Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two handed shot put

The men's two handed shot put was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the shot three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand. The competition was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912. Seven shot putters from five nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Men's two handed shot put at the Games of the V Olympiad
Rose on the way to win the gold medal.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 11
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Medalists
Ralph Rose  United States Pat McDonald  United States Elmer Niklander  Finland

Results

The top four throwers were the same as those in the standard shot put event, though in a different order. McDonald, who had won the one-handed event, was not able to match Rose in their best-hand throws a day later. Niklander's excellent off-hand throw in the first round gave him the lead going into the finals.

Rose and McDonald bettered Niklander's off-hand throw in the final, but barely. A nearly even result with the off-hand (Rose won by .02 metres) gave the win to Rose. Niklander, only .02 metres behind McDonald and .04 behind Rose with the off-hand, placed third when his best-hand throw measured more than a metre further than he'd thrown in the standard event.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary					Final			Best mark total
		1	2	3	Total	Rank	4	5	6
1	Ralph Rose (USA)	15.11	—	15.23	26.50	2nd	14.78	—	15.10	27.70
		11.04	11.19	11.27			11.34	11.65	12.47
2	Pat McDonald (USA)	14.24	—	—	25.09	3rd	15.08	—	—	27.53
		11.37	11.74	11.85			11.79	12.29	12.45
3	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	14.24	—	—	26.67	1st	13.55	—	14.71	27.14
		11.84	—	12.43			12.42	—	—
4	Lawrence Whitney (USA)	13.48	—	—	24.09	4th				24.09
		10.61	—	—
5	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	12.52	—	—	23.37	5th				23.37
		10.05	10.85	—
6	Paavo Aho (FIN)	12.54	12.72	—	23.30	6th				23.30
		10.25	10.29	10.58
7	Mgirdiç Migiryan (TUR)	—	10.85	—	19.78	7th				19.78
		8.93	—	—

Bronze medalist Elmer Niklander.

References

1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Shot Put, Both Hands". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. Official report, p. 61.

External links

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2007.