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Melbourne 1956
Athletics shot put men Results
Melbourne 1956
Athletics
shot put men
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Summary
Rank
Team
Participant
Results
Notes
G
USA
parry o'brien
Results:
18.57
Notes:
OR
S
USA
william henry nieder
Results:
18.18
Notes:
B
TCH
jiri skobla
Results:
17.65
Notes:
4
USA
ken bantum
Results:
17.48
Notes:
5
URS
boris balyaev
Results:
16.96
Notes:
6
SWE
erik uddebom
Results:
16.65
Notes:
7
GER
karl-heinz wegmann
Results:
16.63
Notes:
8
GRE
georgios tsakanikas
Results:
16.56
Notes:
9
AUS
barry william donath
Results:
16.52
Notes:
10
ITA
silvano meconi
Results:
16.28
Notes:
11
AUS
robert peter hanlin
Results:
16.08
Notes:
12
GBR
william barclay palmer
Results:
15.81
Notes:
13
URS
vladimir loshchilov
Results:
15.62
Notes:
14
FRA
raymond thomas
Results:
15.31
Notes:
URS
vartan ovsepian
Results:
Did not start
Notes:
BUL
todor artarski todorov
Results:
Did not start
Notes:
GBR
gerald anthony carr
Results:
Did not start
Notes:
GBR
mark pharaoh
Results:
Did not start
Notes: