1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Two-Arm Shot Put (Men)

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Olympic rings
Stockholm's Olympic Stadium, 070310.JPG
sport athletics
discipline two-armed shot put
gender Men
Attendees 7 athletes from 4 countries
Competition location Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 11, 1912
Medalist
gold medal Ralph Rose ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Pat McDonald ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Bronze medal Elmer Niklander ( FIN ) Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland 

The men's two-armed shot put at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was played on July 11, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. Seven athletes took part. This discipline was only part of the program of the Olympic Games in 1912.

The American Ralph Rose was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Pat McDonald . Bronze went to Elmer Niklander from Finland .

Conducting the competition

All athletes had three attempts with their left and right hands in the preliminary round. The end result was calculated by adding up the best distances. The best three bumpers then completed a further three attempts per hand, whereby the results of the first three rounds were included in the evaluation.

Note: The upper width indicates the result with the right hand, the lower one the result with the left hand. The best widths are shown in bold.

Existing records

  • World records were not set in the two-handed shot put.
  • Olympic record : Since the competition was on the Olympic program for the first time, there was not yet an Olympic record.

Result

space Surname nation result 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt
1 Ralph Rose United States 48United States United States 27.70 m OR right hand:
left hand:		 15.11
11.04		 -
11.19		 15.23
11.27		 14.78
11.34		 -
11.65		 15.10
12.47
2 Pat McDonald United States 48United States United States 27.53 m right hand:
left hand:		 14.24
11.37		 -
11.74		 -
11.85		 15.08
11.79		 -
12.29		 -
12.45
3 Elmer Niklander Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland 27.14 m right hand:
left hand:		 14.24
11.84		 -
-		 -
12.43 		13.55
12.42		 -
-		 14.71
-
4th Lawrence Whitney United States 48United States United States 24.09 m right hand:
left hand:		 13.48
10.61 		-
-		 -
-
5 Einar Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden 23.37 m right hand:
left hand:		 12.52
10.05		 -
10.61 		-
-
6th Paavo Aho Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland 23.30 m right hand:
left hand:		 12.54
10.25		 12.72
10.29
10.58
7th Mığır Mığıryan Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire 19.78 m right hand:
left hand:		 -
8.93 		10.85
-		 -
-

Date: July 11, 1912

Elmer Niklander, who had by far the best distance in the preliminary round with his left hand, could only improve in the final with his right hand and fell back to bronze. Ralph Rose, with the best distance for the right hand from the preliminary round, improved his left hand by 80 cm and relegated his competitor Pat McDonald, winner of the shot put , to second place.

Picture gallery

  • Olympic Champion Ralph Rose (USA)

  • Pat McDonald (USA), silver medal winner

  • Elmer Niklander (FIN), bronze medal winner

  • Mığır Mığıryan (TUR) finished seventh

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 120

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the finals in the official report ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 408, engl. (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.la84.org