Pétur Guðmundsson (athlete)

Pétur Guðmundsson (born 9 March 1962) is a retired shot putter from Iceland, who represented Iceland at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics. His personal best is 21.26 metres (69 ft 9 in), thrown on 10 November 1990 in Mosfellsbær.^[1]

He also placed third in 1992 and 1993 Iceland’s Strongest Man competitions.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Iceland
1985	Games of the Small States of Europe	Serravalle, San Marino	1st	Shot put	16.01 m
1987	Games of the Small States of Europe	Monaco	1st	Shot put	18.53 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	14th (q)	Shot put	19.21 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	12th	Shot put	17.17 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th	Shot put	18.31 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	14th	Shot put	18.59 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	11th	Shot put	19.46 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Shot put	19.81 m
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	1st	Shot put	18.61 m
			3rd	Discus throw	48.92 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	15th (q)	Shot put	18.51 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	Shot put	19.53 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	Shot put	19.15 m
1993	Games of the Small States of Europe	Malta	1st	Shot put	19.60 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	28th (q)	Shot put	18.11 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	Shot put	20.04 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	Shot put	19.34 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	Shot put	19.67 m
1997	Games of the Small States of Europe	Reykjavík, Iceland	1st	Shot put	19.12 m
			1st	Discus throw	55.34 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	23rd (q)	Shot put	17.89 m

References

• sports-reference
• IAAF Profile

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