| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 5) | ||||
| 1. | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 76-5½ | 23.30 | OR | |
| 2. | Joe Kovacs (USA) | 74-3¾ | 22.65 | ||
| 3. | Tom Walsh (New Zealand) | 73-8¾ | 22.47 | ||
| 4. | Darlan Romani (Brazil) | 71-9½ | 21.88 | ||
| 5. | Zane Weir (Italy) | 70-3 | 21.41 | ||
| 6. | Kyle Blignaut (South Africa) | 68-10¾ | 21.00 | ||
| 7. | Armin Sinancevic (Serbia) | 68-6½ | 20.89 | ||
| 8. | Mostafa Amer Hassan (Egypt) | 68-¼ | 20.73 | ||
| 10. | Payton Otterdahl (USA) | 66-8 | 20.32 | ||
| [ | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 18) | ||||
| 1 | Ryan Crouser (USA) | 73-10¾ | 22.52 | OR | |
| 2 | Joe Kovacs (USA) | 71-5½ | 21.78 | ||
| 3 | Tom Walsh (New Zealand) | 70-1 | 21.36 | ||
| 4 | Frank Elemba (Congo) | 69-6¾ | 21.20 | ||
| 5 | Darlan Romani (Brazil) | 68-11¾ | 21.02 | ||
| 6 | Tomasz Majewski (Poland) | 67-11¾ | 20.72 | ||
| 7 | David Storl (Germany) | 67-8¾ | 20.64 | ||
| 8 | O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) | 67-8¾ | 20.64 | ||
| [Darrell Hill (USA) dnq(64-2¼/19.56)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 3) | ||||
| 1 | Tomasz Majewski (Poland) | 71-10 | 21.89 | ||
| 2 | David Storl (Germany) | 71-8¾ | 21.86 | ||
| 3 | Reese Hoffa (USA) | 69-8 | 21.23 | ||
| 4 | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 69-6¼ | 21.19 | ||
| 5 | Dylan Armstrong (Canada) | 68-8 | 20.93 | ||
| 6 | Germán Lauro (Argentina) | 68-4½ | 20.84 | ||
| 7 | Asmir Kolasinac (Serbia) | 67-11½ | 20.71 | ||
| 8 | Pavel Lyzhyn (Belarus) | 67-10¾ | 20.69 | ||
| [Ryan Whiting (USA) 9th 67-8¾/20.64] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Tomasz Majewski (Poland) | 70-7 | 21.51 | ||
| 2 | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 69-2½ | 21.09 | ||
| 3 | Andrey Mikhnevich (Belarus) | 69-¾ | 21.05 | ||
| 4 | Dylan Armstrong (Canada) | 69-½ | 21.04 | ||
| 5 | Pavel Lyzhyn (Belarus) | 68-10 | 20.98 | ||
| 6 | Yuriy Belonog (Ukraine) | 67-8¼ | 20.63 | ||
| 7 | Reese Hoffa (USA) | 67-4¼ | 20.53 | ||
| 8 | Pavel Sofyin (Russia) | 67-0 | 20.42 | ||
| [3f—Adam Nelson (USA)] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Yuriy Belonog (Ukraine) | 69-5¼ | 21.16 | ||
| 2 | Adam Nelson (USA) | 69-5¼ | 21.16 | ||
| 3 | Joachim Olsen (Denmark) | 69-1½ | 21.07 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Martínez (Spain) | 68-4½ | 20.84 | ||
| 5 | Andrey Mikhnevich (Belarus) | 67-7 | 20.60 | ||
| 6 | Yuriy Belov (Belarus) | 66-8¾ | 20.34 | ||
| 7 | Justin Anlezark (Australia) | 66-7¾ | 20.31 | ||
| 8 | Ralf Bartels (Germany) | 68-5¾ | 20.26 | ||
| [9 | John Godina (USA) 66-3/20.19] | |||
| [DNQ—Reese Hoffa (USA)] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Arsi Harju (Finland) | 69-10¼ | 21.29 | ||
| 2 | Adam Nelson (USA) | 69-7 | 21.21 | ||
| 3 | John Godina (USA) | 69-6¾ | 21.20 | ||
| 4 | Andy Bloom (USA) | 68-5¾ | 20.87 | ||
| 5 | Yuriy Belonog (Ukraine) | 68-4½ | 20.84 | ||
| 6 | Manuel Martínez (Spain) | 67-5¼ | 20.55 | ||
