The men's two handed shot put was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the shot three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand. The competition was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Seven shot putters from five nations competed.

Results

The top four throwers were the same as those in the standard shot put event

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put

The men's shot put was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

, though in a different order. McDonald, who had won the one-handed event, was not able to match Rose in their best-hand throws a day later. Niklander's excellent off-hand throw in the first round gave him the lead going into the finals.

Rose and McDonald bettered Niklander's off-hand throw in the final, but barely. A nearly even result with the off-hand (Rose won by .02 metres) gave the win to Rose. Niklander, only .02 metres behind McDonald and .04 behind Rose with the off-hand, placed third when his best-hand throw measured more than a metre further than he'd thrown in the standard event.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary					Final			Best mark total
		1	2	3	Total	Rank	4	5	6
1		15.11	—	15.23	26.50	2nd	14.78	—	15.10	27.70
		11.04	11.19	11.27			11.34	11.65	12.47
2		14.24	—	—	25.09	3rd	15.08	—	—	27.53
		11.37	11.74	11.85			11.79	12.29	12.45
3		14.24	—	—	26.67	1st	13.55	—	14.71	27.14
		11.84	—	12.43			12.42	—	—
4		13.48	—	—	24.09	4th				24.09
		10.61	—	—
5		12.52	—	—	23.37	5th				23.37
		10.05	10.85	—
6		12.54	12.72	—	23.30	6th				23.30
		10.25	10.29	10.58
7		—	10.85	—	19.78	7th				19.78
		8.93	—	—