Sydney 2000 Olympics - Men's Shot Put

1896
1. Robert Garrett (US) .................... 36-9 3/4 ......... 11.22
2. Miltiades Gouskos (Gre) ............. 36-9 .............. 11.20
3. Georgios Papasideris (Gre) ......... 34-0 .............. 10.36
1900
1. Richard Sheldon (US) ................. 46-3 1/4 ........ 14.10
2. Josiah McCracken (US) .............. 42-2 .............. 12.85
3. Robert Garrett (US) .................... 40-6 1/4 ......... 12.35
1904
1. Ralph Rose (US) ......................... 48-7 ............. 14.81 WR
2. Wesley Coe (US) ........................ 47-3 ............. 14.40
3. Leon Feuerbach (US) .................. 43-10 1/2 ...... 13.37
1908
1. Ralph Rose (US) ......................... 46-7 1/2 ....... 14.21
2. Dennis Horgan (GB) .................... 44-8 1/4 ....... 13.62
3. John Garrels (US) ....................... 43-3 ............. 13.18
1912
1. Pat McDonald (US) ..................... 50-4 .......... 15.34
2. Ralph Rose (US) ......................... 50-1/2 ....... 15.25
3. Lawrence Whitney (US) .............. 45-8 1/2 ..... 13.93
1920
1. Ville Porhola(Fin) ........................ 48-7 1/4 ..... 14.81
2. Elmer Niklander (Fin) .................. 46-5 1/4 ..... 14.15
3. Harry Liversedge (US) ................. 46-5 1/4 ..... 14.15
1924
1. Bud Houser (US) ........................ 49-2 1/4 ..... 14.99
2. Glenn Hartranft (US) ................... 48-10 1/4 ... 14.89
3. Ralph Hills (US) ......................... 48-1/2 ........ 14.64
1928
1. John Kuck (US) ........................... 52-3/4 ....... 15.87
2. Herman Brix (US) ........................ 51-8 1/4 .... 15.75
3. Emil Hirschfeld (Ger) .................... 51-7 ......... 15.72
1932
1. Leo Sexton (US) ......................... 52-6 .......... 16.00
2. Harlow Rothert (US) .................... 51-5 .......... 15.67
3. Frantisek Douda (Cze) ................ 51-2 3/4 ..... 15.61
1936
1. Hans Woellke (Ger) .................... 53-1 3/4 ..... 16.20
2. Sulo Barlund (Fin) ....................... 52-10 3/4 ... 16.12
3. Gerhard Stock (Ger) .................... 51-4 1/2 ..... 15.66
1948
1. Wilbur Thompson (US) ................ 56-2 ........... 17.12
2. Jim Delaney (US) ........................ 54-8 3/4 ..... 16.68
3. Jim Fuchs (US) ........................... 53-10 1/2 ... 16.42
1952
1. Parry O’Brien (US) ...................... 57-1 1/2 ..... 17.41
2. Darrow Hooper (US) .................... 57-3/4 ........ 17.39
3. Jim Fuchs (US) .......................... 55-11 3/4 .... 17.06
1956
1. Parry O’Brien (US) ...................... 60-11 1/4 ... 18.57
2. Bill Nieder (US) ........................... 59-7 3/4 ..... 18.18
3. Jiri Skobla (Cze) .......................... 57-11 ........ 17.65
1960
1. Bill Nieder (US) ........................... 64-6 3/4 ...... 19.68
2. Parry O’Brien (US) ...................... 62-8 1/2 ...... 19.11
3. Dallas Long (US) ......................... 62-4 1/2 ..... 19.01
1964
1. Dallas Long (US) ......................... 66-8 1/2 ..... 20.33
2. Randy Matson (US) ..................... 66-3 1/4 ..... 20.20
3. Vilmos Varju (Hun) ...................... 63-7 1/2 ..... 19.39
1968
1. Randy Matson (US) .................... 67-4 3/4 ..... 20.54
2. George Woods (US) ................... 66-1/4 ........ 20.12
3. Eduard Gushchin (SU) ................ 65-11 ......... 20.09
1972
1. Wladyslaw Komar (Pol) .............. 69-6 ........... 21.18
2. George Woods (US) ................... 69-5 1/2 ..... 21.17
3. Hartmut Briesenick (EG) ............. 69-4 1/4 ..... 21.14
1976
1. Udo Beyer (EG) .......................... 69-3/4 ........ 21.05
2. Yevgeniy Mironov (SU) ................. 69-0 .......... 21.03
3. Aleksandr Barishnikov (SU) .......... 68-10 3/4 ... 21.00
1980
1. Vladimir Kiselyov (SU) ................ 70-1/2 ........ 21.35
2. Aleks. Barishnikov (SU) .............. 69-2 ........... 21.08
3. Udo Beyer (EG) .......................... 69-1 1/4 ..... 21.06
1984
1. Alessandro Andrei (Ita) ............... 69-9 ........... 21.26
2. Michael Carter (US) .................... 69-2 1/2 ..... 21.09
3. Dave Laut (US) ........................... 68-9 3/4 ..... 20.97
1988
1. Ulf Timmermann (EG) .................. 73-8 3/4 ..... 22.47
2. Randy Barnes (US) ..................... 73-5 1/2 ..... 22.39
3. Werner Gunther (Swi) .................. 72-1 3/4 ..... 21.99
1992
1. Mike Stulce (US) ......................... 71-2 1/2 ..... 21.70
2. Jim Doehring (US) ....................... 68-9 1/4 ..... 20.96
3. Vyacheslav Lykho (SU) ................ 68-8 1/2 ..... 20.94
1996
1. Randy Barnes (US) ..................... 70-11 1/4 .... 21.62
2. John Godina (US) ........................ 68-2 1/2 ..... 20.79
3. Aleksandr Bagach (Ukr) ............... 68-1 ........... 20.75
2000
1. Arsi Harju (FIN) .............................................. 21.29
2. Adam Nelson (USA) ........................................ 21.21
3. John Godina (USA) ......................................... 21.20

Medals
16 - 18 - 11 USA
2 - 2 - 0      Finland
2 - 0 - 2      East Germany
1 - 2 - 3      Soviet Union
1 - 0 - 2      Germany
1 - 0 - 0      Poland
1 - 0 - 0      Italy
0 - 1 - 1      Greece
0 - 1 - 0      Great Britain
0 - 0 - 2      Czech
0 - 0 - 1      Hungary
0 - 0 - 1      Switzerland
0 - 0 - 1      Ukraine

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