Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 pound weight throw

Men's 56 pound weight throw at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 1
Competitors	6 from 2 nations
Medalists
Étienne Desmarteau 23x15px Canada John Flanagan  United States James Mitchell  United States

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
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56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
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All-around	men

The men's 56 pound weight throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held. It would not appear on the Olympic program again until the 1920 Summer Olympics, which would be the last time the 56 pound weight was thrown in the Olympic Games. The competition was held on September 1, 1904.

6 athletes from 2 nations competed. It was one of only 2 (out of 25) events not won by an American.

Results

Place	Athlete	Width
1	22x20px Étienne Desmarteau (CAN)	10.46 m OR
2	John Flanagan (USA)	10.16 m
3	James Mitchell (USA)	10.13 m
4	Charles Henneman (USA)	9.18 m
5	Charles Chadwick (USA)
6	Ralph Rose (USA)	8.53 m