| 7 | Janus Robberts (South Africa) | 66-8 | 20.32 | ||
| 8 | Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) | 66-2½ | 20.18 | ||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Randy Barnes (USA) | 70-11¼ | 21.62 | ||
| 2 | John Godina (USA) | 68-2½ | 20.79 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) | 68-1 | 20.75 | ||
| 4 | Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) | 68-½ | 20.74 | ||
| 5 | Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) | 67-3½ | 20.51 | ||
| 6 | Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) | 67-1¼ | 20.45 | ||
| 7 | C.J. Hunter (USA) | 66-10¾ | 20.39 | ||
| 8 | Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) | 65-10¼ | 20.07 | ||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Mike Stulce (USA) | 71-2½ | 21.70 | ||
| 2 | Jim Doehring (USA) | 68-9¼ | 20.96 | ||
| 3 | Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) | 68-8½ | 20.94 | ||
| 4 | Werner Günthör (Switzerland) | 68-7¼ | 20.91 | ||
| 5 | Ulf Timmermann (Germany) | 67-2¾ | 20.49 | ||
| 6 | Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) | 67-2¼ | 20.48 | ||
| 7 | Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) | 66-8 | 20.32 | ||
| 8 | Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) | 66-4½ | 20.23 | ||
| [10 | Ron Backes (USA) 64-9¾/19.75] | |||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) | 73-8¾ | 22.47 | ||
| 2 | Randy Barnes (USA) | 73-5½ | 22.39 | ||
| 3 | Werner Günthör (Switzerland) | 72-1¾ | 21.99 | ||
| 4 | Udo Beyer (East Germany) | 70-2½ | 21.40 | ||
| 5 | Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) | 67-6 | 20.57 | ||
| 6 | Gert Weil (Chile) | 66-10½ | 20.38 | ||
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei (Italy) | 66-9¾ | 20.36 | ||
| 8 | Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) | 66-9¾ | 20.36 | ||
| [9 | Gregg Tafralis (USA) 66-1¾/20.16] | |||
| [11 | Jim Doehring (USA) 65-3¼/19.89] | |||
| [Günthör 70-4½/21.45 OR; Timmermann 72-3/22.02 | ||||
| OR, 72-8½/22.16 OR, 73-1¾/22.29 OR; Barnes 22.39 | ||||
| OR; Timmermann 22.47 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Alessandro Andrei (Italy) | 69-9 | 21.26 | ||
| 2 | Michael Carter (USA) | 69-2½ | 21.09 | ||
| 3 | Dave Laut (USA) | 68-9¾ | 20.97 | ||
| 4 | August Wolf (USA) | 68-8 | 20.93 | ||
| 5 | Werner Günthör (Switzerland) | 66-6½ | 20.28 | ||
| 6 | Marco Montelatici (Italy) | 65-6¾ | 19.98 | ||
| 7 | Sören Tallhem (Sweden) | 65-0 | 19.81 | ||
| 8 | Erik de Bruin (Holland) | 64-5¾ | 19.65 | ||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) | 70-½ | 21.35 | ||
| 2 | Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) | 69-2 | 21.08 | ||
| 3 | Udo Beyer (East Germany) | 69-1¼ | 21.06 | ||
| 4 | Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) | 68-3¾ | 20.82 | ||
| 5 | Geoff Capes (Great Britain) | 67-3¼ | 20.50 | ||
| 6 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) | 66-8 | 20.32 | ||
| 7 | Jaromir Vlk (Czechoslovakia) | 66-5 | 20.24 | ||
| 8 | Vladimír Milic (Yugoslavia) | 65-10¼ | 20.07 | ||
