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Shot Put, Men

Date31 August 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationStadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants24 from 16 countries

Within the past year, three Americans had set world records – two-time defending champion Parry O’Brien, 1956 silver medalist Bill Nieder, and Dallas Long. Nieder had the most recent one, with 20.06 (65-9ΒΎ) set in mid-August after the Olympic Trials. In Roma they were the class of the field as all surpassed 19 metres and nobody else got beyond 18. O’Brien led after rounds one and two, getting to 19.11 (62-8Β½) in the second round. He continued to lead until round five, when Nieder popped his big one, 19.68 (64-6ΒΎ), which would win the gold medal. Long was in third all along but improved in the final round to 19.01 (62-4Β½).

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
1435Bill NiederπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.14 (7)19.68 (1)Gold
2436Parry O'BrienπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.29 (4)19.11 (2)Silver
3434Dallas LongπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.65 (=1)19.01 (3)Bronze
4583Viktor LipsnisπŸ‘ Image
URS
17.65 (=1)17.90 (4)
5654Mike LindsayπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.28 (5)17.80 (5)
6539Alfred SosgΓ³rnikπŸ‘ Image
POL
17.06 (10)17.57 (6)
7301Dieter UrbachπŸ‘ Image
GER
17.09 (8)17.47 (7)
8653Martyn LuckingπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.20 (6)17.43 (8)
9158JiΕ™Γ­ SkoblaπŸ‘ Image
TCH
17.32 (3)17.39 (9)
10157Jaroslav PlΓ­halπŸ‘ Image
TCH
16.81 (=14)17.36 (10)
1187Les MillsπŸ‘ Image
NZL
16.93 (11)17.06 (11)
12302Hermann LingnauπŸ‘ Image
GER
16.87 (12)16.98 (12)
13615Silvano MeconiπŸ‘ Image
ITA
17.08 (9)16.73 (13)
14206Zsigmond NagyπŸ‘ Image
HUN
16.84 (13)16.67 (14)
1519Warwick SelveyπŸ‘ Image
AUS
16.81 (=14)16.18 (15)
16 r1/2699Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiπŸ‘ Image
POL
16.71 (16)–
17 r1/2652Arthur RoweπŸ‘ Image
GBR
16.68 (17)–
18 r1/2125Haider KhanπŸ‘ Image
PAK
13.53 (24)–
19 r1/2338Georgios TsakanikasπŸ‘ Image
GRE
16.44 (18)–
20 r1/2355Erik UddebomπŸ‘ Image
SWE
16.31 (19)–
21 r1/2303Fritz KΓΌhlπŸ‘ Image
GER
15.71 (20)–
22 r1/2674Gideon ArielπŸ‘ Image
ISR
14.65 (21)–
23 r1/2261Salem El-JisrπŸ‘ Image
LBN
13.82 (22)–
24 r1/229Nayef HameedπŸ‘ Image
IRQ
13.65 (23)–
229Bruno GrafπŸ‘ Image
SUI
– ()–
166Todor ArtarskiπŸ‘ Image
BUL
– ()–
205Vilmos VarjΓΊπŸ‘ Image
HUN
– ()–
670Nuri TuranπŸ‘ Image
TUR
– ()–

Qualifying Round

Date31 August 1960 β€” 9:00
FormatAll those reaching 16.75 metres advanced to the final.
PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1 DistanceRound #2 DistanceRound #3 Distance
=1434Dallas LongπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.6517.65--
=1583Viktor LipsnisπŸ‘ Image
URS
17.6517.65--
3158JiΕ™Γ­ SkoblaπŸ‘ Image
TCH
17.3217.32--
4436Parry O'BrienπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.2917.29--
5654Mike LindsayπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.2817.28--
6653Martyn LuckingπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.2017.20--
7435Bill NiederπŸ‘ Image
USA
17.1417.14--
8301Dieter UrbachπŸ‘ Image
GER
17.0916.5517.09-
9615Silvano MeconiπŸ‘ Image
ITA
17.0817.08--
10539Alfred SosgΓ³rnikπŸ‘ Image
POL
17.0617.06--
1187Les MillsπŸ‘ Image
NZL
16.93x16.93-
12302Hermann LingnauπŸ‘ Image
GER
16.8716.2116.87-
13206Zsigmond NagyπŸ‘ Image
HUN
16.8416.84--
=14157Jaroslav PlΓ­halπŸ‘ Image
TCH
16.8116.81--
=1419Warwick SelveyπŸ‘ Image
AUS
16.8116.81--
16699Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiπŸ‘ Image
POL
16.71xx16.71
17652Arthur RoweπŸ‘ Image
GBR
16.6816.1916.4216.68
18338Georgios TsakanikasπŸ‘ Image
GRE
16.4416.4416.2216.38
19355Erik UddebomπŸ‘ Image
SWE
16.3116.3116.0916.27
20303Fritz KΓΌhlπŸ‘ Image
GER
15.7115.2115.7115.69
21674Gideon ArielπŸ‘ Image
ISR
14.6514.5614.6514.57
22261Salem El-JisrπŸ‘ Image
LBN
13.8213.3413.8213.50
2329Nayef HameedπŸ‘ Image
IRQ
13.6513.5212.6113.65
24125Haider KhanπŸ‘ Image
PAK
13.5313.5313.4713.261
229Bruno GrafπŸ‘ Image
SUI
––––
166Todor ArtarskiπŸ‘ Image
BUL
––––
205Vilmos VarjΓΊπŸ‘ Image
HUN
––––
670Nuri TuranπŸ‘ Image
TUR
––––

Final Round

Date31 August 1960 β€” 16:50
PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1 DistanceRound #2 DistanceRound #3 DistanceRound #4 DistanceRound #5 DistanceRound #6 Distance
1435Bill NiederπŸ‘ Image
USA
19.6818.6718.77x18.6719.68x
2436Parry O'BrienπŸ‘ Image
USA
19.1118.7719.11x18.6417.4118.39
3434Dallas LongπŸ‘ Image
USA
19.0116.8018.8818.6618.25x19.01
4583Viktor LipsnisπŸ‘ Image
URS
17.9017.2817.9017.51xx17.83
5654Mike LindsayπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.8017.6317.6117.8017.0917.3917.43
6539Alfred SosgΓ³rnikπŸ‘ Image
POL
17.5717.5717.40xx17.5217.39
7301Dieter UrbachπŸ‘ Image
GER
17.4717.3417.0517.47–––
8653Martyn LuckingπŸ‘ Image
GBR
17.4317.2116.7117.43–––
9158JiΕ™Γ­ SkoblaπŸ‘ Image
TCH
17.3917.3117.39x–––
10157Jaroslav PlΓ­halπŸ‘ Image
TCH
17.3617.3517.3617.27–––
1187Les MillsπŸ‘ Image
NZL
17.0616.8616.0917.06–––
12302Hermann LingnauπŸ‘ Image
GER
16.9816.6516.9816.66–––
13615Silvano MeconiπŸ‘ Image
ITA
16.73x16.73x–––
14206Zsigmond NagyπŸ‘ Image
HUN
16.67x16.67x–––
1519Warwick SelveyπŸ‘ Image
AUS
16.1816.1815.9315.76–––