Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put


The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 3 August. The final was won by American Wilbur Thompson. Thompson's compatriots, Jim Delaney and Jim Fuchs took 2nd and 3rd place.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record17.40 mOslo, Norway5 August 1934
Olympic record16.20 mBerlin, Germany2 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
DateEventAthleteHeightNotes
3 AugustFinal17.12 mOR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Tuesday 3 August 194811:00Qualifications
Tuesday 3 August 194816:00Finals

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 14.60m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Jim Fuchs15.870
2Wilbur Thompson15.090
3Jim Delaney14.970
4Yrjö Lehtilä14.850
5John Giles14.795
6Jaakko Jouppila14.720
7Mieczysław Łomowski14.700
7Gösta Arvidsson14.700
9Konstantinos Giataganas14.630
10Čestmír Kalina14.540
11Sigfús Sigurðsson14.480
12Witold Gerutto14.450
Willy Senn14.450
Roland Nilsson14.360
Eric Coy14.150
David Guiney14.010
Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson13.990
Harold Moody13.400
Roger Verhaes13.540
Emilio MalchiodiDNQ
Juan KanhertDNQ
Leonello PatiñoDNQ
Nazar Muhammad Khan MalikDNQ
Ahmed Zahur KhanDNQ

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Wilbur Thompson16.4717.1216.9716.6716.8017.12OR
Jim Delaney16.1416.6815.8816.0316.0316.2816.68
Jim Fuchs16.3216.4215.6015.5614.8216.2816.42
4Mieczysław Łomowski15.43
5Gösta Arvidsson15.37
6Yrjö Lehtilä15.05
7Jaakko Jouppila14.59
8Čestmír Kalina14.55
9Konstantinos Giataganas14.54
10Witold Gerutto14.37
11John Giles13.73
12Sigfús Sigurðsson13.66

Key: OR = Olympic record