NEEDLESS TO SAY, the top spot went to one Ryan Crouser, whose undefeated AOY season was one of the greatest the event has ever seen. It marks the fourth No. 1 for Crouser — adding to ’16, ’17 & ’19 — who was also clearly the best in the no-Rankings year of ’20…
AS OBVIOUS AS gold medalist Crouser was for No. 1, so too were fellow medalists —and former No. 1s themselves — Joe Kovacs and Tom Walsh for 2 and 3, Kovacs was a solid 5-2 in head-to-heads with the Kiwi…
ARMIN SINANČEVIĆ was only 7th in Tokyo, but had a DL win and a 3rd in the Final. Parlaying that with a winning record against all but the Big 3 and he was the clear choice for No. 4.
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| 1. RYAN CROUSER (US) (12/18/92, 6-7/313) (2.01/142) | |||||
| 22.82 | 74-10½i | … | 1)ATL I | 1/24 | ||
| 22.66 | 74-4¼i | … | 1)ATL II | 1/31 | ||
| 21.93 | 71-11½i | … | 1)ATL IV | 2/21 | ||
| 21.93 | 71-11½ | … | 1)Drake R | 4/24 | ||
| 22.69 | 74-5½ | … | 1)Arkansas Twi | 5/07 | ||
| 22.60 | 74-1¾ | … | 1)Tucson | 5/20 | ||
| 23.01 | 75-6 | … | 1)Tucson | 5/22 | ||
| 23.37 | 76-8¼ | … | 1)Olympic Trials | 6/18 | ||
| (22.92q) | |||||
| 23.30 | 76-5½ | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ||
| (22.05q) | |||||
| 23.15 | 75-11½ | … | 1)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ||
| 22.81 | 74-10 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ||
| 22.39 | 73-5½ | … | 1)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ||
| 22.67 | 74-4½ | … | 1)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ||
| 22.84 | 74-11¼ | … | 1)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ||
| 2. JOE KOVACS (US) (6/28/89, 6-¾/276) (1.85/125) | |||||
| 21.70 | 71-2½i | … | 1)Bloomington | 2/06 | ||
| 22.05 | 72-4¼i | … | 1)Geneva | 2/13 | ||
| 22.72 | 74-6½ | … | 1)Owens Inv | 5/01 | ||
| 22.04 | 72-3¾ | … | 2)Tucson | 5/22 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 22.34 | 73-3½ | … | 2)Olympic Trials | 6/18 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| (21.81q) | |||||
| 22.65 | 74-3¾ | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| (20.93q) | |||||
| 21.94 | 71-11¾ | … | 2)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 21.32 | 69-11½ | … | 5)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Mihaljevic; 4. Sinancevic |
| 22.00 | 72-2¼ | … | 2)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 22.29 | 73-1¾ | … | 2)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 21.70 | 71-2½ | … | 3)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh |
| 3. TOM WALSH (New Zealand) (3/1/92, 6-1¼/271) (1.86/123) | |||||
| 20.78 | 68-2¼ | … | 1)Hastings | 1/23 | ||
| 20.79 | 68-2½ | … | 2)Wanganui | 1/30 | ▷ | 1. Gill |
| 21.46 | 70-5 | … | 2)Christchurch | 2/06 | ▷ | 1. Gill |
| 21.45 | 70-4½ | … | 2)Hamilton | 2/13 | ▷ | 1. Gill |
| 21.60 | 70-10½ | … | 1)Auckland | 2/27 | ||
| 21.79 | 71-6 | … | 1)NZ Ch | 3/26 | ||
| 21.71 | 71-2¾ | … | 2)Tucson | 5/20 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 21.62 | 70-11¼ | … | 4)Tucson | 5/22 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Hill |
| 21.63 | 70-11¾ | … | 2)Doha DL | 5/28 | ▷ | 1. Sinancevic |
