Men Shot Put Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Sunday, 29th July - Gold Medal: John Kuck, United States
Final RankingDistanceGr1Q.2Q.3Q.1F.2F.3F.T-O
1. John KuckUSA United States15.87m WR2.15.0014.80e15.0315.10e15.8715.20e
2. Herman BrixUSA United States15.75m1.15.7515.30e15.20e15.40e15.20e15.50e
3. Emil HirschfeldGeRGeR Germany15.72m2.15.7214.9815.5215.6314.7815.01
4. Eric KrenzUSA United States14.99m1.13.8014.99
5. Armas WahlstedtFIN Finland14.69m1.14.6914.40e13.90e14.00e14.00e13.9013.92
6. Wilhelm UeblerGeRGeR Germany14.69m1.14.6914.6414.6614.0513.9114.5813.82
eliminated
7. Harlow RothertUSA United States14.68m2.14.68
8. József DarányiHUN Hungary14.35m2.14.35
9. Paavo YrjöläFIN Finland14.01m2.14.01
10.Werner NüeschSUI Switzerland13.77m1.13.77
11.Édouard DuhourFRA France13.72m2.13.72
12.Nikolai FeldmannEST Estonia13.54m2.13.54
13.Johan TrandemNOR Norway13.40m2.13.40
14.František DoudaTCH Czechoslovakia13.12m2.13.12
15.Dimitrios KarabatisGRe Greece12.98m2.12.98
16.Ion DavidROU Romania12.82m2.12.82
17.Rex WoodsGBR Great Britain12.70m1.12.70
18.Raoul PaoliFRA France12.68m1.12.68
19.Alexandru FritzROU Romania12.55m1.12.55
20.Auguste VosBEL Belgium12.52m2.12.52
20.Robert HowlandGBR Great Britain12.52m2.12.52
22.Jesús AguirreMEX Mexico11.33m1.11.33

world Men Shot Put History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600.
22 competitors from 14 nations.
World Record: 15.79m Emil Hirschfeld, Germany Breslau, Germany 29 June 1928
Olympic Record: 15.34 Pat McDonald, United States Stockholm, Sweden 10 July 1912
Emil Hirschfeld ended 1928 with 11 of the best 13 marks of the year, but his best marks occurred after Amsterdam, where he had his only loss in 19 competitions that year. Herman Brix, winner of the US Trials with 15.54, well ahead of Rothert and Kuck, was considered the principal rival to Hirschfeld. Competing in the first qualifying group the muscular (1.90/100kg) Brix opened with 15.75, while the smaller (1.87/98kg) German led the other group with 15.72. Only Kuck was able to reach 15 metres behind them. The battle between the two principals was rudely interrupted by Kuck in the fifth round, as he produced a world record - 15.87 - to stun the other two. Kuck was reputed to have thrown vast distances in practice; one report mentions 55 feet (16.76). Brix later changed his name to Bruce Bennett, and won fame and fortune as a film star in the role of “Tarzan”. Fifth place was determined by a throw-off, won by Wahlstedt, 13.92, ahead of Uebler’s 13.82. The new champion, the biggest of the three medallists at 1.90/102kg, was an accomplished all- round thrower, and topped the world javelin list in 1926 with 65.63.
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