1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
place	Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees	17 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	April 27, 1906

The shot put men at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens , it was decided on 27 April 1906th The participants had three attempts each, the three best then three more runs.

Records

World record	15.08 m	United States	Wesley Coe	1905
Olympic record	14.81 m	United States	Ralph Rose	1904

Results

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Martin Sheridan	United States	12.32
2	Mihály Dávid	Hungary	11.83
3	Eric Lemming	Sweden	11.26
4th	André Tison	France	11.02
5	Vasilios Papageorgiou	Greece	11.00
	Leopold Lahner	Austria	k. A.
	Franz Solar	Austria	k. A.
	Josef Wittmann	Austria	k. A.
	Verner Järvinen	Finland	k. A.
	Heikki Åhlman	Finland	k. A.
'	André Désfarges	France	k. A.
	Karl Kaltenbach	Germany	k. A.
	Julius Wagner	Germany	k. A.
	Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos	Greece	k. A.
	Ioannis Varanakis	Greece	k. A.
	Istvan Mudin	Hungary	k. A.
	Robert Edgren	United States	k. A.

In the absence of favorites Ralph Rose and Denis Horgan , competition developed on a poor level. There was also irritation about the prescribed pushing and throwing technique.

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• Sports Reference