| 22.00 | 72-2¼ | … | 1)Music City | 6/06 | ||
| 21.47 | 70-5¼ | … | 3)Florence DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri; 2. Sinancevic |
| 21.46 | 70-5 | … | 1)Bydgoszcz CT | 6/30 | ||
| 22.22 | 72-10¾ | … | 1)Gyulai Mem | 7/06 | ||
| 21.60 | 70-10½ | … | 1)Cetniewo | 7/11 | ||
| 22.47 | 73-8¾ | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs |
| (21.49q) | |||||
| 21.39 | 70-2¼ | … | 4)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Romani |
| 22.10 | 72-6¼ | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 21.49 | 70-6¼ | … | 1)Olsztyn | 8/31 | ||
| 21.68 | 71-1½ | … | 3)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs |
| 21.61 | 70-10¾ | … | 4)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Sinancevic |
| 22.39 | 73-5½ | … | 2)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Crouser |
| 4. ARMIN SINANČEVIĆ (Serbia) (8/14/96, 6-3½/243) (1.92/110) | |||||
| 20.56 | 67-5½i | … | 1)Ser Indoor | 2/06 | ||
| 20.63 | 67-8¼i | … | 1)Balkan Indoor | 2/20 | ||
| 21.25 | 69-8¾i | … | 1)Belgrade | 2/24 | ||
| 20.74 | 68-½i | … | 6)Euro Indoor | 3/05 | ▷ | 1. Stanek; 2. Haratyk; 3. Mihaljevic; 4. Belo; 5. Petersson |
| (20.29iq) | |||||
| 21.88h | 71-9½d | … | 1)Bar | 5/01 | ||
| 21.88 | 71-9½ | … | 1)Doha DL | 5/28 | ||
| 20.74 | 68-½ | … | 1)Ser Ch | 6/05 | ||
| 21.60 | 70-10½ | … | 2)Florence DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri |
| 21.50 | 70-6½ | … | 1)Balk Ch | 6/26 | ||
| 21.16 | 69-5¼ | … | 2)Bydgoszcz CT | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Walsh |
| 21.30 | 69-10¾ | … | 1)Sremska Mitrovica | 7/04 | ||
| 21.22 | 69-7½ | … | 5)Gyulai Mem | 7/06 | ▷ | 1. Walsh; 2. Mihaljevic; 3. Awotunde; 4. Enekwechi |
| 21.42 | 70-3½ | … | 1)Zenica | 7/17 | ||
| 20.89 | 68-6½ | … | 7)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Romani; 5. Weir; 6. Blignaut |
| (20.96q) | |||||
| 21.35 | 70-½ | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Mihaljevic |
| 21.20 | 69-6¾ | … | 5)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Mihaljevic |
| 21.86 | 71-8¾ | … | 3)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs |
| 21.45 | 70-4½ | … | 4)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Kovacs |
| 5. FILIP MIHALJEVIĆ (Croatia) (7/31/94, 6-7/249) (2.01/113) | |||||
| 21.31 | 69-11i | … | 3)Euro Indoor | 3/05 | ▷ | 1. Stanek; 2. Haratyk |
| (20.40iq) | |||||
| 21.58 | 70-9¾ | … | 1)Ostrava CT | 5/19 | ||
| 21.57 | 70-9¼ | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/28 | ▷ | 1. Sinancevic; 2. Walsh |
| 21.94 | 71-11¾ | … | 1)Cro Ch | 6/05 | ||
| 21.39 | 70-2¼ | … | 4)Florence DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri; 2. Sinancevic; 3. Walsh |
| 21.77 | 71-5¼ | … | 2)Gyulai Mem | 7/06 | ▷ | 1. Walsh |
| 20.67 | 67-9¾ | … | nq)Olympic Games | 8/03 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Romani; 5. Weir; 6. Blignaut; 7. Sinancevic; 8. Hassan; 9. Gill; 10. Otterdahl; 11. Pezer; 12. Enekwechi |
| 21.06 | 69-1¼ | … | 1)Białystok | 8/20 | ||
| 21.37 | 70-1½ | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh |
| 21.27 | 69-9½ | … | 4)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh |
