1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Two-Arm Shot Put (Men)
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 | ||||||||
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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 | |
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1 | Ralph Rose | 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 | 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 | 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 | 24.09 m | right hand: left hand: |
13.48 10.61 |
- - |
- - |
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5 | Einar Nilsson | Sweden | 23.37 m | right hand: left hand: |
12.52 10.05 |
- 10.61 |
- - |
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6th | Paavo Aho | Grand Duchy of Finland | 23.30 m | right hand: left hand: |
12.54 10.25 |
12.72 10.29 |
10.58 |
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7th | Mığır Mığıryan | 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
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
- SportsReference two-arm shot put , accessed August 28, 2017
- Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 28, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)