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

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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.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ralph Rose United States of America	Denis Horgan Great Britain	John Garrels United States of America

[edit] Results

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

[edit] 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].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3200 m steeplechase | medley relay | 3 mile team race | 5 miles | marathon | 3500 m walk | 10 mile walk high jump | long jump | triple jump | pole vault | standing high jump | standing long jump shot put | discus | hammer | javelin | Greek discus | freestyle javelin