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Shot Put, Men

Date	17 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	22 from 13 countries

Parry O’Brien was back for his fourth Olympics but was no longer the dominant thrower. That honor fell to 1960 bronze medalist Dallas Long. Long had broken the world record five times in 1964, three of them were ratified. He was expected to be challenged by a newcomer, 19-year-old Randy Matson. In Tokyo, O’Brien never got into the medal positions, bronze going to 1962 European Champion Vilmos Varjú. Long led after round one with 19.61 (64-4), but Matson took the lead in round three with 19.88 (65-2¾). In round four they both had their longest throws, Long winning the gold medal with 20.33 (66-8½) to Matson’s 20.20 (66-3¼).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	746	Dallas Long	USA	19.51 (1)	20.33 (1)	Gold	OR
2	747	Randy Matson	USA	18.92 (2)	20.20 (2)	Silver	OR
3	297	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	18.26 (4)	19.39 (3)	Bronze
4	748	Parry O'Brien	USA	17.84 (11)	19.20 (4)
5	298	Zsigmond Nagy	HUN	18.14 (5)	18.88 (5)
6	680	Nikolay Karasyov	URS	17.83 (12)	18.86 (6)
7	472	Les Mills	NZL	18.05 (=7)	18.52 (7)
8	678	Adolfas Varanauskas	URS	17.86 (10)	18.41 (8)
9	512	Władysław Komar	POL	18.05 (=7)	18.20 (9)
10	679	Viktor Lipsnis	URS	18.90 (3)	18.11 (10)
11	243	Rudolf Langer	GER	17.90 (9)	17.29 (11)
12	242	Dieter Hoffmann	GER	17.82 (13)	17.11 (12)
13	280	Georgios Tsakanikas	GRE	18.05 (6)	16.87 (13)
14 r1/2	244	Heinfried Birlenbach	GER	17.77 (14)	–
15 r1/2	511	Alfred Sosgórnik	POL	17.75 (15)	–
16 r1/2	183	Martyn Lucking	GBR	17.67 (16)	–
17 r1/2	360	Silvano Meconi	ITA	17.29 (17)	–
18 r1/2	435	Lahcen Samsam	MAR	17.24 (18)	–
19 r1/2	182	Mike Lindsay	GBR	17.23 (19)	–
20 r1/2	371	Denis Ségui Kragbé	CIV	16.59 (20)	–
21 r1/2	822	Teruo Itokawa	JPN	15.84 (21)	–
22 r1/2	398	Im Ho-Geun	KOR	13.64 (22)	–
DNS	536	Gheorghe Zembresteanu	ROU	– (DNS)	–
DNS	342	Gideon Ariel	ISR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	510	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (17 October 1964 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 17.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	14	Dallas Long	USA	19.51	19.51	-	-	Q
2	2	Randy Matson	USA	18.92	18.92	-	-	Q
3	4	Viktor Lipsnis	URS	18.90	18.90	×	×	Q
4	19	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	18.26	18.26	-	-	Q
5	12	Zsigmond Nagy	HUN	18.14	18.14	-	-	Q
6	9	Georgios Tsakanikas	GRE	18.05	17.72	17.25	18.05	Q
=7	17	Les Mills	NZL	18.05	18.05	-	-	Q
=7	16	Władysław Komar	POL	18.05	18.05	-	-	Q
9	18	Rudolf Langer	GER	17.90	17.90	-	-	Q
10	24	Adolfas Varanauskas	URS	17.86	17.86	-	-	Q
11	20	Parry O'Brien	USA	17.84	17.84	-	-	Q
12	11	Nikolay Karasyov	URS	17.83	17.83	-	-	Q
13	23	Dieter Hoffmann	GER	17.82	17.45	×	17.82	Q
14	1	Heinfried Birlenbach	GER	17.77	17.10	16.79	17.77
15	3	Alfred Sosgórnik	POL	17.75	×	17.75	×
16	22	Martyn Lucking	GBR	17.67	×	×	17.67
17	8	Silvano Meconi	ITA	17.29	17.29	17.20	×
18	15	Lahcen Samsam	MAR	17.24	×	17.24	×
19	6	Mike Lindsay	GBR	17.23	16.77	16.70	17.23
20	7	Denis Ségui Kragbé	CIV	16.59	16.20	16.59	16.38
21	5	Teruo Itokawa	JPN	15.84	15.73	15.84	15.56
22	25	Im Ho-Geun	KOR	13.64	13.47	13.64	13.37
DNS	21	Gheorghe Zembresteanu	ROU	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	Gideon Ariel	ISR	–	–	–	–
DNS	10	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	–	–	–	–

Final Round (17 October 1964 — 15:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7	Dallas Long	USA	20.33	19.61	19.55	19.34	20.33	19.09	×	OR
2	6	Randy Matson	USA	20.20	18.53	19.19	19.88	20.20	×	19.62	OR
3	13	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	19.39	19.23	×	19.39	19.29	18.97	19.25
4	9	Parry O'Brien	USA	19.20	18.95	18.86	19.20	18.32	18.62	18.84
5	11	Zsigmond Nagy	HUN	18.88	18.77	×	18.50	18.43	×	18.88
6	1	Nikolay Karasyov	URS	18.86	18.86	18.26	×	18.14	17.98	18.18
7	3	Les Mills	NZL	18.52	18.19	18.50	18.52	–	–	–
8	12	Adolfas Varanauskas	URS	18.41	×	18.30	18.41	–	–	–
9	5	Władysław Komar	POL	18.20	18.20	×	×	–	–	–
10	2	Viktor Lipsnis	URS	18.11	17.45	17.86	18.11	–	–	–
11	10	Rudolf Langer	GER	17.29	17.29	16.90	×	–	–	–
12	4	Dieter Hoffmann	GER	17.11	×	×	17.11	–	–	–
13	8	Georgios Tsakanikas	GRE	16.87	16.87	×	16.38	–	–	–