| 21.59 | 70-10 | … | 5)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Sinancevic; 4. Walsh |
| 21.26 | 69-9 | … | 5)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Kovacs; 4. Sinancevic |
| 6. DARLAN ROMANI (Brazil) (4/9/91, 6-0/280) (1.83/127) | |||||
| 20.46 | 67-1½ | … | 1)Bra Ch | 6/13 | ||
| (19.68q) | |||||
| 20.86 | 68-5¼ | … | 1)Bragança Paulista | 6/20 | ||
| 21.56 | 70-9 | … | 1)Bragança Paulista | 6/23 | ||
| 21.20 | 69-6¾ | … | 1)São Paulo | 6/27 | ||
| 21.88 | 71-9½ | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh |
| (21.31q) | |||||
| 21.69 | 71-2 | … | 3)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs |
| 21.00 | 68-10¾ | … | 8)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Mihaljevic; 4. Sinancevic; 5. Kovacs; 6. Weir; 7. Stanek |
| 20.52 | 67-4 | … | 6)Chorzów CT | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Mihaljevic; 5. Sinancevic |
| 7. DARRELL HILL (US) (8/17/93, 6-3½/331) (1.92/150) | |||||
| 21.76 | 71-4¾ | … | 1)Chula Vista | 4/24 | ||
| 22.34 | 73-3½ | … | 1)Mt. SAC | 5/09 | ||
| 21.88 | 71-9½ | … | 3)Tucson | 5/22 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs |
| 21.89 | 71-10 | … | 4)Olympic Trials | 6/18 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Otterdahl |
| (20.43q) | |||||
| 21.35 | 70-½ | … | 1)Trabuco ATL | 7/18 | ||
| 20.79 | 68-2½ | … | 1)Memphis | 8/15 | ||
| 21.03 | 69-0 | … | 6)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Romani; 4. Walsh; 5. Awotunde |
| 8. JOSH AWOTUNDE (US) (6/12/95, 6-2/300) (1.88/136) | |||||
| 21.06 | 69-1¼i | … | 1)Columbia | 2/06 | ||
| 21.27 | 69-9½i | … | 3)ATL IV | 2/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl |
| 20.80 | 68-3 | … | 1)Columbia | 4/17 | ||
| 20.61 | 67-7½ | … | 5)Drake R | 4/24 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Ponzio; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Otterdahl |
| 21.68 | 71-1½ | … | 2)Mt. SAC | 5/09 | ▷ | 1. Hill |
| 21.18 | 69-6 | … | 6)Tucson | 5/22 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Hill; 4. Walsh; 5. Enekwechi |
| 21.08 | 69-2 | … | 2)Jacksonville | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Otterdahl |
| 21.84 | 71-8 | … | 5)Olympic Trials | 6/18 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Hill |
| (21.00q) | |||||
| 21.07 | 69-1½ | … | 4)Bydgoszcz CT | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Walsh; 2. Sinancevic; 3. Enekwechi |
| 21.70 | 71-2½ | … | 3)Gyulai Mem | 7/06 | ▷ | 1. Walsh; 2. Mihaljevic |
| 21.50 | 70-6½ | … | 2)Cetniewo | 7/11 | ▷ | 1. Walsh |
| 21.25 | 69-8¾ | … | 5)Eugene DL | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Romani; 4. Walsh |
| 20.59 | 67-6¾ | … | 3)Rovereto | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Weir; 2. Gill |
| 22.00 | 72-2¼ | … | 1)Padua | 9/05 | ||
| 21.19 | 69-6¼ | … | 6)Zagreb CT | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Kovacs; 4. Sinancevic; 5. Mihaljevic |
| 9. ZANE WEIR (Italy) (9/7/95, 6-¾/236) (1.85/107) | |||||
| 21.11 | 69-3¼ | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 2/16 | ||
| 19.92 | 65-4¼ | … | 3)Boksburg | 2/20 | ▷ | 1. Blignaut; 2. Van Rooyen |
