Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 36 competitors from 26 nations, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event took place on July 26, 1996.[1] The event was won by Randy Barnes of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 16th overall victory in the men's shot put. Barnes was the 11th man to win multiple medals in the event, and the first to do so in nonconsecutive Games. His teammate John Godina took silver, while Oleksandr Bagach earned Ukraine's first medal in the event with a bronze.

Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram of athletics
VenuesCentennial Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 26
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning distance21.62
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Randy Barnes
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Godina
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksandr Bagach
 Ukraine
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Background

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This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only returning finalist from the 1992 Games was seventh-place finisher Dragan Perić, then an Independent Olympic Participant and now representing Yugoslavia. The 1988 silver medalist Randy Barnes of the United States, who set a world record in 1990 that is still extant in 2020, also returned after missing the 1992 Games while suspended. Barnes was the favorite, with the best throw of the year to date.[2]

American Samoa, Belarus, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela each made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 19.80 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[2][3]

Records

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The standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1996 Games were as follows.

World record   Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Los Angeles, United States 22 May 1988
Olympic record   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Friday, 26 July 1996 10:05
19:10
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualification

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Paolo Dal Soglio   Italy 19.43 20.58 20.58 Q
2 John Godina   United States 20.54 20.54 Q
3 Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany 19.76 20.43 20.43 Q
4 Randy Barnes   United States X 19.70 20.42 20.42 Q
5 Oleksandr Bagach   Ukraine 20.23 20.23 Q
6 C. J. Hunter   United States 19.95 19.95 Q
7 Roman Virastyuk   Ukraine 19.81 19.81 Q
8 Dragan Perić   FR Yugoslavia 19.61 X 19.61 19.61 q
9 Dzimitry Hancharuk   Belarus 19.57 X 19.17 19.57 q
10 Oleksandr Klymenko   Ukraine 19.11 19.45 X 19.45 q
11 Corrado Fantini   Italy 18.63 19.40 19.00 19.40 q
12 Bilal Saad Mubarak   Qatar 19.39 19.23 19.28 19.39 q
13 Dirk Urban   Germany 19.39 18.82 19.23 19.39
14 Mika Halvari   Finland 19.37 X 18.78 19.37
15 Manuel Martínez   Spain 19.12 18.93 18.90 19.12
16 Michael Mertens   Germany 18.57 18.90 19.07 19.07
17 Kent Larsson   Sweden 18.60 18.86 19.05 19.05
18 Arsi Harju   Finland 18.56 19.01 X 19.01
19 Giorgio Venturi   Italy 18.60 18.98 18.52 18.98
20 Yevgeny Palchikov   Russia 18.75 18.83 18.96 18.96
21 Miroslav Menc   Czech Republic 18.69 18.13 18.42 18.69
22 Gert Weil   Chile 18.64 18.67 18.58 18.67
23 Yojer Medina   Venezuela X 18.49 18.53 18.53
24 Ilias Louka   Cyprus 18.48 17.98 X 18.48
25 Chima Ugwu   Nigeria 18.39 18.35 18.33 18.39
26 Aleksey Shidlovsky   Russia 17.84 18.34 18.37 18.37
27 Shaun Pickering   Great Britain 18.29 18.23 17.45 18.29
28 Mikhalis Louka   Cyprus 18.23 18.03 18.12 18.23
29 Khalid Al-Khalidi   Saudi Arabia 18.22 X 17.83 18.22
30 Saulius Kleiza   Lithuania 18.08 18.21 18.18 18.21
31 Bradley Snyder   Canada 17.98 X X 17.98
32 Viktor Bulat   Belarus 16.70 16.67 17.29 17.29
33 Sergey Kot   Uzbekistan 16.51 X 16.05 16.51
34 Anthony Leiato   American Samoa 12.28 X 13.02 13.02
Jenő Kóczián   Hungary X X X No mark
Sergey Rubtsov   Kazakhstan X No mark

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
  Randy Barnes   United States 19.46 20.44 X 20.26 20.32 21.62 21.62
  John Godina   United States X 19.91 19.98 20.64 20.79 X 20.79
  Oleksandr Bagach   Ukraine 20.41 20.50 20.29 X X 20.75 20.75
4 Paolo Dal Soglio   Italy 20.12 20.65 19.92 20.74 20.60 X 20.74
5 Oliver-Sven Buder   Germany 20.16 19.92 20.37 20.13 20.51 19.71 20.51
6 Roman Virastyuk   Ukraine 19.46 19.86 20.32 20.21 20.45 X 20.45
7 C. J. Hunter   United States 19.99 20.09 20.39 X 20.25 20.35 20.39
8 Dragan Perić   FR Yugoslavia 19.66 19.75 19.98 X X 20.07 20.07
9 Dzimitry Hancharuk   Belarus X 19.79 X Did not advance 19.79
10 Bilal Saad Mubarak   Qatar 19.11 19.33 X Did not advance 19.33
11 Corrado Fantini   Italy 19.30 X X Did not advance 19.30
Oleksandr Klymenko   Ukraine X X X Did not advance No mark

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 93.
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