventura County), along with San Jose City College and UCLA, where he was a two-time NCAA champion and ranked No. 1 shot putter in the United States. Career Laut won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and the bronze at the 1981 IAAF World Cup. He was the 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1985 United States champion in the shot put. His personal best throw was 22.02 meters, achieved in August 1982 in Koblenz. In 1985, Laut was ranked No. 7 shot putter in the world and as the No. 1 American. Laut tore tendons in both knees during an agility test to become a firefighter. He attempted to join the 1988 U.S. Olympic team, but fell sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Kamel Shatta
Ahmed Kamel Shatta ( ar, أحمد كامل شطة, born 27 January 1961) was an Egyptian former track and field athlete who represented Egypt in shot put, winning five silver medals in shot put at the African Championships in Athletics. He died on 4 May 2016 in Dubai, UAE (aged 55). Biography He also represented Egypt in 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ... and 1988 Summer Olympics. His personal best is 20.76 metres scored in 1988. Achievements References External links * * * 1961 births Living people Egyptian male shot putters Olympic athletes for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
