2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Men’s SP by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro : 1) Can Kovacs (2015 WC) or Storl (2011, 2013 WC) be the first to win both Olympics and Worlds? 2) Can Storl or Crouser become the first World Youth champion to win the Olympics? 3) Can Majewski become the first Shot Putter to win the Olympics three-times? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 22.39 Randy Barnes USA 2 Seoul 1988 3 3 21.99 Werner Günthör SUI 3 Seoul 1988 4 4 21.89 Tomasz Majewski POL 1 London 2012 5 5 21.86 David Storl GER 2 London 2012 Shortest winning distance after 1972: 21.05 by Udo Beyer (GDR) in 1976 Margin of Victory Difference Dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.25m 14.10m Richard Sheldon USA Paris 1900 83cm 21.62 Randy Barnes USA Atlanta 1996 Min 1cm 21.18 Wladyslaw Komar POL München 1972 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR Seoul 1988 Qualifying 21.39 Arsi Harji FIN Sydney 2000 21.36 Reese Hoffa USA London 2012 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 20.17 7qA Soslan Tsirikhov RUS London 2012 20.08 8qA Rutger Smith NED London 2012 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR Seoul 1988 2 22.39 Randy Barnes USA Seoul 1988 3 21.99 Werner Günthör SUI Seoul 1988 4 21.40 Udo Beyer GDR Seoul 1988 Multiple Gold Medalists: Tomasz Majewski (POL) 2008, 2012 Parry O’Brien (USA): 1952, 1956 Ralph Rose (USA): 1904, 1908 No throw longer than 21.00m in Rio de Janeiro: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 22.39 Randy Barnes USA 2 Seoul 1988 3 3 21.99 Werner Günthör SUI 3 Seoul 1988 4 4 21.89 Tomasz Majewski POL 1 London 2012 5 5 21.86 David Storl GER 2 London 2012 6 6 21.70 Mike Stulce USA 1 Barcelona 1992 7 21.62 Randy Barnes 1 Atlanta 1996 8 21.51 Tomasz Majewski 1 Beijing 2008 9 7 21.40 Udo Beyer GDR 4 Seoul 1988 10 8 21.39 Arsi Harji FIN 1qB Sydney 2000 11 9 21.36 Reese Hoffa USA 1qB London 2012 12 10 21.35 Vladimir Kiselyov URS 1 Moskva 1980 13 11 21.32 Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 1qA Montreal 1976 14 21.29 Arsi Haju 1 Sydney 2000 15 21.27 Ulf Timmerman 1qA Seoul 1988 16 12 21.26 Alessandro Andrei ITA 1 Los Angeles 1984 17 21.23 Reese Hoffa 3 London 2012 18 13 21.21 Adam Nelson USA 2 Sydney 2000 19 14 21.20 John Godina USA 3 Sydney 2000 20 15 21.19 Christian Cantwell USA 4 London 2012 21 16 21.18 Wladyslaw Komar POL 1 München 1972 22 17 21.17 George Woods USA 2 München 1972 23 21.16 Adam Nelson 1 Athinai 2004 24 21.15 Adam Nelson 1qA Athinai 2004 24 21.15 David Storl 1qA London 2012 26 18 21.14 Hartmut Briesenick GDR 3 München 1972 26 18 21.14 Hans-Peter Gies GDR 4 München 1972 28 20 21.09 Mike Carter USA 2 Los Angeles 1984 28 21.09 Christian Cantwell 2 Beijing 2008 30 21.08 Aleksandr Baryshnikov 2 Moskva 1980 31 21 21.07 Joachim Olsen DEN 2 Athinai 2004 32 21.06 Udo Beyer 3 Moskva 1980 33 21.05 Udo Beyer 1 Montreal 1976 33 22 21.05 Andrei Mikhnevich BLR 3 Beijing 2008 35 21.04 Tomasz Majewski 1qA Beijing 2008 35 23 21.04 Dylan Armstrong CAN 4 Beijing 2008 37 24 21.03 Yevgeniy Mironov URS 2 Montreal 1976 37 21.03 Tomasz Majewski 2qA London 2012 39 25 21.01 Al Feuerbach USA 5 München 1972 40 21.00 Aleksandr Baryshnikov 3 Montreal 1976 Shortest winning distance after 1972: 21.05 by Udo Beyer (GDR) in 1976 Margin of Victory Difference Dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.25m 14.10m Richard Sheldon USA Paris 1900 83cm 21.62 Randy Barnes USA Atlanta 1996 Min 1cm 21.18 Wladyslaw Komar POL München 1972 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.75m 14.10 12.35 Richard Sheldon USA Paris 1900 94cm 20.33 19.39 Dallas Long USA Tokyo 1964 Min 4cm 21.18 21.14 Wladyslaw Komar POL München 1972 Second line is the largest difference after 1912; the first line is largest difference before 1912 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.11m 19.01 Dallas Long USA Roma 1960 Min 0cm 21.14 Hartmut Briesenick