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1996 Olympic Games Atlanta - Men's Shot Put

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Category: 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta - (Athletics)
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Host City: Atlanta, United States Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.80 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 26, 1996  
Date Finished: July 26, 1996  
(Competitors: 36; Countries: 24; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Overview by IAAF    1996_olympic_stadium.jpg
Two weeks before Atlanta, Barnes threw 22.40, the best throw in the world since 1990, and if any thrower could be said to be favourite in a fairly even field, then Barnes was that thrower. Just 34cm separated first from sixth until the last round. John Godina reached 20.79 in the fifth round to get ahead of Paolo Dal Soglio’s 20.74. Barnes, who had been languishing in sixth place boomed a final throw of 21.62, to which Godina had no answer. Barnes had produced a superb last round throw in 1988, and after a drug suspension had returned to to do the same in 1996.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
Randy Barnes had set the world record of 23.12 (75-10¼) in 1990 and had the year’s best throw of 22.40 (73-6), and was favored. But he struggled in the final. He opened with only 19.46 (63-10¼), as Oleksandr Bahach (UKR) led the first round with 20.41 (66-11½). Barnes got 20.44 (67-0¾) in round two, but the lead was taken by Italy’s Paolo Dal Soglio with 20.65 (67-9), and Bagach improved to 20.50 (67-3¼). American John Godina came thru in the fourth and fifth rounds with 20.64 (67-8¾) and 20.79 (68-2½), to move into the lead in round five. Barnes was only in fourth place heading into the final round, but he produced – tossing the shot 21.62 (70-11¼) for the gold medal. Bagach also improved, bumping Dal Soglio out of the medals with 20.75 (68-1). In May 1990, Barnes had tested positive for methyltestosterone and was banned for two years. In April 1998, he tested positive for androstenedione and was banned for life. The life ban was controversial as androstenedione was an over-the-counter supplement in the United States and was not a banned drug internationally until a few months before Barnes’s positive test. He readily admitted taking it, not knowing it was banned. It was the same drug taken by major league home run king Mark McGwire, who also admitted to taking it. Bronze medalist Bagach also was subsequently banned for life. He had tested positive in 1989 for testosterone, tested positive for ephedrine in 1997 at the World Championships, and was banned for life in 2000 after a positive doping test for anabolic steroids.
 

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 m May 20, 1990 United States Los Angeles, United States
Olympic Record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.47 m September 23, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
 
        Results        

These are the official results of the Men's Shot Put event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 36 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The event took place on July 26, 1996.

In 1998, gold medalist Randy Barnes was tested positive for androstenedione (an over-the-counter supplement famously used by Mark McGwire), and was subsequently suspended from competition in the Olympic Games for life. On August 7 1990 Barnes was banned from competing for 27 months(including 1992 Olympics) after testing positive for the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone at a competition in Malmö, Sweden. Despite this, his result from the Atlanta is officially accepted, because there is no known positive result from this games, and according to "innocent until caught at that moment" rule he can keep his medal.
Shot Put Men     Final 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 21.62     Randy Barnes United States USA 16 Jun 66  
2 20.79     John Godina United States USA 31 May 72  
3 20.75     Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine UKR 21 Nov 66  
4 20.74     Paolo Dal Soglio Italy ITA 29 Jul 70  
5 20.51     Oliver-Sven Buder Germany GER 23 Jun 66  
6 20.45     Roman Virastyuk Ukraine UKR 20 Apr 68  
7 20.39     C. J. Hunter United States USA 14 Dec 68  
8 20.07     Dragan Perić Serbia SRB 8 May 64  
9 19.79     Dzmitry Hancharuk Belarus BLR 17 Jul 70  
10 19.33     Bilal Saad Mubarak Qatar QAT 18 Dec 72  
11 19.30     Corrado Fantini Italy ITA 7 Feb 67  
  NM     Aleksandr Klimenko Ukraine UKR 27 Mar 70  
Shot Put Men     Qualification 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 20.58     Paolo Dal Soglio Italy ITA 29 Jul 70  
2 20.54     John Godina United States USA 31 May 72  
3 20.43     Oliver-Sven Buder Germany GER 23 Jun 66  
4 20.42     Randy Barnes United States USA 16 Jun 66  
5 20.23     Aleksandr Bagach Ukraine UKR 21 Nov 66  
6 19.95     C. J. Hunter United States USA 14 Dec 68  
7 19.81     Roman Virastyuk Ukraine UKR 20 Apr 68  
8 19.61     Dragan Perić Serbia SRB 8 May 64  
9 19.57     Dzmitry Hancharuk Belarus BLR 17 Jul 70  
10 19.45     Aleksandr Klimenko Ukraine UKR 27 Mar 70  
11 19.40     Corrado Fantini Italy ITA 7 Feb 67  
12 19.39     Bilal Saad Mubarak Qatar QAT 18 Dec 72  
13 19.39     Dirk Urban Germany GER 14 Jan 69  
14 19.37     Mika Halvari Finland FIN 13 Feb 70  
15 19.12     Manuel Martínez Spain ESP 7 Dec 74  
16 19.07     Michael Mertens Germany GER 27 Dec 65  
17 19.05     Kent Larsson Sweden SWE 10 Jun 63  
18 19.01     Arsi Harju Finland FIN 18 Mar 74  
19 18.98     Giorgio Venturi Italy ITA 23 Jun 66  
20 18.96     Yevgeniy Palchikov Russia RUS 27 Apr 68  
21 18.69     Miroslav Menc Czech Republic CZE 16 Mar 71  
22 18.67     Gert Weil Chile CHI 3 Jan 60  
23 18.53     Yojer Medina Venezuela VEN 5 Sep 73  
24 18.48     Elias Louca Cyprus CYP 23 Jul 74  
25 18.39     Yojer Medina Venezuela VEN 5 Sep 73  
26 18.37     Aleksey Shidlovskiy Russia RUS 19 Nov 72  
27 18.29     Shaun Pickering Great Britain GBR 14 Nov 61  
28 18.23     Michalis Louca Cyprus CYP 23 Feb 70  
29 18.22     Khalid Sulaiman Al-Khalidi Saudi Arabia KSA 14 Feb 65  
30 18.21     Saulius Kleiza Lithuania LTU 2 Apr 64  
31 17.98     Brad Snyder Canada CAN 8 Jan 76  
32 17.29     Viktor Bulat Belarus BLR 1 Apr 71  
33 16.51     Sergey Kot Uzbekistan UZB 7 Jan 60  
34 13.02     Anthony Leiato American Samoa ASA 6 Aug 65  
  NM     Sergey Rubtsov Kazakhstan KAZ 4 Sep 65  
  NM     Jenõ Kóczián Hungary HUN 5 Apr 67  
 