| [Kiselyov 21.35 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Udo Beyer (East Germany) | 69-¾ | 21.05 | ||
| 2 | Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) | 69-0 | 21.03 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) | 68-10¾ | 21.00 | ||
| 4 | Al Feuerbach (USA) | 67-5 | 20.55 | ||
| 5 | Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) | 67-2 | 20.47 | ||
| 6 | Geoff Capes (Great Britain) | 66-9¾ | 20.36 | ||
| 7 | George Woods (USA) | 66-5¾ | 20.26 | ||
| 8 | Hans Höglund (Sweden) | 66-2¼ | 20.17 | ||
| [9 | Pete Shmock (USA) 65-3/19.89] | |||
| [Barishnikov 69-11½/21.32 OR {qual}] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Wladyslaw Komar (Poland) | 69-6 | 21.18 | ||
| 2 | George Woods (USA) | 69-5½ | 21.17 | ||
| 3 | Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) | 69-4¼ | 21.14 | ||
| 4 | Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) | 69-4¼ | 21.14 | ||
| 5 | Al Feuerbach (USA) | 68-11¼ | 21.01 | ||
| 6 | Brian Oldfield (USA) | 68-7¼ | 20.91 | ||
| 7 | Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) | 66-10 | 20.37 | ||
| 8 | Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) | 65-11½ | 20.10 | ||
| [Briesenick 68-9¾/20.97 OR, Gies 21.14 OR; Komar 21.18 | ||||
| OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Randy Matson (USA) | 67-4¾ | 20.54 | ||
| 2 | George Woods (USA) | 66-¼ | 20.12 | ||
| 3 | Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) | 65-11 | 20.09 | ||
| 4 | Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) | 65-7½ | 20.00 | ||
| 5 | Dave Maggard (USA) | 63-9 | 19.43 | ||
| 6 | Wladyslaw Komar (Poland) | 63-3¼ | 19.28 | ||
| 7 | Uwe Grabe (East Germany) | 62-5¼ | 19.03 | ||
| 8 | Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) | 61-8¼ | 18.80 | ||
| [Matson 67-10¼/20.68 OR {qual}] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Dallas Long (USA) | 66-8½ | 20.33 | ||
| 2 | Randy Matson (USA) | 66-3¼ | 20.20 | ||
| 3 | Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) | 63-7½ | 19.39 | ||
| 4 | Parry O’Brien (USA) | 63-0 | 19.20 | ||
| 5 | Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) | 61-11½ | 18.88 | ||
| 6 | Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) | 61-10½ | 18.86 | ||
| 7 | Les Mills (New Zealand) | 60-9¼ | 18.52 | ||
| 8 | Adolfas Varanauskas (Soviet Union) | 60-4¾ | 18.41 | ||
| [Matson 65-2¾/19.88 OR, 20.20 OR; Long 20.33 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Bill Nieder (USA) | 64-6¾ | 19.68 | ||
| 2 | Parry O’Brien (USA) | 62-8½ | 19.11 | ||
| 3 | Dallas Long (USA) | 62-4½ | 19.01 | ||
| 4 | Viktors Lipsnis (Soviet Union) | 58-8¾ | 17.90 | ||
| 5 | Mike Lindsay (Great Britain) | 58-4¾ | 17.80 | ||
| 6 | Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) | 57-7¾ | 17.57 | ||
| 7 | Dieter Urbach (West Germany) | 57-3¾ | 17.47 | ||
| 8 | Martyn Lucking (Great Britain) | 57-2¼ | 17.43 | ||
| [Nieder 61-3/18.67 OR; O’Brien 61-7/18.77 OR; Long | ||||
| 61‑11½/18.88 OR; O’Brien 19.11 OR; Nieder | ||||
