Shot put at the Olympics#Two-handed shot put

{{Olympic medalists in men's shot put}}

{{Olympic medalists in women's shot put}}

• {{note label|nb|nb|nb}} The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany.

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ 1906 Athina Summer Games]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.

At this event a men's shot put was held and Martin Sheridan of the United States won the competition. Hungary's Mihály Dávid was the runner-up while Swedish thrower Eric Lemming was the bronze medalist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-shot-put.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Shot Put]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

A stone throw event, similar to the shot put, was also contested for the first and only time at an Olympic event. Athletes were allowed to throw rather than put the implement, which weighed 14 pounds (6.35 kg). Nikolaos Georgantas won the event for the host nation, while Sheridan (filling in for his absent team mate, Jim Mitchel) placed second. Another Greek, Mikhail Dorizas, came third.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-stone-throw.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Stone Throw]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics a two-handed variant of the standard shot put competition took place. Each athlete had three attempts at the shot using each hand and their score was calculated by adding their best performances for the left and right hands. It featured two rounds, with the top three after the first round receiving a further three attempts with each arm.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052250/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-shot-put-both-hands-qualifying-round.html Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Shot Put, Both Hands Qualifying Round]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

Ralph Rose, a two-time Olympic champion in the standard shot put, topped the competition. Pat McDonald, who defeated Rose in the 1912 regular shot put final, took the silver medal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173334/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-shot-put-both-hands.html Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Shot Put, Both Hands]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18. Elmer Niklander of Finland came third and went on to place in the top four of all the Olympic shot put and discus events that year.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/elmer-niklander-1.html Elmer Niklander]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

;Participation and athlete data

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-shot-put.html Athletics Men's Shot Put Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-shot-put.html Athletics Women's Shot Put Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

;Olympic record progressions

• Mallon, Bill (2012). [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/2012_athletics_stats5.pdf TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS]. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-03-12.

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/throws/shot-put IAAF shot put homepage]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150705032224/http://www.olympic.org/ Official Olympics website]
• [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/formcharts/13-lists/1291-olympic-track-a-field-athletics-the-records Olympic athletics records] from Track & Field News

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