Men Shot Put Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Monday 14.10 - Gold Medal: Randy Matson, United States

Men Shot Put Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Monday 14.10 - Gold Medal: Randy Matson, United States

Final		dist.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	age
1. Randy Matson	USA	20.54m	20.54	20.09	18.67	20.15	20.02	20.18
2. George Woods	USA	20.12m	20.12	X	X		19.19	X
3. Eduard Gushchin	URS	20.09m	20.09	19.45	19.69	X	X	19.41
4. Dieter Hoffmann	GDR	20.00m	20.00	19.33	19.75	19.68	19.85	19.86
5. David Maggard	USA	19.43m	19.43	19.33	18.46	18.90	19.15	X
6. Wladislaw Komar	POL	19.28m	18.66	19.28	18.54	X	X	19.21
7. Uwe Grabe	GDR	19.03m	18.20	18.74	19.03	17.43	17.66	18.34
8. Heinfried Birlenbach	FRG	18.80m	18.80	18.48	X	18.13	18.67	X
9. Pierre Colnard	FRA	18.79m	18.62	X	18.79
10.Jeffrey Teale	GBR	18.65m	18.65	18.57	18.60
11.Leslie Mills	NZL	18.18m	18.18	18.01	17.95
12.Traugott Glockler	FRG	18.14m	X	17.20	18.14

Qualification Monday 14.10

mark 18.90m 11+1 Athletes

Group A		Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Randy Matson	USA	20.68m	20.68
2. Eduard Gushchin	URS	19.88m	19.88
3. George Woods	USA	19.79m	19.79
4. Dieter Hoffmann	GDR	19.75m	18.30	19.75
5. Heinfried Birlenbach	FRG	19.43m	19.43
6. David Maggard	USA	19.26m	18.73	19.26
7. Uwe Grabe	FRG	19.15m	18.08	18.59	19.15
8. Wladyslaw Komar	POL	19.09m	19.09
9. Traugott Glockler	FRG	19.08m	18.89	19.08
10.Vilmos Varju	HUN	18.86m	18.69	X	18.86
-. Dieter Prollius	GDR	DNS
-. George Puce	CAN	DNS

Group B		Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Pierre Colnard	FRA	19.57m	19.57
2. Leslie Mills	NZL	19.00m	18.56	19.00
3. Jeffrey Teale	GBR	18.87m	18.76	X	18.87
4. Arnljot Beer	FRA	18.72m	18.72	X	X
5. Edy Hubacher	SWI	18.54m	18.54	18.38	X
6. Gudmundur Hermannsson	ISL	17.35m	16.24	16.77	17.35
7. Georgios Lemonis	GRE	16.43m	16.43	X	X
8. Rolando Mendoza	NIC	13.33m	11.39	13.33	13.32
9. Mauricio Jubis	SAL	12.92m	12.04	12.46	12.92
-. Samsam Akka	MAR	DNS
-. Jalal Keshmiri	IRN	DNS
-. Bjorn Bruch	SWE	DNS

index Athletics

Mexico City 1968 index

Mexico_City_1968

Athletics Mexico City 1968
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Pentathlon
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