Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	April 7
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Medalists
Robert Garrett  United States Miltiadis Gouskos  Greece Georgios Papasideris  Greece

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men

The men's shot put was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Seven athletes took part in the shot put competition on 7 April. The two Greek athletes both won medals, with Gouskos battling closely with Garrett of the United States for the longest distance.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance	Notes
	Robert Garrett	United States	11.22	OR
	Miltiadis Gouskos	Greece	11.03
	Georgios Papasideris	Greece	10.36
4	Viggo Jensen	Denmark	Unknown
5-7	Ellery Clark	United States	Unknown
5-7	Fritz Hofmann	Germany	Unknown
5-7	Carl Schuhmann	Germany	Unknown

References

Sources

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
• Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.