Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
| Men's shot put at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | August 31 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's shot put throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31.[1]
Results
All throwers reaching 16.75 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.
Qualifying
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | Dallas Long |  United States |
17.65 | 17.65 | pass | pass |
| 1T | Viktor Lipsnis |  Soviet Union |
17.65 | 17.65 | pass | pass |
| 3 | Jiří Skobla |  Czechoslovakia |
17.32 | 17.32 | pass | pass |
| 4 | Parry O'Brien | United States |
17.29 | 17.29 | pass | pass |
| 5 | Mike Lindsay |  Great Britain |
17.28 | 17.28 | pass | pass |
| 6 | Martyn Lucking | Great Britain |
17.20 | 17.20 | pass | pass |
| 7 | Bill Nieder | United States |
17.14 | 17.14 | pass | pass |
| 8 | Dieter Urbach |  United Team of Germany |
17.09 | 16.55 | 17.09 | pass |
| 9 | Silvano Meconi |  Italy |
17.08 | 17.08 | pass | pass |
| 10 | Alfred Sosgórnik |  Poland |
17.06 | 17.06 | pass | pass |
| 11 | Les Mills |  New Zealand |
16.93 | foul | 16.93 | pass |
| 12 | Hermann Lingnau | United Team of Germany |
16.87 | 16.21 | 16.87 | pass |
| 13 | Zsigmond Nagy |  Hungary |
16.84 | 16.84 | pass | pass |
| 14T | Jaroslav Plíhal | Czechoslovakia |
16.81 | 16.81 | pass | pass |
| 14T | Warwick Selvey |  Australia |
16.81 | 16.81 | pass | pass |
| 16 | Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski | Poland |
16.71 | foul | foul | 16.71 |
| 17 | Arthur Rowe | Great Britain |
16.68 | 16.19 | 16.42 | 16.68 |
| 18 | Georgios Tsakanikas |  Greece |
16.44 | 16.44 | 16.22 | 16.38 |
| 19 | Erik Uddebom |  Sweden |
16.31 | 16.31 | 16.09 | 16.27 |
| 20 | Fritz Kühl | United Team of Germany |
15.71 | 15.71 | 15.71 | 15.69 |
| 21 | Gideon Ariel |  Israel |
14.65 | 14.56 | 14.65 | 14.57 |
| 22 | Salem El-Jisr |  Lebanon |
13.82 | 13.34 | 13.82 | 13.50 |
| 23 | Nayef Mohamed Hameed |  Iraq |
13.65 | 13.52 | 12.61 | 12.65 |
| 24 | Haider Khan |  Pakistan |
13.53 | 13.53 | 13.47 | 13.26 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bill Nieder | United States |
19.68 | 18.67 | 18.77 | foul | 18.67 | 19.68 OR | foul | OR |
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Parry O'Brien | United States |
19.11 | 18.77 OR | 19.11 OR | foul | 18.64 | 17.41 | 18.39 | |
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Dallas Long | United States |
19.01 | 16.80 | 18.88 | 18.66 | 18.25 | foul | 19.01 | |
| 4 | Viktor Lipsnis | Soviet Union |
17.90 | 17.28 | 17.90 | 17.51 | foul | foul | 17.83 | |
| 5 | Mike Lindsay | Great Britain |
17.80 | 17.63 | 17.63 | 17.80 | 17.09 | 17.39 | 17.43 | |
| 6 | Alfred Sosgórnik | Poland |
17.57 | 17.57 | 17.57 | foul | foul | 17.52 | 17.39 | |
| 7 | Dieter Urbach | United Team of Germany |
17.47 | 17.34 | 17.05 | 17.47 | ||||
| 8 | Martyn Lucking | Great Britain |
17.43 | 17.05 | 16.71 | 17.43 | ||||
| 9 | Jiří Skobla | Czechoslovakia |
17.39 | 17.31 | 17.39 | foul | ||||
| 10 | Jaroslav Plíhal | Czechoslovakia |
17.36 | 17.35 | 17.36 | 17.27 | ||||
| 11 | Les Mills | New Zealand |
17.06 | 16.86 | 16.09 | 17.06 | ||||
| 12 | Hermann Lingnau | United Team of Germany |
16.98 | 16.65 | 16.98 | 16.66 | ||||
| 13 | Silvano Meconi | Italy |
16.73 | foul | 16.73 | foul | ||||
| 14 | Zsigmond Nagy | Hungary |
16.67 | foul | 16.67 | foul | ||||
| 15 | Warwick Selvey | Australia |
16.18 | 16.18 | 15.93 | 15.76 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.