The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Shot Put

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 55 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 17 Medals
EAST GERMANY - 11 Medals

Medal Table
Shot Put 100 Meters
 200 Meters
400 Meters
 800 Meters
 1500 Meters
5000 Meters
 10000 Meters
 100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk High Jump
Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1896
 Robert Garrett - United States
 Miltiadis Gouskos - Greece
 Georgios Papasidris - Greece
1900
 Richard Sheldon - United States
 Josiah McCracken - United States
 Robert Garrett - United States
1904
 Ralph Rose - United States
 Wesley Coe - United States
 Lawrence Feuerbach - United States
1908
 Ralph Rose - United States
 Denis Horgan - Great Britain
 John Garrels - United States
1912
 Pat McDonald - United States
 Ralph Rose - United States
 Lawrence Whitney - United States
1920
 Ville Porhola - Finland
 Elmer Niklander - Finland
 Harry Liversedge - United States
1924
 Bud Houser - United States
 Glenn Hartranft - United States
 Ralph Hills - United States
1928
 John Kuck - United States
 Herman Brix - United States
 Emil Hirschfeld - Germany
1932
 Leo Sexton - United States
 Harlow Rothert - United States
 Frantisek Douda - Czechoslovakia
1936
 Hans Woellke - Germany
 Sulo Barlund - Finland
 Gerhard Stock - Germany
1948
 Wilbur Thompson - United States
 Jim Delaney - United States
 Jim Fuchs - United States
1952
 Parry O'Brien - United States
 Darrow Hooper - United States
 Jim Fuchs - United States
1956
 Parry O'Brien - United States
 Bill Nieder - United States
 Jiri Skobla - Czechoslovakia
1960
 Bill Neider - United States
 Parry O'Brien - United States
 Dallas Long - United States
1964
 Dallas Long - United States
 Randy Matson - United States
 Vilmos Varju - Hungary
1968
 Randy Matson - United States
 George Woods - United States
 Eduard Gushchin - Soviet Union
1972
 Wladyslaw Komar - Poland
 George Woods - United States
 Hartmut Briesenick - East Germany
1976
 Udo Beyer - East Germany
 Yevgeny Mironov - Soviet Union
 Aleksandr Baryshnikov - Soviet Union
1980
 Vladimir Kiselyov - Soviet Union
 Aleksandr Baryshnikov - Soviet Union
 Udo Beyer - East Germany
1984
 Alessandro Andrei - Italy
 Michael Carter - United States
 Dave Laut - United States
1988
 Ulf Timmermann - East Germany
 Randy Barnes - United States
 Werner Gunthor - Switzerland
1992
 Mike Stulce - United States
 Jim Doehring - United States
 Vyacheslav Lykho - Unified Team
1996
 Randy Barnes - United States
 John Godina - United States
 Oleksandr Bagach - Ukraine
2000
 Arsi Harju - Finland
 Adam Nelson - United States
 John Godina - United States
2004
 Yuriy Bilonoh - Ukraine
 Adam Nelson - United States
 Joachim Olsen - Denmark
2008
 Tomasz Majewski - Poland
 Christian Cantwell - United States
 Dylan Armstrong - Canada
2012
 Tomasz Majewski - Poland
 David Storl - Germany
 Reese Hoffa - United States
2016
 Ryan Crouser - United States
 Joe Kovacs - United States
 Tomas Walsh - New Zealand
2020
 Ryan Crouser - United States Joe Kovacs - United States Tom Walsh - New Zealand

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1948
 Micheline Ostermeyer - France
 Amelia Piccinini - Italy
 Ine Schaffer - Austria
1952
 Galina Zybina - Soviet Union
 Marianne Werner - Germany
 Klavdia Tochonova - Soviet Union
1956
 Tamara Tyshkevich - Soviet Union
 Galina Zybina - Soviet Union
 Marianne Werner - United Team of Germany
1960
 Tamara Press - Soviet Union
 Johanna Luttge - United Team of Germany
 Earlene Brown - United States
1964
 Tamara Press - Soviet Union
 Renate Culmberger - United Team of Germany Galina Zybina - Soviet Union
1968
 Margitta Gummel - East Germany
 Marita Lange - East Germany
 Nadezhda Chizhova - Soviet Union
1972
 Nadezhda Chizhova - Soviet Union
 Margitta Gummel - East Germany
 Ivanka Khristova - Bulgaria
1976
 Ivanka Khristova - Bulgaria
 Nadezhda Chizhova - Soviet Union
 Helena Fibingerova - Czechoslovakia
1980
 Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek - East Germany
 Svetlana Krachevskaia - Soviet Union
 Margitta Droese-Pufe - East Germany
1984
 Claudia Losch - West Germany
 Mihaela Loghin - Romania
 Gael Martin - Australia
1988
 Natalya Lisovskaya - Soviet Union
 Kathrin Neimke - East Germany
 Li Meisu - China
1992
 Svetlana Krivelyova - Unified Team
 Hunag Zhihong - China
 Kathrin Neimke - Germany
1996
 Astrid Kumbernuss - Germany
 Sui Xinmei - China
 Irina Khudoroshkina - Russia
2000
 Yanina Karolchik - Belarus
 Larisa Peleshenko - Russia
 Astrid Kumbernuss - Germany
2004
 Yumileidi Cumba - Cuba
 Nadine Kleinert - Germany
 Svetlana Krivelyova - Russia
2008
 Valerie Vili - New Zealand
 Misleydis González - Cuba
 Gong Lijiao - China
2012
 Valerie Adams - New Zealand
 Gong Lijiao - China Li Ling - China
2016
 Michelle Carter - United States
 Valerie Adams - New Zealand
 Anita Márton - Hungary
2020
 Lijao Gong - China Raven Saunders - United States Valerie Adams - New Zealand

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 19
 23
 13
 55
2
 Soviet Union
 7
 5
 5
 17
3
 East Germany
 4
 3
 3
 10
4
 Germany
 2
 3
 4
 9
5
 China 1
 3
 3
 7
6
 New Zealand 2
 1
 3
 6
7
 Finland
 2
 2
 0
 4
8
 Poland
 3
 0
 0
 3
9
 United Team of Germany 0
 2
 1
 3
10
 Russia 0
 1
 2
 3
11
 Czechoslovakia
 0
 0
 3
 3
12
 Italy
 1
 1
 0
 2
13
 Cuba 1
 1
 0
 2
14
 Bulgaria
 1
 0
 1
 2
15
 Ukraine
 1
 0
 1
 2
16
 Unified Team
 1
 0
 1
 2
17
 Greece
 0
 1
 1
 2
18
 Hungary
 0
 0
 2
 2
19
 France
 1
 0
 0
 1
20
 Belarus 1
 0
 0
 1
21
 West Germany
 1
 0
 0
 1
22
 Great Britain
 0
 1
 0
 1
23
 Romania
 0
 1
 0
 1
24
 Austria
 0
 0
 1
 1
25
 Australia
 0
 0
 1
 1
26
 Switzerland
 0
 0
 1
 1
27
 Denmark
 0
 0
 1
 1
28
 Canada
 0
 0
 1
 1