Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
Final classification

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put

Section Title: Final classification
Table Section Text: None

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE

-	Parry O'Brien (USA)	18.57 m

-	Bill Nieder (USA)	18.18 m

-	Jiří Skobla (TCH)	17.65 m

4.	Ken Bantum (USA)	17.48 m

5.	Boris Belyaev (URS)	16.96 m

6.	Erik Uddebom (SWE)	16.65 m

7.	Karl-Heinz Wegmann (EUA)	16.63 m

8.	Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE)	16.56 m

9.	Barry Donath (AUS)	16.52 m

10.	Silvano Meconi (ITA)	16.28 m

11.	Robert Hanlin (AUS)	16.08 m

12.	Barclay Palmer (GBR)	15.81 m

13.	Vladimir Loshchilov (URS)	15.62 m

14.	Raymond Thomas (FRA)	15.31 m

Sentence(s)

Just short of 18.57, Nieder threw 18.18m.

final_sentence: Just short of 18.57, Nieder threw 18.18m.