| 20.02 | 65-8¼ | … | 2)Pretoria | 2/27 | ▷ | 1. Van Rooyen |
| 20.07 | 65-10¼ | … | 7)Euro Throws Cup | 5/08 | ▷ | 1. Toader; 2. Belo; 3. Lincoln; 4. Szyszkowski; 5. Kolasinac; 6. Tamashevich |
| 20.05 | 65-9½ | … | 2)Savona | 5/13 | ▷ | 1. Belo |
| 20.28 | 66-6½ | … | 1)Castiglione Della Pescaia | 5/19 | ||
| 21.05 | 69-¾ | … | 1)Livorno | 5/23 | ||
| 20.26 | 66-5¾ | … | 5)Doha DL | 5/28 | ▷ | 1. Sinancevic; 2. Walsh; 3. Mihaljevic; 4. Hassan |
| 20.27 | 66-6 | … | 2)Conegliano | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri |
| 20.06 | 65-9¾ | … | 7)Florence DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri; 2. Sinancevic; 3. Walsh; 4. Mihaljevic; 5. Haratyk; 6. Stanek |
| 20.46 | 67-1½ | … | 1)Ferrara | 6/17 | ||
| 19.50 | 63-11¾ | … | 4)Chorzów | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Haratyk; 2. Blignaut; 3. Szyszkowski |
| 20.43 | 67-½ | … | 2)Ita Ch | 6/26 | ▷ | 1. Ponzio |
| 20.32 | 66-8 | … | 2)Vicenza | 7/14 | ▷ | 1. Fabbri |
| 21.41 | 70-3 | … | 5)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Romani |
| (21.25q) | |||||
| 21.20 | 69-6¾ | … | 6)Lausanne DL | 8/26 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Mihaljevic; 4. Sinancevic; 5. Kovacs |
| 21.32 | 69-11½ | … | 1)Rovereto | 8/31 | ||
| 21.63 | 70-11¾ | … | 2)Padua | 9/05 | ▷ | 1. Awotunde |
| 20.85 | 68-5 | … | 6)Zürich DL | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Sinancevic; 4. Walsh; 5. Mihaljevic |
| 21.66 | 71-¾ | … | 1)Caorle | 9/19 | ||
| 10. JACKO GILL (New Zealand) (12/20/94, 6-2¾/260) (1.90/118) | |||||
| 21.11 | 69-3¼ | … | 1)Wanganui | 1/30 | ||
| 21.52 | 70-7¼ | … | 1)Christchurch | 2/06 | ||
| 21.52 | 70-7¼ | … | 1)Hamilton | 2/13 | ||
| 21.44 | 70-4¼ | … | 2)Auckland | 2/27 | ▷ | 1. Walsh |
| 21.20 | 69-6¾ | … | 1)North Shore | 6/18 | ||
| 21.26 | 69-9 | … | 1)Auckland | 7/03 | ||
| 21.55 | 70-8½ | … | 1)Auckland | 7/10 | ||
| 20.88 | 68-6 | … | 1)Auckland | 7/15 | ||
| 20.71 | 67-11½ | … | 9)Olympic Games | 8/05 | ▷ | 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Walsh; 4. Romani; 5. Weir; 6. Blignaut; 7. Sinancevic; 8. Hassan |
| (20.96q) | |||||
| 20.20 | 66-3¼ | … | 3)Białystok | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Mihaljevic; 2. Bukowiecki |
| 21.20 | 69-6¾ | … | 2)Rovereto | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Weir |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Ryan Crouser (Nike) | 6. | Turner Washington (Arizona State) | |
| 1)Olympic Trials, 1)Olympic Games, 1)Zürich DL | 1)NCAA Indoor, 1)Tucson, 1)NCAA | |||
| 2. | *Joe Kovacs (Velaasa/New York AC) | 7. | Andrew Liskowitz (Michigan) | |
| 2)Olympic Trials, 2)Olympic Games, 2)Zürich DL | 1)Big 10, 4)NCAA, 6)Olympic Trials | |||
| 3. | *Darrell Hill (Nike) | 8. | Jordan Geist (Arizona) | |
| 1)Mt. SAC, 4)Olympic Trials, 6)Eugene DL | 13)NCAA Indoor, 3)NCAA, 7)Olympic Trials | |||
| 4. | *Josh Awotunde (Shore AC) | 9. | Curt Jensen (Velaasa) | |
| 2)Mt. SAC, 5)Olympic Trials, 5)Eugene DL | 8)Mt. SAC, 8)Olympic Trials, 3)Marietta | |||
| 5. | Payton Otterdahl (Nike) | 10. | Tripp Piperi (Texas) | |
| 3)Olympic Trials, 10)Olympic Games, 7)Eugene DL | 14)NCAA Indoor, 2)NCAA, 11)Olympic Trials | |||