The men's

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event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the

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. The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928. Twenty-two shot putters from 14 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.Official Report, p. 374. The event was won by

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of the United States, the nation's second consecutive, and seventh overall, victory in the men's shot put. Kuck set a new world record. Future film star

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, then still using his birth name Herman Brix, took silver.

Emil Hirschfeld Emil Hirschfeld (31 July 1903 – 23 February 1968) was a German athlete who won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1928 Olympics. The same year he set two world records in this event. At the 1932 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the sho ...

won Germany's first shot put medal with bronze.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Ninth-place finisher

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of France was the highest-placed returning thrower from the 1924 Games. The world record holder and favorite coming into the event was

of Germany, attempting to become only the second man from outside the United States to win. Czechoslovakia and Romania made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States appeared for the eighth time, the only nation to have competed in all Olympic shot put competitions to date.

Competition format

The competition continued to use the two-round format employed since 1900 and maintained since 1908, wherein results carried over between rounds. During the qualifying round, each athlete was allotted three throws. The six highest-scoring male athletes advanced to the final, where they were granted an additional three throws. The best outcome, whether from the qualifying or final round, was taken into consideration for determining the final rankings.Official Report, p. 454.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. At first

set a new Olympic record in the first round of the qualification with 15.75 metres.

also threw better than the old Olympic record in the first throw, but was 3 centimetres short of Bennett's new mark. In the second round of the final John Kuck set a new world record with 15.87 metres.

Schedule

Results

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.

References

External links

Official Olympic Report
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's Shot Put

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Shot put at the Olympics Men's events at the 1928 Summer Olympics