Athletics — Shot Put, Men

Times held 43
Total participants 577
Total countries 90

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Shot Put, Men Olympic 7 4
1900 Shot Put, Men Olympic 11 5
1904 Shot Put, Men Olympic 8 2
1904 Shot Put (AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Shot Put (Olympic Collegiate Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 Shot Put (Olympic Irish Sports), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Shot Put (Western AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Shot Put (YMCA Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Tehuelche)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 5 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Cocopah)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Native Americans)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 5 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Ainu)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Pueblo)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 1 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Syrians)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 2 1
1904 Shot Put (Anthropological Days (Africans)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 8 1
1906 Shot Put, Men Intercalated 17 8
1908 Shot Put, Men Olympic 25 8
1912 Shot Put, Men Olympic 22 14
1920 Shot Put, Men Olympic 20 10
1924 Shot Put, Men Olympic 28 15
1928 Shot Put, Men Olympic 22 14
1932 Shot Put, Men Olympic 15 10
1936 Shot Put, Men Olympic 22 14
1948 Shot Put, Men Olympic 24 15
1952 Shot Put, Men Olympic 20 14
1956 Shot Put, Men Olympic 14 10
1960 Shot Put, Men Olympic 24 16
1964 Shot Put, Men Olympic 22 13
1968 Shot Put, Men Olympic 19 14
1972 Shot Put, Men Olympic 29 19
1976 Shot Put, Men Olympic 23 17
1980 Shot Put, Men Olympic 16 11
1984 Shot Put, Men Olympic 19 13
1988 Shot Put, Men Olympic 21 17
1992 Shot Put, Men Olympic 26 18
1996 Shot Put, Men Olympic 36 24
2000 Shot Put, Men Olympic 37 27
2004 Shot Put, Men Olympic 39 26
2008 Shot Put, Men Olympic 44 34
2012 Shot Put, Men Olympic 40 34
2016 Shot Put, Men Olympic 34 24
2020 Shot Put, Men Olympic 31 22
2024 Shot Put, Men Olympic 31 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Bob GarrettUSA Miltiadis GouskosGRE Georgios PapasiderisGRE
1900 Dick SheldonUSA Josiah McCrackenUSA Bob GarrettUSA
1904 Ralph RoseUSA Wesley CoeUSA Lawrence FeuerbachUSA
1906 Martin SheridanUSA Mihály DávidHUN Eric LemmingSWE
1908 Ralph RoseUSA Denis HorganGBR Johnny GarrelsUSA
1912 Pat McDonaldUSA Ralph RoseUSA Larry WhitneyUSA
1920 Ville PörhöläFIN Elmer NiklanderFIN Harry LiversedgeUSA
1924 Bud HouserUSA Glenn HartranftUSA Ralph HillsUSA
1928 Johnny KuckUSA Herman BrixUSA Emil HirschfeldGER
1932 Leo SextonUSA Harlow RothertUSA František DoudaTCH
1936 Hans WoellkeGER Sulo BärlundFIN Gerhard StöckGER
1948 Wilbur ThompsonUSA Jim DelaneyUSA Jim FuchsUSA
1952 Parry O'BrienUSA Darrow HooperUSA Jim FuchsUSA
1956 Parry O'BrienUSA Bill NiederUSA Jiří SkoblaTCH
1960 Bill NiederUSA Parry O'BrienUSA Dallas LongUSA
1964 Dallas LongUSA Randy MatsonUSA Vilmos VarjúHUN
1968 Randy MatsonUSA George WoodsUSA Eduard GushchinURS
1972 Władysław KomarPOL George WoodsUSA Hartmut BriesenickGDR
1976 Udo BeyerGDR Yevgeny MironovURS Aleksandr BaryshnikovURS
1980 Vladimir KiselyovURS Aleksandr BaryshnikovURS Udo BeyerGDR
1984 Alessandro AndreiITA Mike CarterUSA Dave LautUSA
1988 Ulf TimmermannGDR Randy BarnesUSA Werner GünthörSUI
1992 Mike StulceUSA Jim DoehringUSA Vyacheslav LykhoEUN
1996 Randy BarnesUSA John GodinaUSA Oleksandr BahachUKR
2000 Arsi HarjuFIN Adam NelsonUSA John GodinaUSA
2004 Adam NelsonUSA Joachim OlsenDEN Manuel MartínezESP
2008 Tomasz MajewskiPOL Christian CantwellUSA Dylan ArmstrongCAN
2012 Tomasz MajewskiPOL David StorlGER Reese HoffaUSA
2016 Ryan CrouserUSA Joe KovacsUSA Tom WalshNZL
2020 Ryan CrouserUSA Joe KovacsUSA Tom WalshNZL
2024 Ryan CrouserUSA Joe KovacsUSA Rajindra CampbellJAM

