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Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon Shot put

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 3, 1928
Date Finished: August 3, 1928

Gold: FIN Paavo Yrjölä
Silver: FIN Akilles Järvinen
Bronze: USA Ken Doherty

Shot put

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC D P(1912BT) P(1985T)
1 Paavo Yrjölä 25 Finland FIN 14.11 877 735 OB
2 Akilles Järvinen 22 Finland FIN 13.64 830 706
3 Helge Jansson 23 Sweden SWE 13.59 825 703
4 Barney Berlinger 20 United States USA 13.05 771 670
5 James Stewart 21 United States USA 13.04 770 670
6 Hermann Lemperle 21 Germany GER 12.96 762 665
7 Ludwig Wessely 24 Austria AUT 12.58 724 642
8 Tom Churchill 20 United States USA 12.28 694 623
9 Albert Andersson 26 Sweden SWE 12.19 685 618
10 Adolf Meier 26 Switzerland SUI 12.15 681 616
11T Antoni Cejzik 28 Poland POL 12.11 677 613
11T Howard Ford 22 Great Britain GBR 12.11 677 613
13 Henry Lindblad 22 Sweden SWE 12.04 670 609
14 Erwin Huber 21 Germany GER 11.92 658 602
15 Ken Doherty 23 United States USA 11.85 651 597
16 Mátyás Farkas 34 Hungary HUN 11.78 644 593
17 Gaston Médécin 27 Monaco MON 11.67 633 586
18T Gunnar Fredriksen 21 Norway NOR 11.56 622 580
18T Gunnar Hagen 23 Norway NOR 11.56 622 580
20 Hugo Barth 24 Germany GER 11.34 600 566
21 Martti Tolamo 21 Finland FIN 11.31 597 565
22 Johan Meimer 23 Estonia EST 11.20 586 558
23 Con O'Callaghan Ireland IRL 11.07 573 550
24T Tatsuo Toki 24 Japan JPN 11.03 569 548
24T Stelios Benardis Greece GRE 11.03 569 548
26 Wilhelm Ladewig 21 Germany GER 10.96 562 543
27 Sven Lundgren 26 Sweden SWE 10.76 542 531
28 George Weightman-Smith 22 South Africa RSA 10.54 520 518
29 Ion Haidu Romania ROU 10.51 517 516
30 Yonetaro Nakazawa 24 Japan JPN 10.37 503 508
31 Johannes Viljoen 24 South Africa RSA 10.17 483 496
32 Gérard Noël 27 Belgium BEL 9.95 461 483
33 Branko Kallay 19 Yugoslavia YUG 9.87 453 478
34 René Joannes-Powell 32 Belgium BEL 9.83 449 475
35 Gaston Étienne 26 Belgium BEL 9.65 431 465
36 Gheorghe Csegezi Romania ROU 9.45 411 453