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Track and field Almanac
Men's shot put
Olympics Medal Athlete Country Distance
Atlanta 1996Gold
Silver
Bronze
Randy Barnes
John Godina
Oleksandr Bagach
United States
United States
Ukraine
21.62
20.79
20.75
Barcelona 1992Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mike Stulce
James Doehring
Vyacheslav Lykho
United States
United States
Russia
21.70
20.96
20.94
Seoul 1988Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ulf Timmermann
Randy Barnes
Werner Guenthoer
East Germany
United States
Switzerland
22.47
22.39
21.99
Los Angeles 1984Gold
Silver
Bronze
Alessandro Andrei
Michael Carter
David Laut
Italy
United States
United States
21.26
21.09
20.97
Moscow 1980Gold
Silver
Bronze
Vladmimir Kiselyov
A. Baryshnikov
Udo Beyer
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
East Germany
21.35
21.08
21.06
Montreal 1976Gold
Silver
Bronze
Udo Beyer
Yegevny Mironov
A. Baryshnikov
East Germany
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
21.05
21.03
21.00
Munich 1972Gold
Silver
Bronze
Wladyslaw Komar
George Woods
Hartmut Briesenick
Poland
United States
East Germany
21.18
21.17
21.14
Mexico City 1968Gold
Silver
Bronze
Randy Matson
George Woods
Eduard Gushchin
United States
United States
Soviet Union
20.54
20.12
20.09
Tokyo 1964Gold
Silver
Bronze
Dallas Long
Randy Matson
Vilmos Varju
United States
United States
Hungary
20.33
20.20
19.39
Rome 1960Gold
Silver
Bronze
William Nieder
Parry O'Brien
Dallas Long
United States
United States
United States
19.68
19.11
19.01
Melbourne 1956Gold
Silver
Bronze
Parry O'Brien
William Nieder
Jiri Skobla
United States
United States
Czechoslovakia
18.57
18.18
17.65
Helsinki 1952Gold
Silver
Bronze
Parry O'Brien
Darrow Hooper
James Fuchs
United States
United States
United States
17.41
17.39
17.06
London 1948Gold
Silver
Bronze
Wilbur Thompson
F. James Delaney
James Fuchs
United States
United States
United States
17.12
16.68
16.42
Berlin 1936Gold
Silver
Bronze
Hans Woelke
Sulo Barlund
Gerhard Stock
Germany
Finland
Germany
16.20
16.12
15.66
Los Angeles 1932Gold
Silver
Bronze
Leo Sexton
Harlow Rothert
Frantisek Douda
United States
United States
Czechoslovakia
16.00
15.67
15.61
Amsterdam 1928Gold
Silver
Bronze
John Kuck
Herman Brix
Emil Hirschfeld
United States
United States
Germany
15.87
15.75
15.72
Paris 1924Gold
Silver
Bronze
Clarence Houser
Glenn Hatranft
Ralph Hills
United States
United States
United States
14.99
14.89
14.64
Antwerp 1920Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ville Porhola
Elmer Niklander
Herry Liversedge
Finland
Finland
United States
14.81
14.16
14.15
Stockholm 1912Gold
Silver
Bronze
Patrick McDonald
Ralph Rose
Lawrence Whitney
United States
United States
United States
15.34
15.25
13.93
London 1908Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ralph Rose
Dennis Horgan
John Garreis
United States
Great Britain/Ireland
United States
14.21
13.62
13.18
St. Louis 1904Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ralph Rose
William Coe
Leon Feuerbach
United States
United States
United States
14.81
14.40
13.37
Paris 1900Gold
Silver
Bronze
Richard Sheldon
Josiah McCracken
Robert Garrett
United States
United States
United States
14.10
12.85
12.37
Athens 1896Gold
Silver
Bronze
Robert Garrett
Militiades Gouskos
Georgios Papasideris
United States
Greece
Greece
11.22
11.20
10.36


 



 
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