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Shot Put, Men

Date	21 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	20 from 14 countries

Between 1949-51 Jim Fuchs, bronze medalist at the 1948 Olympics, was the world’s best shot putter, winning 88 consecutive meets, and breaking the world record four times. But at the 1951 AAUs he was beaten by Parry O’Brien. O’Brien in turn was beaten at the 1952 US Trials by Darrow Hooper. But at the Trials, only two inches separated Fuchs, O’Brien, and Hooper, so an American sweep was considered likely. O’Brien opened the final with 17.41 (57-1½) and this would be good enough for the gold medal. In the final round, Hooper put a scare into him, with 17.39 (57-0¾) but had to settle for silver. Fuchs second consecutive bronze medal gave the US another sweep in the shot put – it’s sixth one.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1035	Parry O'Brien	USA	16.05 (1)	17.41 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1034	Darrow Hooper	USA	15.48 (4)	17.39 (2)	Silver
3	1033	Jim Fuchs	USA	15.29 (=5)	17.06 (3)	Bronze
4	460	Oto Grigalka	URS	15.90 (2)	16.78 (4)
5	706	Roland Nilsson	SWE	15.81 (3)	16.55 (5)
6	211	John Savidge	GBR	14.89 (12)	16.19 (6)
7	462	Georgy Fyodorov	URS	15.16 (7)	16.06 (7)
8	520	Per Stavem	NOR	15.12 (8)	16.02 (8)
9	907	Jiří Skobla	TCH	15.29 (=5)	15.92 (9)
10	582	Tadeusz Krzyżanowski	POL	14.90 (11)	15.08 (10)
11	632	Lucien Guillier	FRA	14.62 (13)	14.84 (11)
12	261	Angiolo Profeti	ITA	14.93 (10)	14.74 (12)
13	283	Alois Schwabl	AUT	15.00 (9)	14.45 (13)
14 r1/2	818	Aapo Perko	FIN	14.50 (14)	–
15 r1/2	819	Toivo Telen	FIN	14.30 (15)	–
16 r1/2	551	Ramón Rosario	PUR	14.21 (16)	–
17 r1/2	820	Kaarto Rask	FIN	14.08 (17)	–
18 r1/2	386	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.05 (18)	–
19 r1/2	210	John Giles	GBR	13.73 (19)	–
20 r1/2	927	Nuri Turan	TUR	13.00 (20)	–
DNS	360	Roy Pella	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	163	Friðrik Guðmundsson	ISL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	581	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (21 July 1952 — 10:00)

All those reaching 14.60 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	11	Parry O'Brien	USA	16.05	16.05	-	–	Q
2	4	Oto Grigalka	URS	15.90	15.90	-	–	Q
3	10	Roland Nilsson	SWE	15.81	15.81	-	–	Q
4	7	Darrow Hooper	USA	15.48	15.48	-	–	Q
=5	2	Jim Fuchs	USA	15.29	15.29	-	–	Q
=5	20	Jiří Skobla	TCH	15.29	15.29	-	–	Q
7	1	Georgy Fyodorov	URS	15.16	15.16	-	–	Q
8	21	Per Stavem	NOR	15.12	14.45	14.54	15.12	Q
9	19	Alois Schwabl	AUT	15.00	15.00	-	–	Q
10	14	Angiolo Profeti	ITA	14.93	14.93	-	–	Q
11	8	Tadeusz Krzyżanowski	POL	14.90	14.11	14.90	–	Q
12	18	John Savidge	GBR	14.89	14.89	-	–	Q
13	6	Lucien Guillier	FRA	14.62	14.13	×	14.62	Q
14	13	Aapo Perko	FIN	14.50	14.23	14.50	14.26
15	22	Toivo Telen	FIN	14.30	13.78	14.30	×
16	16	Ramón Rosario	PUR	14.21	14.21	14.00	13.94
17	15	Kaarto Rask	FIN	14.08	14.08	13.81	13.80
18	24	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.05	12.06	14.05	×
19	3	John Giles	GBR	13.73	13.73	13.70	×
20	23	Nuri Turan	TUR	13.00	13.00	×	×
DNS	12	Roy Pella	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	17	Aristidis Roumpanis	GRE	–	–	–	–
DNS	5	Friðrik Guðmundsson	ISL	–	–	–	–
DNS	9	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	–	–	–	–

Final Round (21 July 1952 — 15:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	11	Parry O'Brien	USA	17.41	17.41	17.21	16.79	16.87	17.12	16.53	OR
2	4	Darrow Hooper	USA	17.39	17.02	16.59	17.08	16.90	16.93	17.39
3	13	Jim Fuchs	USA	17.06	16.93	×	×	×	17.06	×
4	12	Oto Grigalka	URS	16.78	16.53	16.78	15.91	16.27	16.29	16.33
5	5	Roland Nilsson	SWE	16.55	16.55	16.08	16.33	×	×	×
6	6	John Savidge	GBR	16.19	16.17	16.18	×	16.19	16.03	×
7	2	Georgy Fyodorov	URS	16.06	15.98	16.01	16.06	–	–	–
8	1	Per Stavem	NOR	16.02	15.14	16.02	15.31	–	–	–
9	9	Jiří Skobla	TCH	15.92	15.73	15.60	15.92	–	–	–
10	3	Tadeusz Krzyżanowski	POL	15.08	15.08	14.57	14.32	–	–	–
11	8	Lucien Guillier	FRA	14.84	13.94	14.46	14.84	–	–	–
12	10	Angiolo Profeti	ITA	14.74	14.59	14.00	14.74	–	–	–
13	7	Alois Schwabl	AUT	14.45	14.43	14.20	14.45	–	–	–