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Shot Put, Men

Date	3 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	24 from 15 countries

The best putter early in the year had been Charles Fonville who broke the world record in April with 17.68 (58-0¼), but he finished only fourth at the US Trials and did not make the team. The next strongest seemed to be Jim Delaney who was 1947-48 AAU Champion and had won the Olympic Trials. But the Trials runner-up, Wilbur Thompson, was the strongest in London. He threw 17.12 (56-2) in round two which would win, but he also had two other throws good enough to win over Delaney. Jim Fuchs completed the American sweep.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	570	Wilbur Thompson	USA	15.090 (1 h2)	17.120 (1)	Gold	OR
2	568	Jim Delaney	USA	14.970 (2 h1)	16.680 (2)	Silver	OR
3	569	Jim Fuchs	USA	15.870 (1 h1)	16.420 (3)	Bronze
4	543	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	14.700 (=6 h1)	15.430 (4)
5	565	Gösta Arvidsson	SWE	14.700 (=6 h1)	15.370 (5)
6	555	Yrjö Lehtilä	FIN	14.850 (3 h1)	15.050 (6)
7	554	Jaakko Jouppila	FIN	14.720 (5 h1)	14.590 (7)
8	–	Čestmír Kalina	TCH	14.540 (3 h2)	14.550 (8)			1
9	560	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.630 (2 h2)	14.540 (9)
10	564	Witold Gerutto	POL	14.450 (8 h1)	14.370 (10)
11	557	John Giles	GBR	14.795 (4 h1)	13.730 (11)
12	561	Sigfús Sigurðsson	ISL	14.480 (4 h2)	13.660 (12)
13	567	Willy Senn	SUI	14.450 (5 h2)	–
14	566	Roland Nilsson	SWE	14.360 (6 h2)	–
15	520	Eric Coy	CAN	14.150 (9 h1)	–
16	553	David Guiney	IRL	14.010 (10 h1)	–
17	562	Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson	ISL	13.990 (7 h2)	–
18	519	Roger Verhaes	BEL	13.540 (9 h2)	–
19	558	Harold Moody	GBR	13.400est (8 h2)	–
AC r1/2	517	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	– (AC h2)	–
AC r1/2	552	Juan Kahnert	ARG	– (AC h1)	–
AC r1/2	563	Lionelo Patiño	PER	– (AC h2)	–
AC r1/2	540	Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	PAK	– (AC h2)	–
AC r1/2	539	Ahmed Zahur Khan	PAK	– (AC h1)	–
DNS	530	Aad de Bruyn	NED	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	556	François Lapicque	FRA	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	559	K. Meraklis	GRE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	544	José Luis Torres	ESP	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	494	Leo Roininen	CAN	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	541	Eduardo Julve	PER	– (DNS h1)	–

Qualifying Round (3 August 1948 — 11:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 14.60 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Jim Fuchs	USA	15.870	Q
2	Wilbur Thompson	USA	15.090	Q
3	Jim Delaney	USA	14.970	Q
4	Yrjö Lehtilä	FIN	14.850	Q
5	John Giles	GBR	14.795	Q
6	Jaakko Jouppila	FIN	14.720	Q
=7	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	14.700	Q
=7	Gösta Arvidsson	SWE	14.700	Q
9	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.630	Q
10	Čestmír Kalina	TCH	14.540	q	2
11	Sigfús Sigurðsson	ISL	14.480	q
12	Witold Gerutto	POL	14.450	q
13	Willy Senn	SUI	14.450
14	Roland Nilsson	SWE	14.360
15	Eric Coy	CAN	14.150
16	David Guiney	IRL	14.010
17	Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson	ISL	13.990
18	Roger Verhaes	BEL	13.540
19	Harold Moody	GBR	13.400est
AC	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	–
AC	Juan Kahnert	ARG	–
AC	Lionelo Patiño	PER	–
AC	Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	PAK	–
NM	Ahmed Zahur Khan	PAK	–
DNS	Aad de Bruyn	NED	–
DNS	François Lapicque	FRA	–
DNS	K. Meraklis	GRE	–
DNS	José Luis Torres	ESP	–
DNS	Leo Roininen	CAN	–
DNS	Eduardo Julve	PER	–

Group A

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Jim Fuchs	USA	15.870	Q
2	Jim Delaney	USA	14.970	Q
3	Yrjö Lehtilä	FIN	14.850	Q
4	John Giles	GBR	14.795	Q
5	Jaakko Jouppila	FIN	14.720	Q
=6	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	14.700	Q
=6	Gösta Arvidsson	SWE	14.700	Q
8	Witold Gerutto	POL	14.450	q
9	Eric Coy	CAN	14.150
10	David Guiney	IRL	14.010
AC	Juan Kahnert	ARG	–
AC	Ahmed Zahur Khan	PAK	–
DNS	Aad de Bruyn	NED	–
DNS	François Lapicque	FRA	–
DNS	Eduardo Julve	PER	–

Group B

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Wilbur Thompson	USA	15.090	Q
2	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.630	Q
3	Čestmír Kalina	TCH	14.540	q
4	Sigfús Sigurðsson	ISL	14.480	q
5	Willy Senn	SUI	14.450
6	Roland Nilsson	SWE	14.360
7	Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson	ISL	13.990
8	Harold Moody	GBR	13.400est
9	Roger Verhaes	BEL	13.540
AC	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	–
AC	Lionelo Patiño	PER	–
AC	Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	PAK	–
DNS	K. Meraklis	GRE	–
DNS	José Luis Torres	ESP	–
DNS	Leo Roininen	CAN	–

Final Round (3 August 1948 — 16:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	12	Wilbur Thompson	USA	17.120	16.470	17.120	16.970	16.670	16.800	×	OR
2	2	Jim Delaney	USA	16.680	16.140	16.680	15.880	16.030	16.030	16.280	OR
3	3	Jim Fuchs	USA	16.420	16.320	16.420	15.600	15.560	14.820	16.280
4	10	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	15.430	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	1	Gösta Arvidsson	SWE	15.370	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	9	Yrjö Lehtilä	FIN	15.050	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	7	Jaakko Jouppila	FIN	14.590	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	8	Čestmír Kalina	TCH	14.550	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
9	5	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	14.540	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	4	Witold Gerutto	POL	14.370	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	6	John Giles	GBR	13.730	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	11	Sigfús Sigurðsson	ISL	13.660	–	–	–	–	–	–