Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the Games of the IV Olympiad
The winner Ralph Rose
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 16
Competitors	25 from 8 nations
Medalists
Ralph Rose  United States Denis Horgan  Great Britain John Garrels  United States

The men's shot put was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908.

25 shot putters from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.12(*)	Ralph Rose	Montreal (CAN)	September 21, 1907
Olympic Record	14.81	Ralph Rose	St. Louis (USA)	August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial

Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Ralph Rose	United States	14.21 metres
2	Denis Horgan	Great Britain	13.62 metres
3	John Garrels	United States	13.18 metres
4	Wesley Coe	United States	13.07 metres
5	Edward Barrett	Great Britain	12.89 metres
6	Bill Horr	United States	12.83 metres
7	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	12.58 metres
8	Lee Talbott	United States	11.63 metres
9-25	John Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Wilbur Burroughs	United States	Unknown
	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	Unknown
	Juho Halme	Finland	Unknown
	Arne Halse	Norway	Unknown
	István Mudin	Hungary	Unknown
	Verner Järvinen	Finland	Unknown
	Charles Lagarde	France	Unknown
	Henry Alan Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	Unknown
	Tom Nicolson	Great Britain	Unknown
	Elmer Niklander	Finland	Unknown
	Martin Sheridan	United States	Unknown
	André Tison	France	Unknown
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown
	Bruno Zilliacus	Finland	Unknown

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].