| 19.68 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Parry O’Brien (USA) | 60-11¼ | 18.57 | ||
| 2 | Bill Nieder (USA) | 59-7¾ | 18.18 | ||
| 3 | Jirí Skobla (Czechoslovakia) | 57-11 | 17.65 | ||
| 4 | Ken Bantum (USA) | 57-4¼ | 17.48 | ||
| 5 | Boris Balyayev (Soviet Union) | 55-7¾ | 16.96 | ||
| 6 | Erik Uddebom (Sweden) | 54-7½ | 16.65 | ||
| 7 | Karlheinz Wegmann (West Germany) | 54-6¾ | 16.63 | ||
| 8 | Georgios Tsakanikas (Greece) | 54-4 | 16.56 | ||
| [O’Brien 58-9½/17.92 OR, 60-7¼/18.47 OR, | ||||
| 18.57 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Parry O’Brien (USA) | 57-1½ | 17.41 | ||
| 2 | Darrow Hooper (USA) | 57-¾ | 17.39 | ||
| 3 | Jim Fuchs (USA) | 55-11¾ | 17.06 | ||
| 4 | Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) | 55-¾ | 16.78 | ||
| 5 | Roland Nilsson (Sweden) | 54-3¾ | 16.55 | ||
| 6 | John Savidge (Great Britain) | 53-1½ | 16.19 | ||
| 7 | Georgy Fyodorov (Soviet Union) | 52-8¼ | 16.06 | ||
| 8 | Per Stavem (Norway) | 52-6¾ | 16.02 | ||
| [O’Brien 17.41 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Wilbur Thompson (USA) | 56-2 | 17.12 | ||
| 2 | Jim Delaney (USA) | 54-8¾ | 16.68 | ||
| 3 | Jim Fuchs (USA) | 53-10½ | 16.42 | ||
| 4 | Mieczyslaw Lomowski (Poland) | 50-7½ | 15.43 | ||
| 5 | Gösta Arvidsson (Sweden) | 50-5¼ | 15.37 | ||
| 6 | Yrjö Lehtilä (Finland) | 49-4½ | 15.05 | ||
| 7 | Pentti Jouppila (Finland) | 47-10½ | 14.59 | ||
| 8 | Cestmir Kalina (Czechoslovakia) | 47-9 | 14.55 | ||
| [Fuchs 53-6½/16.32 OR; Thompson 54-½/16.47 OR; | ||||
| Delaney 16.68 OR; Thompson 17.12 OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Hans Woellke (Germany) | 53-1¾ | 16.20 | ||
| 2 | Sulo Bärlund (Finland) | 52-10¾ | 16.12 | ||
| 3 | Gerhard Stöck (Germany) | 51-4½ | 15.66 | ||
| 4 | Sam Francis (USA) | 50-8¼ | 15.38 | ||
| 5 | Jack Torrance (USA) | 50-5½ | 15.38 | ||
| 6 | Dimitri Zaitz (USA) | 50-3¼ | 15.32 | ||
| 7 | Frantisek Douda (Czechoslovakia) | 50-1¾ | 15.28 | ||
| 8 | Arnold Viiding (Estonia) | 49-11¾ | 15.23 | ||
| [Bärlund 16.12 OR; Woellke 16.20 OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Leo Sexton (USA) | 52-6 | 16.00 | ||
| 2 | Harlow Rothert (USA) | 51-5 | 15.67 | ||
| 3 | Frantisek Douda (Czechoslovakia) | 51-2¾ | 15.61 | ||
| 4 | Emil Hirschfeld (Germany) | 51-¾ | 15.56 | ||
| 5 | Nelson Gray (USA) | 50-8¾ | 15.46 | ||
| 6 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert (Germany) | 49-5¼ | 15.07 | ||
| 7 | József Darányi (Hungary) | 48-1¾ | 14.67 | ||
| 8 | Jules Noël (France) | 47-8 | 14.53 | ||
| [Sexton 52-3¾/15.94 OR, 16.00 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | John Kuck (USA) | 52-¾ | 15.87 | ||
| 2 | Herman Brix (USA) | 51-8¼ | 15.75 | ||
| 3 | Emil Hirschfeld (Germany) | 51-7 | 15.72 | ||
| 4 | Eric Krenz (USA) | 49-2¼ | 14.99 | ||
| 5 | Armas Wahlstedt (Finland) | 48-2½ | 14.69 | ||
| 6 | Wilhelm Uebler (Germany) | 48-2½ | 14.69 | ||
| 7 | Harlow Rothert (USA) | 48-2 | 14.68 | ||
| 8 | József Darányi (Hungary) | 47-1 | 14.35 | ||
| [Hirschfeld 15.72 OR; Brix 15.75 OR; Kuck 15.87 WR] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | Bud Houser (USA) | 49-2¼ | 14.99 | ||
