Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Men's shot put; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	11 August 1984 (qualification and final)
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning distance	21.26
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

The men's shot put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States had an entry list of 19 competitors from 13 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on August 11, 1984.^[1] The event was won by Alessandro Andrei of Italy, the nation's first medal in the men's shot put. Michael Carter and Dave Laut of the United States took silver and bronze, respectively, putting Americans back on the podium for the first time since 1972.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from the 1980 Games returned. The absence of the East German, Soviet, and Polish teams had a significant impact: world record holder Udo Beyer, defending Olympic champion Vladimir Kiselyov, and inaugural World Champion Edward Sarul were all from boycotting countries.^[2]

Chile, Egypt, the Netherlands, and Samoa each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 19.70 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.^[2]^[3]

Records

The standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1984 Games were as follows.

World record	Udo Beyer (GDR)	22.22	Los Angeles, United States	25 June 1983
Olympic record	Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)	21.35	Moscow, Soviet Union	30 July 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 11 August 1984	10:50 18:00	Qualifying Final

Results

Qualification

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.70 metres advanced to the final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Distance	Notes
1	Mike Carter	United States	20.69	—	—	20.69	Q
2	Augie Wolf	United States	20.55	—	—	20.55	Q
3	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	20.18	—	—	20.18	Q
4	Marco Montelatici	Italy	20.14	—	—	20.14	Q
5	Dave Laut	United States	20.01	—	—	20.01	Q
6	Sören Tallhem	Sweden	19.94	—	—	19.94	Q
7	Gert Weil	Chile	19.38	19.94	—	19.94	Q
8	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	19.28	19.71	—	19.71	Q
9	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	19.13	19.34	19.38	19.38	q
10	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	19.20	19.28	19.07	19.28	q
11	Bishop Dolegiewicz	Canada	19.00	X	18.95	19.00	q
12	Karsten Stolz	West Germany	18.98	X	17.67	18.98	q
13	Erwin Weitzl	Austria	18.03	18.96	X	18.96
14	Dimitrios Koutsoukis	Greece	18.74	18.62	18.60	18.74
15	Ahmed Kamel Shatta	Egypt	18.13	17.95	18.58	18.58
16	Yngve Wahlander	Sweden	X	18.28	18.27	18.28
17	Ahmed Mohamed Achouche	Egypt	18.11	X	17.14	18.11
18	Matt Catalano	Canada	17.10	17.24	16.91	17.24
19	Henry Smith	Samoa	16.09	X	X	16.09
—	Stefan Fernholm	Sweden	DNS
	Bruno Pauletto	Canada	DNS
	Kari Töyrylä	Finland	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	20.41	20.97	21.26	20.55	20.92	20.96	21.26
	Mike Carter	United States	20.63	20.69	21.09	20.42	X	20.38	21.09
	Dave Laut	United States	20.97	18.39	X	20.03	20.31	20.97	20.97
4	Augie Wolf	United States	20.04	19.91	19.41	20.08	19.74	20.93	20.93
5	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	20.28	X	X	19.38	X	20.11	20.28
6	Marco Montelatici	Italy	19.88	19.26	19.98	19.35	19.85	X	19.98
7	Sören Tallhem	Sweden	19.81	X	19.54	X	X	—	19.81
8	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	19.65	X	X	—	X	X	19.65
9	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	18.98	X	X	Did not advance			18.98
10	Gert Weil	Chile	18.19	18.69	X	Did not advance			18.69
11	Bishop Dolegiewicz	Canada	18.39	X	X	Did not advance			18.39
12	Karsten Stolz	West Germany	18.31	X	18.21	Did not advance			18.31

References

^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 288.