Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
Final

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Athlete	Attempts	Result	Note

1	2	3	4	5	6

Udo Beyer (GDR)	20.38	20.50	20.49	X	21.05	20.45	21.05 m

Yevgeny Mironov (URS)	19.67	20.38	20.14	20.17	21.03	20.66	21.03 m

Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS)	20.53	20.27	21.00	20.96	20.58	X	21.00 m

4	Al Feuerbach (USA)	19.74	20.55	20.07	20.21	20.10	20.32	20.55 m

5	Hans-Peter Gies (GDR)	19.98	20.19	20.47	20.45	20.11	20.13	20.47 m

6	Geoff Capes (GBR)	20.15	20.21	20.36	20.32	20.31	X	20.36 m

7	George Woods (USA)	20.13	19.97	20.20	20.26	X	19.87	20.26 m

8	Hans Höglund (SWE)	20.17	20.10	19.85	19.61	X	X	20.17 m

9	Peter Shmock (USA)	19.77	19.89	19.26	19.89 m

10	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)	19.26	19.79	X	19.79 m

11	Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)	19.62	19.53	X	19.62 m

12	Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)	18.78	18.99	18.82	18.99 m

Sentence(s)

In athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Beyer moved into gold medal position with a 21.05 throw.

final_sentence: In athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Beyer moved into gold medal position with a 21.05 throw.