Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
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The men's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14.[1] Nineteen athletes from 14 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was wo by Randy Matson of the United States, the nation's sixth consecutive and 14th overall victory in the men's shot put. His teammate George Woods took silver, making 1968 the sixth straight Games the Americans had finished one-two. Matson was the seventh man to win two medals in the event (adding to his 1964 silver); Woods would become the eighth in 1972. Eduard Gushchin took bronze, the Soviet Union's first men's shot put medal.
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Dates | October 13–14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 20.54 | ||||||||||||
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