Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, had an entrylist of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 putters) before the final (12) took place on Saturday July 24, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 19.40 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Friday 23, 1976.

Medalists

Gold	Udo Beyer  East Germany
Silver	Yevgeny Mironov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Aleksandr Baryshnikov  Soviet Union

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	22.00 m	June 10, 1976	Colombes, France
Olympic Record	Władysław Komar (POL)	21.18 m	September 9, 1972	Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Hans-Peter Gies (GDR)	20.52	—	—	20.52 m
2	3	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.40	—	—	20.40 m
3	8	Hans Höglund (SWE)	19.30	19.76	—	19.76 m
4	9	Udo Beyer (GDR)	19.69	—	—	19.69 m
5	10	Peter Shmock (USA)	19.48	—	—	19.48 m
6	12	George Woods (USA)	19.25	19.27	19.35	19.35 m
7	14	Yves Brouzet (FRA)	18.59	18.75	19.14	19.14 m
8	16	Ivan Ivančić (YUG)	18.88	18.80	18.75	18.88 m
9	20	Bruce Pirnie (CAN)	X	17.82	X	17.82 m
10	22	Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	13.17	X	X	13.17 m
11	23	Saad Al-Bishi (KSA)	10.89	11.68	X	11.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	21.32	—	—	21.32 m	OR
2	4	Yevgeny Mironov (URS)	18.97	20.26	—	20.26 m
3	5	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)	19.92	—	—	19.92 m
4	6	Al Feuerbach (USA)	19.87	—	—	19.87 m
5	7	Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)	19.80	—	—	19.80 m
6	11	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	19.08	19.26	19.40	19.40 m
7	13	Ralf Reichenbach (FRG)	19.13	19.31	18.56	19.31 m
8	15	Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL)	X	18.93	18.55	18.93 m
9	17	Hans Almström (SWE)	18.31	18.76	X	18.76 m
10	18	Jos Schroeder (BEL)	17.78	17.97	18.33	18.33 m
11	19	Jean-Pierre Egger (SUI)	18.06	X	18.13	18.13 m
12	21	Juan Adolfo Turri (ARG)	17.24	16.79	17.76	17.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Udo Beyer (GDR)	20.38	20.50	20.49	X	21.05	20.45	21.05 m
	Yevgeny Mironov (URS)	19.67	20.38	20.14	20.17	21.03	20.66	21.03 m
	Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	20.53	20.27	21.00	20.96	20.58	X	21.00 m
4	Al Feuerbach (USA)	19.74	20.55	20.07	20.21	20.10	20.32	20.55 m
5	Hans-Peter Gies (GDR)	19.98	20.19	20.47	20.45	20.11	20.13	20.47 m
6	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.15	20.21	20.36	20.32	20.31	X	20.36 m
7	George Woods (USA)	20.13	19.97	20.20	20.26	X	19.87	20.26 m
8	Hans Höglund (SWE)	20.17	20.10	19.85	19.61	X	X	20.17 m
9	Peter Shmock (USA)	19.77	19.89	19.26				19.89 m
10	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)	19.26	19.79	X				19.79 m
11	Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)	19.62	19.53	X				19.62 m
12	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	18.78	18.99	18.82				18.99 m

References

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