Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put

The men's shot put was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only.Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races , each nation entered one team. The medley relay was run by four athletes, with four alternates...

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. The competition was held on July 16, 1908.

25 shot putters from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.12(*)	Ralph Rose Ralph Rose Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....	Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... (CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... )	September 21, 1907
Olympic Record	14.81	Ralph Rose Ralph Rose Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....	St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial

Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Ralph Rose Ralph Rose Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete.He was born in Healdsburg, California....		14.21 metres
2	Denis Horgan Denis Horgan Denis Horgan was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put....		13.62 metres
3	John Garrels John Garrels John Garrels was an American athlete who excelled in the 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, shot put, and as a fullback and end in American football....		13.18 metres
4	Wesley Coe Wesley Coe Wesley Coe was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the shot put where he won the silver medal between fellow Americans winner Ralph Rose and bronze medal winner Lawrence...		13.07 metres
5	Edward Barrett		12.89 metres
6	Bill Horr Bill Horr -External links:* * at Syracuse Hall of Fame*...		12.83 metres
7	Jalmari Sauli Jalmari Sauli Jalmari Sauli was a Finnish writer and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hämeenlinna and died in Tampere....		12.58 metres
8	Lee Talbott		11.63 metres
9-25	John Barrett John Barrett (athlete) John James Barrett was an Irish track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics...		Unknown
	Wilbur Burroughs Wilbur Burroughs Wilbur Burroughs was an American track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He died in Granite City, Illinois....		Unknown
	Michalis Dorizas Michalis Dorizas Michalis Dorizas was a bronze medal winner for stone throw and javelin throw in the 1906 Summer Olympics. He was a graduate of Robert College....		Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas /March 12, 1880 – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He was born in Steno, Arcadia.He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St...		Unknown
	Juho Halme Juho Halme Juho Halme was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Helsinki and died in Helsinki....		Unknown
	Arne Halse Arne Halse Arne Halse was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the different forms of javelin throw. He represented Trondhjems IF and later SK Brage, both in Trondheim....		Unknown
	István Mudin István Mudin István Mudin was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for a Hungary in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the Pentathlon where he won the Silver medal. This added to the bronze medal he won in the Greek style discus throw competition....		Unknown
	Verner Järvinen Verner Järvinen Venne "Verner" Järvinen was a Finnish athlete who competed mostly in the throwing events. A gold medalist in the Greek-style discus from the 1906 Intercalated Games, he went on to win a bronze in the same event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Career:Originally one of Finland's leading wrestlers, he...		Unknown
	Charles Lagarde		Unknown
	Henry Alan Leeke		Unknown
	Mór Kóczán Mór Kóczán Mór Kóczán was a Hungarian athlete who competed for Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was Jewish, was born in Kocs, and died in Alsógöd.In 1908 he competed in the discus throw event but his final place is unknown...		Unknown
	Tom Nicolson		Unknown
	Elmer Niklander Elmer Niklander Elmer Konstantin Niklander was a Finnish athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put.He was born in Rutajärvi, Hausjärvi and died in Helsinki....		Unknown
	Martin Sheridan Martin Sheridan Martin John Sheridan was "one of the greatest athletes [the United States] has ever known" according to his obituary in the New York Times. He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland and died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty...		Unknown
	André Tison André Tison André Tison was a French track and field athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....		Unknown
	Hugo Wieslander Hugo Wieslander Karl Hugo Wieslander was a Swedish athlete, who competed in combined events. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1911 with a score of 5516 points. He was born in Ljuder....		Unknown
	Bruno Zilliacus		Unknown

Sources

Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .

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