Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
Place Athlete Distance Overall Rank
1 Norman Anderson ( USA ) 14.29 5
2 Akseli Takala ( FIN ) 13.315 11
3 Christos Vrettos ( GRE ) 13.125 14
4 Pál Bedő ( HUN ) 12.66 18
5 Werner Nüesch ( SUI ) 12.45 21
6 Maxime Bousselaire ( FRA ) 12.265 22
7 Rex Woods ( GBR ) 11.77 24
- Octávio Zani ( BRA ) NM -
Results -- Qualification
The best six shot putters , all three groups counted together , qualified for the final . The throwing order and the throwing series are not available . Group 1 Place Athlete Distance Overall Rank Qual . 1 Bud Houser ( USA ) 14.995 1 Q 2 Ralph Hills ( USA ) 14.505 2 Q 3 Ville Pörhölä ( FIN ) 14.10 7 4 Bertil Jansson ( SWE ) 13.76 8 5 Harald Tammer ( EST ) 13.28 12 6 Ketil Askildt ( NOR ) 13.09 15 7 Daniel Pierre ( FRA ) 13.07 16 8 John O'Grady ( IRL ) 12.75 17 9 Arvīds Ķibilds ( LAT ) 12.53 19 10 Jesús Aguirre ( MEX ) 9.47 27 Group 2 Place Athlete Distance Overall Rank Qual . 1 Hannes Torpo ( FIN ) 14.45 3 Q 2 Glenn Hartranft ( USA ) 14.405 4 Q 3 Elmer Niklander ( FIN ) 14.265 6 Q 4 Raoul Paoli ( FRA ) 13.535 9 5 Sixten Sundström ( SWE ) 13.53 10 6 Veljko Narančić ( YUG ) 13.215 13 7 Charles Beckwith ( GBR ) 12.48 20 8 Otto Garnus ( SUI ) 12.12 23 9 José Galimberti ( BRA ) 11.30 25 10 Dimitrios Karabatis ( GRE ) 10.955 26 Group 3
The men's shot put event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924. 28 shot putters from 15 nations competed.