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Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon Shot put

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Date Started: July 25, 1952
Date Finished: July 25, 1952

Gold: USA Bob Mathias
Silver: USA Milt Campbell
Bronze: USA Floyd Simmons

Shot put

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC D P(1952T) P(1985T)
1 Bob Mathias 21 United States USA 15.30 912 808
2 Milt Campbell 18 United States USA 13.89 759 722
3 Sepp Hipp 25 Germany GER 13.26 696 683
4 Floyd Simmons 29 United States USA 13.18 688 678
5 Kjell Tånnander 25 Sweden SWE 12.97 669 665
6 Oto Rebula 30 Yugoslavia YUG 12.90 663 661
7 Hernán Figueroa 24 Chile CHI 12.87 660 659
8 Ignace Heinrich 26 France FRA 12.83 656 657
9 Max Wehrli 22 Switzerland SUI 12.73 647 651
10 Friedel Schirmer 26 Germany GER 12.69 644 648
11 Vladimir Volkov 31 Soviet Union URS 12.62 637 644
12 Geoff Elliott 21 Great Britain GBR 12.40 618 631
13 Hugues Frayer 29 France FRA 12.36 614 628
14 Erkki Hautamäki 21 Finland FIN 12.19 599 618
15 Bob Adams 27 Canada CAN 12.01 582 607
16 Olli Reikko 25 Finland FIN 11.85 568 597
17 Eeles Landström 20 Finland FIN 11.75 560 591
18 Sergey Kuznetsov 34 Soviet Union URS 11.71 556 589
19 Brígido Iriarte 31 Venezuela VEN 11.66 552 586
20 Göran Widenfelt 23 Sweden SWE 11.61 548 583
21 Héctor Román 19 Puerto Rico PUR 11.56 544 580
22 Fernando Fernandes 32 Portugal POR 11.20 516 558
23 Reinaldo Oliver 20 Puerto Rico PUR 10.22 437 499
24 Carlos Vera 23 Chile CHI 9.52 387 457
25 Georges Breitman 32 France FRA 9.28 369 443