Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put

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Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2590 m steeplechase		men
4 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Standing long jump		men
Standing triple jump		men
Standing high jump		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men
Hammer throw		men
56 pound weight throw		men
Combined events
Triathlon		men
Decathlon		men

The men's shot put was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. The competition was held on August 31, 1904. 8 athletes from 2 nations competed.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Results
4 Sources

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ralph Rose United States (USA)	Wesley Coe United States (USA)	Leon Feuerbach United States (USA)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	14.81(*)	Ralph Rose	Chicago (USA)	May 21, 1904
Olympic Record	14.10	Richard Sheldon	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900

(*) unofficial

Ralph Rose set a new Olympic record in the his first try with 14.35 metres only to be bettered by Wesley Coe in his first try when he threw 14.40 metres. Finally Ralph Rose set a new Olympic record and repeated his own unofficial world record with 14.81 metres in his fifth throw.

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Ralph Rose (USA)	14.81 OR
2	Wesley Coe (USA)	14.40
3	Leon Feuerbach (USA)	13.37
4	Martin Sheridan (USA)	12.39
5	Charles Chadwick (USA)
6	Albert Johnson (USA)
7	John Guiney (USA)
—	Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)	Disqualified