Shot Put Men's Olympic Medalists

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s shot put from the Summer Olympic games.

• 1896
  GOLD Robert Garrett, USA 11.22
  SILVER Miltiadis Gouskos, GRE 11.20
  BRONZE Georyios Papasideris, GRE 10.36

• 1900
  GOLD Richard Sheldon, USA 14.10
  SILVER Josiah McCracken, USA 12.85
  BRONZE Robert Garrett, USA 12.35

• 1904
  GOLD Ralph Rose, USA 14.81
  SILVER Wesley Coe, USA 14.40
  BRONZE Leon Feuerbach, USA 13.37

• 1906
  GOLD Martin Sheridan, USA 12.325
  SILVER Mihály Dávid, HUN 11.85
  BRONZE Erik Lemming, SWE 11.26

• 1908
  GOLD Ralph Rose, USA 14.21
  SILVER Dennis Horgan, GBR 13.62
  BRONZE John Garrels, USA 13.18

• 1912
  GOLD Pat McDonald, USA 15.34
  SILVER Ralph Rose, USA 15.25
  BRONZE Lawrence Whitney, USA 13.93

• 1920
  GOLD Ville Pörhölä, FIN 14.81
  SILVER Elmer Niklander, FIN 14.15
  BRONZE Harry Liversedge, USA 14.15

• 1924
  GOLD Bud Houser, USA 14.99
  SILVER Glenn Hartranft, USA 14.89
  BRONZE Ralph Hills, USA 14.64

• 1928
  GOLD John Kuck, USA 15.87
  SILVER Herman Brix, USA 15.75
  BRONZE Emil Hirschfeld, GER 15.72

• 1932
  GOLD Leo Sexton, USA 16.00
  SILVER Harlow Rothert, USA 15.67
  BRONZE Frantisek Douda, CZE 15.61

• 1936
  GOLD Hans Woellke, GER 16.20
  SILVER Sulo Bärlund, FIN 16.12
  BRONZE Gerhard Stöck, GER 15.66

• 1948
  GOLD Wilbur Thompson, USA 17.12
  SILVER Jim Delaney, USA 16.68
  BRONZE Jim Fuchs, USA 16.42

• 1952
  GOLD Parry O’Brien, USA 17.41
  SILVER Darrow Hooper, USA 17.39
  BRONZE Jim Fuchs, USA 17.06

• 1956
  GOLD Parry O’Brien, USA 18.57
  SILVER Bill Nieder, USA 18.18
  BRONZE Jiri Skobla, CZE 17.65

• 1960
  GOLD Bill Nieder, USA 19.68
  SILVER Parry O’Brien, USA 19.11
  BRONZE Dallas Long, USA 19.01

• 1964
  GOLD Dallas Long, USA 20.33
  SILVER Randy Matson, USA 20.20
  BRONZE Vilmos Varjú, HUN 19.39

• 1968
  GOLD Randy Matson, USA 20.54
  SILVER George Woods, USA 20.12
  BRONZE Eduard Gushchin, URS 20.09

• 1972
  GOLD Wladyslaw Komar, POL 21.18
  SILVER George Woods, USA 21.17
  BRONZE Hartmut Briesenick, GDR 21.14

• 1976
  GOLD Udo Beyer, GDR 21.05
  SILVER Yevgeniy Mironov, URS 21.03
  BRONZE Aleksandr Baryshnikov, URS 21.00

• 1980
  GOLD Vladimir Kiselyov, URS 21.35
  SILVER Aleksandr Baryshnikov, URS 21.08
  BRONZE Udo Beyer, GDR 21.06

• 1984
  GOLD Alessandro Andrei, ITA 21.26
  SILVER Michael Carter, USA 21.09
  BRONZE Dave Laut, USA 20.97

• 1988
  GOLD Ulf Timmermann, GDR 22.47
  SILVER Randy Barnes, USA 22.39
  BRONZE Werner Gϋnthör, SUI 21.99

• 1992
  GOLD Mike Stulce, USA 21.70
  SILVER Jim Doehring, USA 20.96
  BRONZE Vyacheslav Lykho, EUN 20.94

• 1996
  GOLD Randy Barnes, USA 21.62
  SILVER John Godina, USA 20.79
  BRONZE Aleksandr Bagach, UKR 20.75

• 2000
  GOLD Arsi Harju, FIN 21.29
  SILVER Adam Nelson, USA 21.21
  BRONZE John Godina, USA 21.20

• 2004
  GOLD Yuriy Belonog, UKR 21.16
  SILVER Adam Nelson, USA 21.16
  BRONZE Joachim Olsen, DEN 21.07

• 2008
  GOLD Tomasz Majewski, POL 21.51
  SILVER Christian Cantwell, USA 21.09
  BRONZE Andrei Mikhnevich, BLR 21.05



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