Men's Shot put - Athletics |  | ||||
 Men's Shot put 1948
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Wilbur Thompson |  | USA | 17,12 | OR | ||||
 | James Delaney | | USA | 16,68 | |||||
 | James Fuchs | | USA | 16,42 | |||||
| 4. | Mieczyslaw Lomowski |  | POL | 15,43 | |||||
| 5. | Gösta Arvidsson |  | SWE | 15,37 | |||||
| 6. | Yrjö Lehtelä |  | FIN | 15,05 | |||||
| 7. | Pentti Jouppila | | FIN | 14,59 | |||||
| 8. | Cestmir Calina |  | TCH | 14,55 | |||||
| 9. | Constantinos Giataganas |  | GRE | 14,54 | |||||
| 10. | Witold Gerutto | | POL | 14,37 | |||||
| 11. | John Giles |  | GBR | 13,73 | |||||
| 12. | Sigfus Sigurdsson |  | ISL | 13,66 | |||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | James Fuchs | | USA | 15,87 | Q | ||||
| 2. | Wilbur Thompson | | USA | 15,09 | Q | ||||
| 3. | James Delaney | | USA | 14,97 | Q | ||||
| 4. | Yrjö Lehtelä | | FIN | 14,85 | Q | ||||
| 5. | John Giles | | GBR | 14,79 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Pentti Jouppila | | FIN | 14,72 | Q | ||||
| 7. | Mieczyslaw Lomowski | | POL | 14,70 | Q | ||||
| 7. | Gösta Arvidsson | | SWE | 14,70 | Q | ||||
| 9. | Constantinos Giataganas | | GRE | 14,63 | Q | ||||
| 10. | Cestmir Calina | | TCH | 14,54 | q | ||||
| 11. | Sigfus Sigurdsson | | ISL | 14,48 | q | ||||
| 12. | Witold Gerutto | | POL | 14,45 | q | ||||
| Roland Nilsson | | SWE | dnq | ||||||
| Willy Senn |  | SUI | dnq | ||||||
| Eric Coy |  | CAN | dnq | ||||||
| David Guiney |  | IRL | dnq | ||||||
| Vilhjalmur Wilmundarson | | ISL | dnq | ||||||
| Roger Verhaes |  | BEL | dnq | ||||||
| Harold Moody | | GBR | dnq | ||||||
| Emilio Malchiodi |  | ARG | dnq | ||||||
| Juan Kahnert | | ARG | dnq | ||||||
| Leonello Patino |  | PER | dnq | ||||||
| Nazar Khan Malik |  | PAK | dnq | ||||||
| Ahmed Zahur Khan | | PAK | dnq | ||||||
Men's Shot put - Athletics - London 1948 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Men's Shot put competition was held at the Wembley Stadium and 24 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's Shot put - London 1948 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
