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| 2 | Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put - Final classification |  |  |
| 3 | RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
| 4 | - | Parry O'Brien (USA) | 18.57 m |
| 5 | - | Bill Nieder (USA) | 18.18 m |
| 6 | - | Jiří Skobla (TCH) | 17.65 m |
| 7 | 4. | Ken Bantum (USA) | 17.48 m |
| 8 | 5. | Boris Belyaev (URS) | 16.96 m |
| 9 | 6. | Erik Uddebom (SWE) | 16.65 m |
| 10 | 7. | Karl-Heinz Wegmann (EUA) | 16.63 m |
| 11 | 8. | Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) | 16.56 m |
| 12 | 9. | Barry Donath (AUS) | 16.52 m |
| 13 | 10. | Silvano Meconi (ITA) | 16.28 m |
| 14 | 11. | Robert Hanlin (AUS) | 16.08 m |
| 15 | 12. | Barclay Palmer (GBR) | 15.81 m |
| 16 | 13. | Vladimir Loshchilov (URS) | 15.62 m |
| 17 | 14. | Raymond Thomas (FRA) | 15.31 m |

Question: How close was Bill Neider to winning the Men's shot put in the 1956 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Just short of 18.57, Nieder threw 18.18m.