Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put

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The men's shot put was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 14 July and 15 July 1900. 11 athletes from five nations competed in the shot put.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 Qualifier
- 2.2 Final
3 Sources

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Richard Sheldon United States	Josiah McCracken United States	Robert Garrett United States

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifier

All throwers competed in the qualifier on 14 July. The top five advanced to the final.

Versis did not record a fair mark and it is not clear if he actually competed.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Richard Sheldon	United States	13.80 metres
2	Josiah McCracken	United States	12.85 metres
3	Robert Garrett	United States	12.37 metres
4	Rezsö Crettier	Hungary	11.58 metres
5	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	Greece	11.29 metres
6	Gustaf Söderström	Sweden	11.18 metres
7	Artur Coray	Hungary	11.13 metres
8	Truxtun Hare	United States	10.92 metres
9	August Nilsson	Sweden	10.86 metres
10	Charles Winckler	Denmark	10.76 metres
—	Sotirios Versis	Greece	No mark

[edit] Final

Qualifier marks were still valid in the final. McCracken and Garrett did not compete, as the final was held on 15 July, a Sunday. No changes in position occurred during the final.

Pos	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Qualifier
1	Richard Sheldon	United States	14.10 metres	13.80 metres
2	Josiah McCracken	United States	----	12.85 metres
3	Robert Garrett	United States	----	12.37 metres
4	Rezsö Crettier	Hungary	12.07 metres	11.58 metres
5	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	Greece	11.52 metres	11.29 metres

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.