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Qualification

Group A

Group B
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 3  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) 19.76 20.43 — 20.43 m  
2 4  Randy Barnes (USA) X 19.70 20.42 20.42 m  
3 7  Roman Virastyuk (UKR) 19.81 — — 19.81 m  
4 8  Dragan Perić (SCG) 19.61 X 19.61 19.61 m  
5 9  Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) 19.57 X 19.17 19.57 m  
6 11  Corrado Fantini (ITA) 18.63 19.40 19.00 19.40 m  
7 15  Manuel Martínez (ESP) 19.12 18.93 18.90 19.12 m  
8 16  Michael Mertens (GER) 18.57 18.90 19.07 19.07 m  
9 17  Kent Larsson (SWE) 18.60 18.86 19.05 19.05 m  
10 18  Arsi Harju (FIN) 18.56 19.01 X 19.01 m  
11 19  Giorgio Venturi (ITA) 18.60 18.98 18.52 18.98 m  
12 24  Ilias Louka (CYP) 18.48 17.98 X 18.48 m  
13 25  Chima Ugwu (NGR) 18.39 18.35 18.33 18.39 m  
14 26  Aleksey Shidlovskiy (RUS) 17.84 18.34 18.37 18.37 m  
15 30  Saulius Kleiza (LTU) 18.08 18.21 18.18 18.21 m  
16 34  Anthony Leiato (ASA) 12.28 X 13.02 13.02 m  
— —  Jenő Kóczián (HUN) X X X NM  
— —  Sergey Rubtsov (KAZ) X — — NM
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) 19.43 20.58 — 20.58 m  
2 2  John Godina (USA) 20.54 — — 20.54 m  
3 5  Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) 20.23 — — 20.23 m  
4 6  C. J. Hunter (USA) 19.95 — — 19.95 m  
5 10  Oleksandr Klymenko (UKR) 19.11 19.45 X 19.45 m  
6 12  Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 19.39 19.23 19.28 19.39 m  
7 13  Dirk Urban (GER) 19.39 18.82 19.23 19.39 m  
8 14  Mika Halvari (FIN) 19.37 X 18.78 19.37 m  
9 20  Yevgeniy Palchikov (RUS) 18.75 18.83 18.96 18.96 m  
10 21  Miroslav Menc (CZE) 18.69 18.13 18.42 18.69 m  
11 22  Gert Weil (CHI) 18.64 18.67 18.58 18.67 m  
12 23  Yojer Medina (VEN) X 18.49 18.53 18.53 m  
13 27  Shaun Pickering (GBR) 18.29 18.23 17.45 18.29 m  
14 28  Mikhalis Louka (CYP) 18.23 18.03 18.12 18.23 m  
15 29  Khalid Al-Khalidi (KSA) 18.22 X 17.83 18.22 m  
16 31  Bradley Snyder (CAN) 17.98 X X 17.98 m  
17 32  Viktor Bulat (BLR) 16.70 16.67 17.29 17.29 m  
18 33  Sergey Kot (UZB) 16.51 X 16.05 16.51 m
 

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Randy Barnes (USA) 19.46 20.44 X 20.26 20.32 21.62 21.62 m  
2nd  John Godina (USA) X 19.91 19.98 20.64 20.79 X 20.79 m  
3rd  Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) 20.41 20.50 20.29 X X 20.75 20.75 m  
4  Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) 20.12 20.65 19.92 20.74 20.60 X 20.74 m  
5  Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) 20.16 19.92 20.37 20.13 20.51 19.71 20.51 m  
6  Roman Virastyuk (UKR) 19.46 19.86 20.32 20.21 20.45 X 20.45 m  
7  C. J. Hunter (USA) 19.99 20.09 20.39 X 20.25 20.35 20.39 m  
8  Dragan Perić (YUG) 19.66 19.75 19.98 X X 20.07 20.07 m  
 
9  Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) X 19.79 X   19.79 m  
10  Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 19.11 19.33 X   19.33 m  
11  Corrado Fantini (ITA) 19.30 X X   19.30 m  
—  Oleksandr Klymenko (UKR) X X X   NM
 
 

 

 

 

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