Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
| Men's shot put at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for athletics | ||||||||||
| Venues | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 September (qualification and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 22.47 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 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 | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
The Men's Shot Put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Friday September 23, 1988.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Ulf Timmermann East Germany
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| Silver | Randy Barnes United States
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| Bronze | Werner Günthör Switzerland
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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 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
23.06 m | May 22, 1988 |  Chania, Greece
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| Olympic Record |  Vladimir Kiselyov (URS) |
21.35 m | July 30, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record |  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
22.02 m | September 23, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea
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| Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
22.16 m | |||
| Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
22.29 m | |||
 Randy Barnes (USA) |
22.39 m | |||
| Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
22.47 m | |||
Qualifying round
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1. | Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
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21.27 m | 21.27 | ||
| 2. | Randy Barnes (USA)
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20.83 m | 20.16 | 20.83 | |
| 3. |  Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
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20.18 m | 19.72 | 20.18 | 19.93 |
| 4. |  Gert Weil (CHI)
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20.18 m | 20.18 | 19.58 | 19.59 |
| 5. | Jim Doehring (USA)
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19.73 m | 16.89 | 17.66 | 19.73 |
| 6. |  Georgi Todorov (BUL)
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19.68 m | 19.25 | 19.02 | 19.68 |
| 7. |  Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)
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18.89 m | 18.89 | 17.54 | – |
| 8. |  Ma Yongfeng (CHN)
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18.27 m | 17.48 | 17.79 | 18.27 |
| 9. |  Ahmed Shatta (EGY)
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17.61 m | 16.94 | 17.61 | 17.37 |
| 10. |  Paul Edwards (GBR)
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17.28 m | 17.13 | 17.11 | 17.28 |
| 11. |  Han Min-soo (KOR)
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15.68 m | 15.67 | 15.68 | 15.64 |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1. | Udo Beyer (GDR)
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20.97 m | X | 20.97 | |
| 2. |  Werner Günthör (SUI)
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20.70 m | 20.70 | ||
| 3. |  Sergey Smirnov (URS)
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20.48 m | 20.13 | 20.48 | |
| 4. |  Remigius Machura (TCH)
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20.16 m | 19.88 | 20.16 | X |
| 5. |  Georg Andersen (NOR)
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20.05 m | X | 19.95 | 20.05 |
| 6. |  Helmut Krieger (POL)
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19.75 m | 19.42 | X | 19.75 |
| 7. | Gregg Tafralis (USA)
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19.71 m | 19.71 | 19.44 | X |
| 8. |  Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL)
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19.21 m | 19.21 | X | X |
| 9. | Mohamed Achouch (EGY)
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18.94 m | 18.19 | 18.94 | 18.50 |
| 10. |  Muhammad Zankawi (KUW)
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15.92 m | X | 15.34 | 15.92 |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
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22.47 m OR | 22.02 | 21.31 | 22.16 | 21.90 | 22.29 | 22.47 |
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Randy Barnes (USA)
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22.39 m | 20.17 | 20.72 | X | 21.31 | 21.01 | 22.39 |
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Werner Günthör (SUI)
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21.99 m | 21.45 | 21.59 | 21.70 | 20.98 | 21.99 | 21.61 |
| 4. | Udo Beyer (GDR)
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21.40 m | X | 21.40 | 20.84 | 20.82 | 21.30 | 21.31 |
| 5. | Remigius Machura (TCH)
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20.57 m | 20.57 | 20.03 | 20.16 | 20.36 | 20.12 | 20.29 |
| 6. | Gert Weil (CHI)
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20.38 m | 20.22 | 20.09 | X | 20.23 | 20.21 | 20.38 |
| 7. | Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
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20.36 m | 19.71 | 20.17 | 20.06 | 19.93 | 20.36 | 20.26 |
| 8. | Sergey Smirnov (URS)
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20.36 m | 20.11 | X | 20.36 | X | X | X |
| 9. | Gregg Tafralis (USA)
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20.16 m | 20.16 | X | X | |||
| 10. | Georg Andersen (NOR)
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19.91 m | X | X | 19.91 | |||
| 11. | Jim Doehring (USA)
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19.89 m | 19.27 | X | 19.89 | |||
| 12. | Helmut Krieger (POL)
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19.51 m | X | 19.51 | X |
See also
- 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links
- (in English) Official Report
- (in English) todor66