Athletics Shot Put - men 1896-2016 

1896
1 Robert Garrett USA 11,22
2 Militades Gouskos GRE 11,03
3 Georgios Papasideris GRE 10,36
4 Viggo Jensen DEN -

1900
1 Richard Sheldon USA 14,10
2 Josiah McCraken USA 12,85
3 Robert Garrett USA 12,35
4 Rezsö Crettier HUN 12,07
5 Panagiotis Paraskevopulos GRE 11,52
6 Gustaf Soderstrom SWE 11,18
7 Artur Coray HUN 11,13
8 Thomas Truxton hare USA 10,92

1904
1 Ralph Rose USA 14,81
2 W. Wesley Coe USA 14,40
3 Lawrence Feuerbach USA 13,37
4 Martin Sheridan USA 12,39
5 Charles Chadwick USA -
6 Albert Johnson USA -
7 John Guiney USA -

1908
1 Ralph Rose USA 14,21
2 Denis Horgan GBR 13,62
3 John Garrels USA 13,18
4 W. Wesley Coe USA 13,07
5 Edward Barrett GBR 12,89
6 Marquis Horr USA 12,82
7 Jalmari Sauli FIN 12,58

1912
1 Patrick McDonald USA 15,34
2 Ralph Rose USA 15,25
3 Lawrence Whitney USA 13,93
4 Elmer Niklander FIN 13,65
5 George Philbrook USA 13,13
6 Imre Mudin HUN 12,81
7 Einar Nilsson SWE 12,62
8 Patrick Quinn GBR 12,53
12 Aurelio Lenzi ITA 11,57

1920
1 Frans "Ville" Pörhöla FIN 14,81
2 Elmer Niklander FIN 14,15
3 Harry Liversedge USA 14,15
4 Patrick McDonald USA 14,08
5 Einar Nilsson SWE 13,87
6 Harald Tammer EST 13,60
7 George Bihlman USA 13,57
8 Howard Cann USA 13,52
13 Aurelio Lenzi ITA 12,32
14 Giuseppe Tugnoli ITA 12,07

1924
1 L. Clarence "Bud" Houser USA 14,99
2 Glenn Hartranft USA 14,98
3 Ralph Hills USA 14,64
4 Hannes Torpo FIN 14,45
5 Norman Anderson USA 14,29
6 Elmer Niklander FIN 14,26
7 Frans "Ville" Pörhöla FIN 14,10
8 Berth Jansson SWE 13,76

1928
1 John Kuck USA 15,87
2 Herman Brix USA 15,75
3 Emil Hirschfeld GER 15,72
4 Eric Krenz USA 14,99
5 Armas Wahistedt FIN 14,69
6 Wilhelm Uebler GER 14,69
7 Harlow Rother USA 14,68
8 Jozsef Daranyi HUN 14,35

1932
1 Leo Sexton USA 16,00
2 Harlow Rothert USA 15,67
3 Frantisek Douda TCH 15,61
4 Emil Hirschfeld GER 15,56
5 Nelson Gray USA 15,46
6 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 15,07
7 Jozsef Daranyi HUN 14,57
8 Jules Noel FRA 14,53

1936
1 Hans Woelike GER 16,20
2 Sulo Bärlund FIN 16,12
3 Gerhard Stöck GER 15,66
4 Samuel Francis USA 15,45
5 Jack Torrance USA 15,38
6 Dimitri Zaitz USA 15,32
7 Frantisek Douda TCH 15,28
8 Arnold Viiding EST 15,23

1948
1 Wilbur Thompson USA 17,12
2 F. James Delaney USA 16,68
3 James Fuchs USA 16,42
4 Mieczyslaw Lomowsky POL 15,43
5 Gosta Arvidsson SWE 15,37
6 Yrjo Lehtilä FIN 15,05
7 Pentti Jouppila FIN 14,59
8 Cestmir Kalina TCH 14,55

1952
1 W. Perry O'Brien USA 17,41
2 C. Darrow Hooper USA 17,39
3 James Fuchs USA 17,06
4 Otto Grigalka URS 16,78
5 Roland Nilsson SWE 16,55
6 John Savidge GBR 16,19
7 Georgi Fyodorov RUS 16,06
8 Per Stavem NOR 16,02
12 Angiolo Profeti ITA 14,74

1956
1 W. Parry O'Brien USA 18,57
2 William Nieder USA 18,18
3 Jiri Skobla TCH 17,65
4 Kenneth Bantum USA 17,48
5 Boris Baljajev URS 16,96
6 Erik Uddebom SWE 16,65

7 Karlheinz Wergmann GER 16,63
8 Georgios Tsakanikas GRE 16,56
10 Silvano Meconi ITA 16,28

1960
1 William Nieder USA 19,68
2 W. Perry O'Brien USA 19,11
3 Dallas Long USA 19,01
4 Viktor Lipsnis URS 17,90
5 Michael Lindsay GBR 17,80
6 Alfred Sospornik POL 17,57
7 Dieter Urbach GER 17,47
8 Martyn Lucking GBR 17,43
13 Silvano Meconi ITA 13,73

1964
1 Dallas Long USA 20,33
2 James Randel Matson USA 20,20
3 Vilmos Varju HUN 19,39
4 W. Perry O'Brien USA 19,20
5 Zsigmond Nagy HUN 18,88
6 Nikolai Karasev URS 18,86
7 L. Lesile Mills NZL 18,52
8 Adoltas Varanauskas URS 18,41
Qual. Silvano Meconi ITA 17,29

