Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_shot_put
The men's shot put event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place July 31. 15 athletes from 10 nations competed.[1] The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes.[2] Leo Sexton of the United States won the gold medal, the nation's third consecutive and eighth overall victory in the men's shot put.[3] It was also the third consecutive year the Americans took the top two places (including a full medal sweep in 1924), as Harlow Rothert took silver. František Douda won Czechoslovakia's first shot put medal with a bronze.