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

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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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.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Clarence Houser United States (USA)	Glenn Hartranft United States (USA)	Ralph Hills United States (USA)

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

(*) unoffical, set in an exhibition

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	Clarence 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	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	—

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	Clarence 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