| 2 | Glenn Hartranft (USA) | 48-10¼ | 14.89 | ||
| 3 | Ralph Hills (USA) | 48-½ | 14.64 | ||
| 4 | Hannes Torpo (Finland) | 47-5 | 14.45 | ||
| 5 | Norman Anderson (USA) | 46-10¾ | 14.29 | ||
| 6 | Elmer Niklander (Finland) | 46-9½ | 14.26 | ||
| 7 | Ville Pörhölä (Finland) | 46-3¼ | 14.10 | ||
| 8 | Bertil Jansson (Sweden) | 45-1¾ | 13.76 | ||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Ville Pörhölä (Finland) | 48-7¼ | 14.81 | ||
| 2 | Elmer Niklander (Finland) | 46-5¼ | 14.15 | ||
| 3 | Harry Liversedge (USA) | 46-5¼ | 14.15 | ||
| 4 | Pat McDonald (USA) | 46-2¼ | 14.08 | ||
| 5 | Einar Nilsson (Sweden) | 45-6¼ | 13.87 | ||
| 6 | Harald Tammer (Estonia) | 44-7½ | 13.60 | ||
| 7 | George Bihlman (USA) | 44-6¼ | 13.57 | ||
| 8 | Howard Cann (USA) | 44-4¼ | 13.52 | ||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | Pat McDonald (USA) | 50-4 | 15.34 | ||
| 2 | Ralph Rose (USA) | 50-½ | 15.25 | ||
| 3 | Lawrence Whitney (USA) | 45-8½ | 13.93 | ||
| 4 | Elmer Niklander (Finland) | 44-9½ | 13.65 | ||
| 5 | George Philbrook (USA) | 43-1 | 13.13 | ||
| 6 | Imré Mudin (Hungary) | 42-½ | 12.81 | ||
| 7 | Einar Nilsson (Sweden) | 41-5 | 12.62 | ||
| 8 | Patrick Quinn (Great Britain) | 41-1½ | 12.53 | ||
| [Rose 49-1¾/14.98 OR, 15.25 OR; McDonald 15.34 OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| 1 | Ralph Rose (USA) | 46-7½ | 14.21 | ||
| 2 | Dennis Horgan (Great Britain) | 44-8¼ | 13.62 | ||
| 3 | John Garrels (USA) | 43-3 | 13.18 | ||
| 4 | Wesley Coe (USA) | 42-10¾ | 13.07 | ||
| 5 | Edmond Barrett (Great Britain) | 42-3½ | 12.89 | ||
| 6 | Marquis Horr (USA) | 42-¾ | 12.82 | ||
| 7 | Jalmari Sauli (Finland) | 41-3½ | 12.58 | ||
| 8 | Lee Talbott (USA) | 38-2 | 11.63 | ||
| [Also threw: Wilbur Burroughs (USA), Martin Sheridan (USA)] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1 | Ralph Rose (USA) | 48-7 | 14.81 | ||
| 2 | Wesley Coe (USA) | 47-3 | 14.40 | ||
| 3 | Leon Feuerbach (USA) | 43-10½ | 13.37 | ||
| 4 | Martin Sheridan (USA) | 40-8 | 12.39 | ||
| 5 | Charles Chadwick (USA) | unknown | ||
| 6 | Albert Johnson (USA) | unknown | ||
| 7 | John Guiney (USA) | unknown | ||
| DQ[“threw” shot]—Nicolaos Georgantas (Greece) | ||||
| [Rose 47-0/14.32 OR, 47-1/14.35 OR; Coe 14.40 OR; Rose 14.81 | ||||
| WR, OR] | ||||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1 | Richard Sheldon (USA) | 46-3¼ | 14.10 | ||
| 2 | Josiah McCracken (USA) | 42-2 | 12.85 | ||
| 3 | Robert Garrett (USA) | 40-6¼ | 12.35 | ||
| 4 | Rezsö Crettier (Hungary) | 39-6½ | 12.05 | ||
| 5 | Panayiotis Paraskevopoulos (Greece) | 37-9½ | 11.52 | ||
| 6 | Gustaf Söderström (Sweden) | 36-8¼ | 11.18 | ||
| [Sheldon 45-3½/13.80 OR {qual}, 14.10 OR] | ||||
| 1896 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Garrett (USA) | 36-9¾ | 11.22 | ||
| 2 | Miltiades Gouskos (Greece) | 36-9 | 11.20 | ||
| 3 | Georgios Papasideris (Greece) | 34-0 | 10.36 | ||
| 4 | Viggo Jensen (Denmark) | unknown | (10+) | ||
| [Garrett 11.22 OR] | ||||