Men’s Shot put

Held at 30 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: United States (20). Most medals: Ryan Crouser (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.

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Games301896–2024

Medals90

Delegations19on the podium

Games by Games gold, silver, bronze

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2024 Paris	Ryan Crouser United States	Joe Kovacs United States	Rajindra Campbell Jamaica
2020 Tokyo	Ryan Crouser United States	Joe Kovacs United States	Tom Walsh New Zealand
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Ryan Crouser United States	Joe Kovacs United States	Tomas Walsh New Zealand
2012 London	Tomasz Majewski Poland	David Storl Germany	Reese Hoffa United States
2008 Beijing	Tomasz Majewski Poland	Christian Cantwell United States	Dylan Armstrong Canada
2004 Athens	Adam Nelson United States	Joachim Olsen Denmark	Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Spain
2000 Sydney	Arsi Harju Finland	Adam Nelson United States	John Godina United States
1996 Atlanta	Randy Barnes United States	John Godina United States	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine
1992 Barcelona	Mike Stulce United States	Jim Doehring United States	Vyacheslav Lykho Unified Team
1988 Seoul	Ulf Timmermann East Germany	Randy Barnes United States	Werner Günthör Switzerland
1984 Los Angeles	Alessandro Andrei Italy	Michael Carter United States	Dave Laut United States
1980 Moscow	Vladimir Kiselyov Soviet Union	Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union	Udo Beyer East Germany
1976 Montreal	Udo Beyer East Germany	Yevgeny Mironov Soviet Union	Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union
1972 Munich	Władysław Komar Poland	George Woods United States	Hartmut Briesenick East Germany
1968 Mexico City	Randy Matson United States	George Woods United States	Eduard Gushchin Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo	Dallas Long United States	Randy Matson United States	Vilmos Varju Hungary
1960 Rome	Bill Nieder United States	Parry O'Brien United States	Dallas Long United States
1956 Melbourne & Stockholm	Parry O'Brien United States	Bill Nieder United States	Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia
1952 Helsinki	Parry O'Brien United States	Darrow Hooper United States	Jim Fuchs United States
1948 London	Wilbur Thompson United States	Jim Delaney United States	Jim Fuchs United States
1936 Berlin	Hans Woellke Germany	Sulo Bärlund Finland	Gerhard Stöck Germany
1932 Los Angeles	Leo Sexton United States	Harlow Rothert United States	František Douda Czechoslovakia
1928 Amsterdam	John Kuck United States	Herman Brix United States	Emil Hirschfeld Germany
1924 Paris	Bud Houser United States	Glenn Hartranft United States	Ralph Hills United States
1920 Antwerp	Ville Pörhölä Finland	Elmer Niklander Finland	Harry Liversedge United States
1912 Stockholm	Pat McDonald United States	Ralph Rose United States	Lawrence Whitney United States
1908 London	Ralph Rose United States	Denis Horgan Great Britain	John Garrels United States
1904 St. Louis	Ralph Rose United States	Wesley Coe United States	Lawrence Feuerbach United States
1900 Paris	Richard Sheldon United States	Josiah McCracken United States	Robert Garrett United States
1896 Athens	Robert Garrett United States	Miltiadis Gouskos Greece	Georgios Papasideris Greece

Most golds

Place	Delegation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	20	22	12	54
2	Poland	3	0	0	3
3	Finland	2	2	0	4
4	East Germany	2	0	2	4
5	Soviet Union	1	2	2	5
6	Germany	1	1	2	4
7	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	Greece	0	1	1	2
9	Denmark	0	1	0	1
10	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
12	New Zealand	0	0	2	2

Most medals

Athlete	Gold	Medals
Ryan Crouser	3	3
Ralph Rose	2	3
Parry O'Brien	2	3
Tomasz Majewski	2	2
Robert Garrett	1	2
Bill Nieder	1	2
Dallas Long	1	2
Randy Matson	1	2
Udo Beyer	1	2
Randy Barnes	1	2
Adam Nelson	1	2
Richard Sheldon	1	1