Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
Table title:
Final classification
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > RANK </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > NAME ATHLETE </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > DISTANCE </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Parry O'Brien (USA) </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18.57 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bill Nieder (USA) </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18.18 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jiří Skobla (TCH) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.65 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ken Bantum (USA) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.48 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Boris Belyaev (URS) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.96 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Erik Uddebom (SWE) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.65 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Karl-Heinz Wegmann (EUA) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.63 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.56 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Barry Donath (AUS) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.52 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Silvano Meconi (ITA) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.28 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Robert Hanlin (AUS) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16.08 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Barclay Palmer (GBR) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.81 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Vladimir Loshchilov (URS) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.62 m </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Raymond Thomas (FRA) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.31 m </td></tr>
</table>
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.