Table:
place
athlete
preliminary
final
best mark

1
2
3
rank
4
5
6

1
pat mcdonald
14.54
14.27
14.78
2nd
15.34 or
-
-
15.34

2
ralph rose
14.98 or
14.68
15.25 or
1st
14.96
-
-
15.25

3
lawrence whitney
-
-
13.93
3rd
-
-
-
13.93

none

4
elmer niklander
13.52
-
13.65
4th
none
13.65

5
george philbrook
12.84
13.13
-
5th
13.13

6
imre mudin
6th
12.81
none
none
none

7
einar nilsson
12.18
-
12.62
7th
12.62

8
patrick quinn
8th
12.53
none
none
none

9
andre tison
-
11.74
12.41
9th
12.41

10
paavo aho
10th
12.40
none
none
none

11
michalis dorizas
11th
12.05
none
none
none

12
aurelio lenzi
10.52
11.25
11.57
12th
11.57

13
josef schaffer
11.44
-
-
13th
11.44

14
karl halt
14th
11.16
none
none
none

15
frantisek janda-suk
15th
11.15
none
none
none

16
raoul paoli
9.81
10.61
11.11
16th
11.11

17
marcel pelletier
10.68
11.04
-
17th
11.04

18
paul willfuhr
-
-
10.90
18th
10.90

19
mgirdic migiryan
10.33
-
10.63
19th
10.63

20
eriks vanags
-
-
10.44
20th
10.44

21
arvids ozols-berne
-
10.33
-
21st
10.33

22
charles lagarde
9.41
-
-
22nd
9.41

Statement: at the end of the preliminaries, rose's throw of 15.25 metres stood well above mcdonald's 14.78 metres and lawrence whitney's 13.93 metres.
Question: what was rose's result at the end of the preliminaries?
Answer: 15.25 or