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Shot Put, Men

Date	10 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	22 from 14 countries

Since 1904, the world’s top shot putter had been Ralph Rose. He had won the Olympic gold medal in both 1904 and 1908 and had set eight world records between 1904 and 1908. His last, and final world record, was 15.54 (51-0), set at a meeting of the Olympic Club in San Francisco on 21 August 1909. He was still dominant, winning the AAU title in 1909 and 1910, but that was his last major title. In 1911 Pat McDonald (né McDonnell) won the AAU Championship after having finished second to Rose in 1910. McDonald would win the AAU title again in 1912 and 1914. At the 1912 U.S. Olympic Trials, Rose won the western trial while McDonald won the eastern trial. The battle for world shot put supremacy would certainly come down to these two at Stockholm.

In the qualifying, Rose seemed ready to resume his dominance, setting an Olympic record of 14.98 on his first effort, and raising that to 15.25 with his third put to easily lead the qualifying. Pat McDonald was far behind at that point. He led Group Three of the qualifying, but posted a mark of almost ½-metre behind Rose - 14.78. In the final, McDonald took the lead with his first put, setting a new Olympic record of 15.34. Rose could not improve his qualifying mark and had to settle for the silver medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Pat McDonald	USA	14.78 (2)	15.34 (1)	Gold	OR
2	–	Ralph Rose	USA	15.25 (1)	15.25 (2)	Silver	OR
3	–	Larry Whitney	USA	13.93 (3)	13.93 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	13.65 (4)	–
5	–	George Philbrook	USA	13.13 (5)	–
6	–	Imre Mudin	HUN	12.81 (6)	–
7	–	Einar Nilsson	SWE	12.62 (7)	–
8	–	Paddy Quinn	GBR	12.53 (8)	–
9	–	André Tison	FRA	12.41 (9)	–
10	–	Paavo Aho	FIN	12.40 (10)	–
11	–	Michail Dorizas	GRE	12.05 (11)	–
12	–	Aurelio Lenzi	ITA	11.57 (12)	–
13	–	Josef Schäffer	AUT	11.44 (13)	–
14	–	Karl von Halt	GER	11.16 (14)	–
15	–	František Janda-Suk	BOH	11.15 (15)	–
16	–	Raoul Paoli	FRA	11.11 (16)	–
17	–	Marcel Pelletier	LUX	11.04 (17)	–
18	–	Paul Willführ	GER	10.90 (18)	–
19	–	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	10.63 (19)	–
20	–	Ēriks Vanags	RUS	10.44 (20)	–
21	–	Arvīds Ozols-Bernē	RUS	10.33 (21)	–
22	–	Charles Lagarde	FRA	9.41 (22)	–
DNS	–	Erik Svensson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Angelo Pedrelli	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Janne Andersson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Al Reich	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Pietro Erculei	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Géza Pogány	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Vencheslav Ostrukhov	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Will Ziegler	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Arthur Bartlett	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Henry Klages	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Russell Beatty	USA	–	–
DNS	–	August Kihlart	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Herbert Thatcher	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Kálmán Kirchhoffer	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Karl Michl	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	Gustave Lemasson	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Gustave Amoly	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Arthur Kohler	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Szilárd Joanovits	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Pierre Failliot	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Edmond Barrett	GBR	–	–
DNS	–	Tom Nicolson	GBR	–	–
DNS	–	Alex Abraham	GER	–	–
DNS	–	Josef Waitzer	GER	–	–
DNS	–	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	–	–
DNS	–	Rezső Ujlaki	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Carlo Butti	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Giuseppe Tugnoli	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Carl Johan Lind	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Emil Magnusson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Henning Möller	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Otto Nilsson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Robert Olsson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Arlie Mucks	USA	–	–
DNS	–	André Désfarges	FRA	–	–

Qualifying Round (10 July 1912 — 9:30)

Qualifiers were separated into four groups, but Groups One and Two were combined into one group. Top three throwers qualified for the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Ralph Rose	USA	15.25	QOR
2	Pat McDonald	USA	14.78	Q
3	Larry Whitney	USA	13.93	Q
4	Elmer Niklander	FIN	13.65
5	George Philbrook	USA	13.13
6	Imre Mudin	HUN	12.81
7	Einar Nilsson	SWE	12.62
8	Paddy Quinn	GBR	12.53
9	André Tison	FRA	12.41
10	Paavo Aho	FIN	12.40
11	Michail Dorizas	GRE	12.05
12	Aurelio Lenzi	ITA	11.57
13	Josef Schäffer	AUT	11.44
14	Karl von Halt	GER	11.16
15	František Janda-Suk	BOH	11.15
16	Raoul Paoli	FRA	11.11
17	Marcel Pelletier	LUX	11.04
18	Paul Willführ	GER	10.90
19	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	10.63
20	Ēriks Vanags	RUS	10.44
21	Arvīds Ozols-Bernē	RUS	10.33
22	Charles Lagarde	FRA	9.41

Qualifying Round, Group A (10 July 1912 — 9:30)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Larry Whitney	USA	13.93
2	Imre Mudin	HUN	12.81
3	Einar Nilsson	SWE	12.62
4	Paddy Quinn	GBR	12.53
5	Paavo Aho	FIN	12.40
6	Michail Dorizas	GRE	12.05
7	Karl von Halt	GER	11.16
8	František Janda-Suk	BOH	11.15

Qualifying Round, Group B (10 July 1912 — 9:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	–	Ralph Rose	USA	15.25	14.98	14.68	15.25	OR
2	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	13.65	13.52	×	13.65
3	–	Josef Schäffer	AUT	11.44	11.44	×	×
4	–	Raoul Paoli	FRA	11.11	9.81	10.61	11.11
5	–	Marcel Pelletier	LUX	11.04	10.68	11.04	×
6	–	Paul Willführ	GER	10.90	×	×	10.90
7	–	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	10.63	10.33	×	10.63
8	–	Arvīds Ozols-Bernē	RUS	10.33	×	10.33	×

Qualifying Round, Group C (10 July 1912 — 9:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	–	Pat McDonald	USA	14.78	14.54	14.27	14.78
2	–	George Philbrook	USA	13.13	12.84	13.13	×
3	–	André Tison	FRA	12.41	×	11.74	12.41
4	–	Aurelio Lenzi	ITA	11.57	10.52	11.25	11.57
5	–	Ēriks Vanags	RUS	10.44	×	×	10.44
6	–	Charles Lagarde	FRA	9.41	9.41	×	×

Final Round (10 July 1912)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	–	Pat McDonald	USA	15.34	15.34	–	–	OR
2	–	Ralph Rose	USA	15.25	14.96	–	–
3	–	Larry Whitney	USA	13.93	–	–	–