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 21 22 12 55
Poland POL 3 0 0 3
Finland FIN 2 2 0 4
East Germany GDR 2 0 2 4
Soviet Union URS 1 2 2 5
Germany GER 1 1 2 4
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
Greece GRE 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 2 2
New Zealand NZL 0 0 2 2
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Jamaica JAM 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ryan Crouser USA 3 0 0 3
Parry O'Brien USA 2 1 0 3
Ralph Rose USA 2 1 0 3
Tomasz Majewski POL 2 0 0 2
Randy Barnes USA 1 1 0 2
Randy Matson USA 1 1 0 2
Bill Nieder USA 1 1 0 2
Adam Nelson USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1936 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahim AC r1/2 See all
Albania ALB 2012 Summer Olympics Adriatik Hoxha 34 r1/2 See all
American Samoa ASA 1996 Summer Olympics Anthony Leiato 34 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Justin Anlezark 6 See all
Austria AUT 1992 Summer Olympics Klaus Bodenmüller 6 See all
Bahrain BRN 2020 Summer Olympics Abdelrahman Mahmoud 22 r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Andrei Mikhnievich 4 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Gustave Wuyts 18 r1/2 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Roger Verhaes 18
1976 Summer Olympics Jos Schroeder 18 r1/2
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics František Janda-Suk 15 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2020 Summer Olympics Mesud Pezer 11 See all
Brazil BRA 2020 Summer Olympics Darlan Romani 4 See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 2016 Summer Olympics Eldred Henry 34 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Nikola Hristov 13 r1/2 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Georgi Todorov 13 r1/2
Canada CAN 2008 Summer Olympics Dylan Armstrong 3 Bronze See all
Chile CHI 1988 Summer Olympics Gert Weil 6 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2012 Summer Olympics Chang Ming-Huang 11 See all
Congo CGO 2016 Summer Olympics Franck Elemba 4 See all
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games Epaminonas Anezakis DNS See all
Croatia CRO 2016 Summer Olympics Stipe Žunić 11 See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Carlos Véliz 21 r1/2 See all
Cyprus CYP 1996 Summer Olympics Ilias Louka 24 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Miroslav Menc 10 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Tomáš Staněk 10
Czechoslovakia TCH 1932 Summer Olympics František Douda 3 Bronze See all
1956 Summer Olympics Jiří Skobla 3 Bronze
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1964 Summer Olympics Denis Ségui Kragbé 20 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 2004 Summer Olympics Joachim Olsen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Udo Beyer 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Ulf Timmermann 1 Gold
Egypt EGY 2020 Summer Olympics Mostafa Amr Hassan 8 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Mauricio Jubis 19 r1/2 See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Harald Tammer 6 See all
Finland FIN 1920 Summer Olympics Ville Pörhölä 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Arsi Harju 1 Gold
France FRA 1906 Intercalated Games André Tison 4 See all
Georgia GEO 2020 Summer Olympics Giorgi Mujaridze 27 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Hans Woellke 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Denis Horgan 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 1896 Summer Olympics Miltiadis Gouskos 2 Silver See all
Hungary HUN 1906 Intercalated Games Mihály Dávid 2 Silver See all
Iceland ISL 1980 Summer Olympics Hreinn Halldórsson 10 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Dragan Perić 7 See all
India IND 1980 Summer Olympics Bahadur Singh 15 r1/2 See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Nayef Hameed 24 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1948 Summer Olympics David Guiney 16 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Amin Nikfar 30 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1960 Summer Olympics Gideon Ariel 22 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Alessandro Andrei 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 2024 Summer Olympics Rajindra Campbell 3 Bronze See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Ivan Ivanov 33 r1/2 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2024 Summer Olympics Mohamed Tolo 15 QR See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Al-Zinkawi 14 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Arvīds Ķibilds 19 See all
Lebanon LBN 1960 Summer Olympics Salem El-Jisr 23 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Saulius Kleiza 28 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1912 Summer Olympics Marcel Pelletier 17 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Bob Bertemes 17 QR
Monaco MON 1928 Summer Olympics Gaston Médecin DNS See all
Morocco MAR 1972 Summer Olympics Lahcen Samsam 15 See all
Netherlands NED 2008 Summer Olympics Rutger Smith 7 See all
New Zealand NZL 2016 Summer Olympics Tom Walsh 3 Bronze See all
2020 Summer Olympics Tom Walsh 3 Bronze
Nicaragua NCA 1968 Summer Olympics Rolando Mendoza 18 r1/2 See all
Nigeria NGR 2024 Summer Olympics Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 6 See all
Norway NOR 1952 Summer Olympics Per Stavem 8 See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Haider Khan 18 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1988 Summer Olympics Ma Yongfeng 17 r1/2 See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Lionelo Patiño AC r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Władysław Komar 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Tomasz Majewski 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Tomasz Majewski 1 Gold
Portugal POR 2012 Summer Olympics Marco Fortes 13 r1/2 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1952 Summer Olympics Ramón Rosario 16 r1/2 See all
Qatar QAT 1996 Summer Olympics Bilal Saad Mubarak 10 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Han Min-Su 21 r1/2 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Ion Emilianov 25 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 2016 Summer Olympics Andrei Gag 13 r1/2 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Pavel Sofyin 6 See all
Samoa SAM 1984 Summer Olympics Henry Smith 19 r1/2 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Asmir Kolašinac 7 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Armin Sinančević 7
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Dragan Perić 8 See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Mikuláš Konopka 9 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Miran Vodovnik 10 See all
South Africa RSA 2020 Summer Olympics Kyle Blignaut 6 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Kiselyov 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics Manuel Martínez 3 Bronze See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games Eric Lemming 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Summer Olympics Werner Günthör 3 Bronze See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Hüseyin Atıcı 17 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Bahach 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Lykho 3 Bronze See all
United States USA 1896 Summer Olympics Bob Garrett 1 Gold See all
1900 Summer Olympics Dick Sheldon 1 Gold
1904 Summer Olympics Ralph Rose 1 Gold
1906 Intercalated Games Martin Sheridan 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Ralph Rose 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Pat McDonald 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Bud Houser 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Johnny Kuck 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Leo Sexton 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Wilbur Thompson 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Parry O'Brien 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Parry O'Brien 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Bill Nieder 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Dallas Long 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Randy Matson 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Mike Stulce 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Randy Barnes 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Adam Nelson 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Ryan Crouser 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Ryan Crouser 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Ryan Crouser 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Sergey Kot 33 r1/2 See all
Venezuela VEN 1996 Summer Olympics Yojer Medina 23 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Heinfried Birlenbach 7 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Milić 8 See all