| Host City: Paris, France |
Format: Top five in qualifying advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: July 14, 1900 |
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| Date Finished: July 15, 1900 |
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| (Competitors: 11; Countries: 5) |
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Venue(s): Catalan Cross, Boulogne Forest, Paris
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| As in 1896, the shot was thrown from a 7-foot square. Sheldon led the Saturday qualifying round with 13.80 from McCracken (12.85) and Garrett (12.35). The last two refused to compete in the final round held on Sunday, but their marks held up for second and third, as Crettier could improve only from 11.58 to 12.05 in fourth place. Sheldon improved to 14.10 to cement an easy win. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Again, qualifying was held on Saturday and the final on Sunday. However, the results here were basically unaffected by the furor over Sunday competition. The top five finishers in qualifying advanced to the final, but two Americans, Josiah McCracken and Bob Garrett, refused to compete on Sunday. On Sunday, however, Dick Sheldon, who already led McCracken by almost a full metre, increased his lead with an even longer put. The qualifying positions were unchanged after the final. |
| Dick Sheldon was a top athlete at Yale, having played both football and competing on the track team. He was the 1896 IC4A shot put champion, and took the shot/discus double at the 1899 AAU meet, where he broke the world record for the discus throw. |
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| Richard Sheldon set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 13.80 metres and improved his mark in the final to 14.10 metres. |
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Richard Sheldon 
Rezső Crettier 
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos 
