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Shot Put, Both Hands, Men

Date	11 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	7 from 4 countries

This was the only time this event was held at the Olympic Games. It was rarely contested at major meets, but the world record was 28.00 metres, set by America’s Ralph Rose at Oakland, just a month before the Olympics (2 June). Rose barely qualified for the final, placing third behind his teammate Pat McDonald, who led the qualifying, and Finland’s Elmer Niklander. In the final, McDonald improved with both hands, and led until Rose’s very last throw with his left hand. Until then, Rose was in third place, still trailing the other two finalists. But his last left-handed mark was an improvement of almost one metre, and vaulted him to the gold medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Ralph Rose	USA	26.50 (3)	27.70 (1)	Gold	OR
2	Pat McDonald	USA	26.77 (1)	27.53 (2)	Silver
3	Elmer Niklander	FIN	26.67 (2)	27.14 (3)	Bronze
4	Larry Whitney	USA	24.09 (4)	–
5	Einar Nilsson	SWE	23.37 (5)	–
6	Paavo Aho	FIN	23.30 (6)	–
7	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	19.78 (7)	–
DNS	Erik Svensson	SWE	–	–
DNS	Janne Andersson	SWE	–	–
DNS	Al Reich	USA	–	–
DNS	Géza Pogány	HUN	–	–
DNS	Henry Klages	USA	–	–
DNS	Russell Beatty	USA	–	–
DNS	Herbert Thatcher	USA	–	–
DNS	Kálmán Kirchhoffer	HUN	–	–
DNS	Szilárd Joanovits	HUN	–	–
DNS	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	–	–
DNS	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–
DNS	Rezső Ujlaki	HUN	–	–
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	George Philbrook	USA	–	–
DNS	Jim Thorpe	USA	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	11 July 1912 — 14:00
Format	Qualifiers were separated into two groups. Three puts with each hand, the best put with each hand to be totalled for the final result. Top three throwers advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Right-Hand Distance	Left-Hand Distance
1	Pat McDonald	USA	26.77	14.92	11.85	Q
2	Elmer Niklander	FIN	26.67	14.24	12.43	Q
3	Ralph Rose	USA	26.50	15.23	11.27	Q
4	Larry Whitney	USA	24.09	13.48	10.61
5	Einar Nilsson	SWE	23.37	12.52	10.85
6	Paavo Aho	FIN	23.30	12.72	10.58
7	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	19.78	10.85	8.93

Group A

Date	11 July 1912 — 14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Right-Hand Distance	Left-Hand Distance	Round #1 Right-Hand Distance	Round #1 Left-Hand Distance	Round #2 Right-Hand Distance	Round #2 Left-Hand Distance	Round #3 Right-Hand Distance	Round #3 Left-Hand Distance
1	Larry Whitney	USA	24.09	13.48	10.61	13.48	10.61	x	x	x	x
2	Einar Nilsson	SWE	23.37	12.52	10.85	12.52	10.05	x	10.85	x	x
3	Paavo Aho	FIN	23.30	12.72	10.58	12.54	10.25	12.72	10.29	x	10.58

Group B

Date	11 July 1912 — 14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Right-Hand Distance	Left-Hand Distance	Round #1 Right-Hand Distance	Round #1 Left-Hand Distance	Round #2 Right-Hand Distance	Round #2 Left-Hand Distance	Round #3 Right-Hand Distance	Round #3 Left-Hand Distance
1	Pat McDonald	USA	26.77	14.92	11.85	13.95	11.37	14.92	11.74	x	11.85
2	Elmer Niklander	FIN	26.67	14.24	12.43	14.24	11.84	x	x	x	12.43
3	Ralph Rose	USA	26.50	15.23	11.27	15.11	11.04	x	11.19	15.23	11.27
4	Mkrtich Mkryan	TUR	19.78	10.85	8.93	x	8.93	10.85	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	11 July 1912 — ca. 15:30

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Right-Hand Distance	Left-Hand Distance	Round #1 Right-Hand Distance	Round #1 Left-Hand Distance	Round #2 Right-Hand Distance	Round #2 Left-Hand Distance	Round #3 Right-Hand Distance	Round #3 Left-Hand Distance
1	Ralph Rose	USA	27.70	15.23	12.47	14.78	11.34	x	11.65	15.23	12.47
2	Pat McDonald	USA	27.53	15.08	12.45	15.08	11.79	x	12.29	x	12.45
3	Elmer Niklander	FIN	27.14	14.71	12.43	13.55	12.43	x	x	14.71	x