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






















Men's shot put
at the Games of the IV Olympiad


Ralph Rose.jpg
The winner Ralph Rose

Venue White City Stadium
Date July 16
Competitors 25 from 8 nations
Medalists



















1st, gold medalist(s)

Ralph Rose

 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Denis Horgan

 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

John Garrels

 United States

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The men's shot put was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908. 25 shot putters from eight nations competed.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Records


  • 2 Results


  • 3 References


  • 4 Sources





Records


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

















World Record
15.12(*)

United States Ralph Rose

Montreal (CAN)
September 21, 1907
Olympic Record
14.81

United States Ralph Rose

St. Louis (USA)
August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial



Results















































































































































Place Name Nation Distance
1 Ralph Rose
 United States
14.21 metres
2 Denis Horgan
 Great Britain
13.62 metres
3 John Garrels
 United States
13.18 metres
4 Wesley Coe
 United States
13.07 metres
5 Edward Barrett
 Great Britain
12.89 metres
6 Bill Horr
 United States
12.83 metres
7 Jalmari Sauli
 Finland
12.58 metres
8 Lee Talbott
 United States
11.63 metres
9-25 John Barrett
 Great Britain
Unknown
Wilbur Burroughs
 United States
Unknown
Michalis Dorizas
 Greece
Unknown
Nikolaos Georgantas
 Greece
Unknown
Juho Halme
 Finland
Unknown
Arne Halse
 Norway
Unknown
István Mudin
 Hungary
Unknown
Verner Järvinen
 Finland
Unknown
Charles Lagarde
 France
Unknown
Henry Alan Leeke
 Great Britain
Unknown
Mór Kóczán
 Hungary
Unknown
Tom Nicolson
 Great Britain
Unknown
Elmer Niklander
 Finland
Unknown
Martin Sheridan
 United States
Unknown
André Tison
 France
Unknown
Hugo Wieslander
 Sweden
Unknown
Bruno Zilliacus
 Finland
Unknown


References





  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




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 [1].









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