1968
1 James Randel Matson USA 20,54
2 George Woods USA 20,12
3 Eduard Gushchin URS 20,09
4 Dieter Hoffmann RDT 20,00
5 David Maggard USA 19,43
6 Wladyslaw Komar POL 19,28
7 Uwe Grabe RDT 19,03
8 Heinfried Birlenbach RFG 18,80

1972
1 Wladyslaw Komar POL 21,18
2 George Woods USA 21,17
3 Hartmut Briesenick RDT 21,14
4 Hans-Peter Gies RDT 21,14
5 A. Allan Feuerbach USA 21,01
6 Brian Olfield USA 20,91
7 Heinfried Birlenbach RFG 20,37
8 Vilmos Varju HUN 20,10

1976
1 Udo Beyer RDT 21,05
2 Yevgeny Mironov URS 21,03
3 Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 21,00
4 Allan Feuerbach USA 20,55
5 Hans-Peter Gies RDT 20,47
6 Geoffrey Capes GBR 20,36
7 George Woods USA 20,26
8 Hans Hoglund SWE 20,17

1980
1 Volodymyr Kiselyov URS 21,35
2 Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 21,08
3 Udo Beyer RDT 21,06
4 Rejo Stahlberg FIN 20,82
5 Geoffrey Capes GBR 20,50
6 Hans-Jurgen Jacobi RDT 20,32
7 Jaromir Vlk TCH 20,24
8 Vladimir Milic YUG 20,07

1984
1 Alessandro Andrei ITA 21,26
2 Michael Carter USA 21,09
3 Dave Laut USA 20,97
4 Augie Wolf USA 20,93
5 Werner Gunthor SUI 20,28
6 Marco Montelatici ITA 19,98
7 Soren Talihem SWE 19,81
8 Erik de Bruin NED 19,65

1988
1 Ulf Timmermann RDT 22,47
2 E. Randlph Barnes USA 22,39
3 Werner Gunthoer SUI 21,99
4 Udo Beyer RDT 21,40
5 Remigius Machura TCH 20,57
6 Gert Weil CHI 20,38
7 Alessandro Andrei ITA 20,36
8 Sergei Smirnov URS 20,36

1992
1 Michael Stulce USA 21,70
2 James Doehring USA 20,96
3 Vyacheslav Lykho SUN/RUS 20,94
4 Werner Gunthoer SUI 20,91
5 Ulf Timmermann GER 20,49
6 Klaus Bodenmuller AUT 20,48
7 Dragan Peric POL 20,32
8 Aleksandr Klimenko SUN/UKR 20,23
9 Luciano Zerbini ITA 19,88
11 Alessandro Andrei ITA 19,62

1996
1 Randy Barnes USA 21,62
2 John Godina USA 20,79
3 Aleksandr Bagach UKR 20,75
4 Paolo Dal Soglio ITA 20,74
5 Oliver-Sven Buder GER 20,51
6 Roman Virastyuk UKR 20,45
7 C.J. Hunter USA 20,39
8 Dragan Peric n YUG 20,07
11 Corrado Fantini ITA 19,30
Qual. Giorgio Venturi ITA 18,98

2000
1 Arsi Harju FIN 21,29
2 Adam Nelson USA 21,21
3 John Godina USA 21,20
4 Andrew Bloom USA 20,87
5 Yuriy Bilonog UKR 20,84
6 Manuel Martinez ESP 20,55
7 Janus Robberts RSA 20,32
8 Oliver-Sven Buder GER 20,18
Qual. Paolo Dal Soglio ITA 19,39

2004 
1 Adam Nelson USA 21,06 
2 Joachim Olsen DEN 21,07 
3 Manuel Martinez ESP 20,84 
4 Andrey Mikhnevich BLR 20,60 
5 Yuriy Belov BLR 20,34 
6 Justin Anlezark AUS 20,31 
7 Ralf Bartels GER 20,26
8 John Godina USA 20,19
Yuri Bilonog UKR has been disqualified due to anti-doping violations (21,16)

2008
1 Tomasz Majewski POL 21,51
2 Christian Cantwell USA 21,09
3 Dylan Armstrong CAN 21,04
4 Yuriy Bilonog UKR 20,63
5 Reese Hoffa USA 20,53
6 Pavel Sof'in RUS 20,42
7 Rutger Smith NED 20,41
8 Yury Bialou BLR 20,06
Andrei Mikhnevich BLR (21,05), Pavel Lyzhyn BLR (20,98) and Ivan Yushkov RUS (19,67) have been disqualified due to anti-doping violations.

2012
1 Tomasz Majewski POL 21,89
2 David Storl GER  21,86
3 Reese Hoffa USA  21,23
4 Christian Cantwell USA  21,19
5 Dylan Armstrong CAN 20,93
6 German Lauro ARG 20,84
7 Asmir Kolasinac SRB  20,71
8 Pavel Lyzhyn  BLR  20,69

2016
1 Ryan Crouser USA 22,52
2 Joe Kovacs USA 21,78
3 Tomas Walsh NZL 21,36
4 Franck Elemba CGO 21,20
5 Darlan Romani BRA 21,02
6 Tomasz Majewski POL 20,72
7 David Storl GER 20,64
8 O'Dayne Richards JAM 20,64