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México (Mexico City) 1968 - Athletics - Men: Shot Put

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Date: 13 October 1968 / 14 October 1968

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Randy Matson USA 20.54m [67' 4 ¾"]
2 George Woods USA 20.12m [66' ¼"]
3 Eduard Gushchin URS 20.09m [65' 11"]
4 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 20.00m [65' 7 ½"]
5 David Maggard USA 19.43m [63' 9"]
6 Wladyslaw Komar POL 19.28m [63' 3"]
7 Uwe Grabe FRG 19.03m [62' 5 ¼"]
8 Heinfried Birlenbach FRG 18.80m [61' 8 ¼"]
9 Pierre Colnard FRA 18.79m [61' 7 ¾"]
10 Jeffrey Teale GBR 18.65m [61' 2 ¼"]
11 Leslie Mills NZL 18.18m [59' 7 ¾"]
12 Traugott Glockler FRG 18.14m [59' 6 ¼"]
Qualifying
13 Vilmos Varju HUN 18.86m [61' 10 ½"]
14 Arnljot Beer FRA 18.72m [61' 5"]
15 Edy Hubacher SUI 18.54m [60' 10"]
16 Gudmundur Hermannsson ISL 17.35m [56' 11"]
17 Georgios Lemonis GRE 16.43m [53' 10 ¾"]
18 Rolando Mendoza NCA 13.33m [43' 8 ¾"]
19 Mauricio Jubis ESA 12.92m [42' 4 ¾"]
Did not start
Dieter Prollius GDR
George Puce CAN
Samsam Akka MAR
Jalal Keshmiri IRI
Bjorn Bruch SWE
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Original data entry by Michael Churchill (GBR)
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