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. 7 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.

Results

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Robert Garrett (USA)	11.22 m
2	Miltiadis Gouskos (GRE)	11.03 m
3	Georgios Papasideris (GRE)	10.36 m
4	Viggo Jensen (DEN)	Unknown
5-7	Ellery Clark (USA)	Unknown
	Fritz Hofmann (GER)	Unknown
	Carl Schuhmann (GER)	Unknown

References

• 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.