Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date	July 8
Competitors	28 from 15 nations
Medalists
Bud Houser  United States Glenn Hartranft  United States Ralph Hills  United States

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

28 shot putters from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.54	Ralph Rose	San Francisco (USA)	August 21, 1909
	16.56(*)	Ralph Rose	Healdsburg (USA)	June 26, 1909
Olympic Record	15.34	Pat McDonald	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912

(*) unofficial, set in an exhibition

Results

Qualification

The best six shot putters, all three groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bud Houser (USA)	14.995	1	Q
2	Ralph Hills (USA)	14.505	2	Q
3	Ville Pörhölä (FIN)	14.10	7
4	Bertil Jansson (SWE)	13.76	8
5	Harald Tammer (EST)	13.28	12
6	Ketil Askildt (NOR)	13.09	15
7	Daniel Pierre (FRA)	13.07	16
8	John O'Grady (IRL)	12.75	17
9	Arvīds Ķibilds (LAT)	12.53	19
10	22x20px Jesús Aguirre (MEX)	9.47	27

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Hannes Torpo (FIN)	14.45	3	Q
2	Glenn Hartranft (USA)	14.405	4	Q
3	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	14.265	6	Q
4	Raoul Paoli (FRA)	13.535	9
5	Sixten Sundström (SWE)	13.53	10
6	Veljko Narančić (YUG)	13.215	13
7	Charles Beckwith (GBR)	12.48	20
8	Otto Garnus (SUI)	12.12	23
9	José Galimberti (BRA)	11.30	25
10	Dimitrios Karabatis (GRE)	10.955	26

Group 3

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Norman Anderson (USA)	14.29	5	Q
2	Akseli Takala (FIN)	13.315	11
3	Christos Vrettos (GRE)	13.125	14
4	Pál Bedő (HUN)	12.66	18
5	Werner Nüesch (SUI)	12.45	21
6	Maxime Bousselaire (FRA)	12.265	22
7	Rex Woods (GBR)	11.77	24
—	Octávio Zani (BRA)	NM	—

Final

The final was held on the same day.

Only two competitors were able to improve their qualification width. Glenn Hartranft jumped from a fourth rank to the silver medal.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1	Bud Houser (USA)	14.995		14.995
2	Glenn Hartranft (USA)	14.405	14.895	14.895
3	Ralph Hills (USA)	14.505	14.64	14.64
4	Hannes Torpo (FIN)	14.45		14.45
5	Norman Anderson (USA)	14.29		14.29
6	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	14.265		14.265

References

• Official Report