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Athletics — Shot Put, Men

Times held 42
Total participants 569
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

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

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 20 21 12 53
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
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
Parry O'Brien USA 2 1 0 3
Ralph Rose USA 2 1 0 3
Tomasz Majewski POL 2 0 0 2
Ryan Crouser USA 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