Men's Shot put - Athletics |  | ||||
 Men's Shot put 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Parry O'Brien |  | USA | 18,57 | OR | ||||
 | Bill Nieder | | USA | 18,18 | |||||
 | Jiri Skobla |  | TCH | 17,65 | |||||
| 4. | Kenneth Bantum | | USA | 17,48 | |||||
| 5. | Boris Balyayev |  | URS | 16,96 | |||||
| 6. | Erik Uddebom |  | SWE | 16,65 | |||||
| 7. | Karlheinz Wegmann |  | GER | 16,63 | |||||
| 8. | Georgios Tsakanikas |  | GRE | 16,56 | |||||
| 9. | Berry Donath |  | AUS | 16,52 | |||||
| 10. | Silvano Meconi |  | ITA | 16,28 | |||||
| 11. | Robert Hanlin | | AUS | 16,08 | |||||
| 12. | Barclay Palmer |  | GBR | 15,81 | |||||
| 13. | Vladimir Lochilov | | URS | 15,62 | |||||
| 14. | Raymond Thomas |  | FRA | 15,31 | |||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | Jiri Skobla | | TCH | 17,15 | q | ||||
| 2. | Bill Nieder | | USA | 16,76 | q | ||||
| 3. | Parry O'Brien | | USA | 16,62 | q | ||||
| 4. | Berry Donath | | AUS | 16,57 | q | ||||
| 5. | Erik Uddebom | | SWE | 16,36 | q | ||||
| 6. | Silvano Meconi | | ITA | 16,19 | q | ||||
| 7. | Georgios Tsakanikas | | GRE | 15,99 | q | ||||
| 8. | Kenneth Bantum | | USA | 15,76 | q | ||||
| 9. | Karlheinz Wegmann | | GER | 15,73 | q | ||||
| 10. | Vladimir Lochilov | | URS | 15,64 | q | ||||
| 11. | Robert Hanlin | | AUS | 15,62 | q | ||||
| 12. | Raymond Thomas | | FRA | 15,42 | q | ||||
| 13. | Barclay Palmer | | GBR | 15,19 | q | ||||
| 14. | Boris Balyayev | | URS | 15,03 | q | ||||
Men's Shot put - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Men's Shot put competition was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 14 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's Shot put - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