GDR München 1972 1cm 21.05 Andrei Mikhnevich BLR Beijing 2008 20.75 Aleksandr Bagach UKR Atlanta 1996 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR Seoul 1988 Qualifying 21.39 Arsi Harji FIN Sydney 2000 21.36 Reese Hoffa USA London 2012 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 20.17 7qA Soslan Tsirikhov RUS London 2012 20.08 8qA Rutger Smith NED London 2012 Average of last eight Olympics Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Distance 21.61 21.89 21.51 21.16 21.29 21.62 21.70 22.47 21.26 Winning Medal 21.15 21.23 21.05 21.07 21.20 20.75 20.94 21.99 20.97 Missing Medal (4 th ) 20.99 21.19 21.04 20.84 20.87 20.74 20.91 21.40 20.93 8th place 20.23 20.69 20.42 20.26 20.18 20.07 20.23 20.36 19.65 Shortest to make final 19.73 20.25 20.02 20.04 19.79 19.39 19.65 19.71 18.98 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 22.47 Ulf Timmermann GDR Seoul 1988 2 22.39 Randy Barnes USA Seoul 1988 3 21.99 Werner Günthör SUI Seoul 1988 4 21.40 Udo Beyer GDR Seoul 1988 5 21.01 Al Feuerbach USA München 1972 6 20.91 Brian Oldfield USA München 1972 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 23.12m Randy Barnes USA Los Angeles (Westwood) 20 May 1990 2 22.39m Randy Barnes USA Seoul 23 Sept 1988 22.24m Sergey Smirnov URS Tallinn 21 June 1986 3 22.05m Udo Beyer GDR Tallinn 21 June 1986 21.99 Werner Günthör SUI Seoul 23 Sept 1988 4 21.58 Tomas Walsh NZL Beijing 23 Aug 2015 21.48m Janis Bojars URS Moskva 17 Aug 1984 5 21.35 Ulf Timmermann GDR Roma 29 Aug 1987 21.25 ? Gregg Tafralis USA San Jose 26 May 1984 6 21.13 Udo Beyer GDR Roma 29 Aug 1987 Multiple Gold Medalists: Tomasz Majewski (POL) 2008, 2012 Parry O’Brien (USA): 1952, 1956 Ralph Rose (USA): 1904, 1908 Multiple Medalists: Tomasz Majewski (POL): 2008 Gold, 2012 Gold Adam Nelson (USA) 2000 Silver, 2004 Gold John Godina (USA) 1996 Silver, 2000 Bronze Randy Barnes (USA) 1988 Silver, 1996 Gold Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS): 1976 Bronze, 1980 Silver Udo Beyer (GDR): 1976 Gold, 1980 Bronze George Woods (USA): 1968 Silver, 1972 Silver Randy Matson (USA) 1964 Silver, 1968 Gold Dallas Long (USA) 1960 Bronze, 1964 Gold Bill Nieder (USA) 1956 Silver, 1960 Gold Parry O’Brien (USA) 1952 Gold, 1956 Gold, 1960 Silver Jim Fuchs (USA): 1948 Bronze, 1952 Bronze Ralph Rose (USA): 1904 Gold, 1908 Gold, 1912 Silver Robert Garrett (USA): 1896 Gold, 1900 Bronze Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze USA 2000 Adam Nelson John Godina USA 1996 Randy Barnes John Godina USA 1992 Mike Stulce Jim Doehring USA 1984 Mike Carter Dave Laut URS 1980 Vladimir Kiselyov Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS 1976 Yevgeniy Mironov Aleksandr Baryshnikov USA 1968 Randy Matson George Woods USA 1964 Dallas Long Randy Matson USA 1960 Bill Nieder Parry O’Brien Dallas Long USA 1956 Parry O’Brien Bill Nieder USA 1952 Parry O’Brien Darrow Hooper Jim Fuchs USA 1948 Wilbur Thompson Jim Delaney Jim Fuchs GER 1936 Hans Woellke Gerhard Stöck USA 1932 Leo Sexton Harlow Rothert USA 1928 John Kuck Herman Brix USA 1924 Clarence Houser Glenn Hartranft Ralph Hills FIN 1920 Ville Pörhölä Elmer Niklander USA 1912 Patrick McDonald Ralph Rose Lawrence Whitney USA 1908 Ralph Rose John Garrels USA 1904 Ralph Rose Wesley Coe Lawrence Feuerbach USA 1900 Richard Sheldon Josiah McCracken Robert Garrett GRE 1896 Mitiadis Gouskos Georgios Papasideris Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never Happened Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 18 19 12 POL 3 FIN 2 2 GDR 2 2 URS 1 2 2 GER 1 1 2 ITA 1 GRE 1 1 HUN 1 1 DEN 1 1 GBR 1 TCH 2 SWE 1 SUI 1 EUN 1 BLR 1 ESP 1 UKR 1 World Championships medalist with Olympic medal Name Nat World Championships Year Olympics Year Reese Hoffa USA Gold 2007 Bronze 2012 David Storl GER Gold 2011 Silver 2012 Tomasz Majewski POL Silver 2009 Gold 2008, 2012 Chris Cantwell USA Gold 2009 Silver 2008 Yuriy Bilonog UKR Bronze 2003 Gold 2004 Adam Nelson USA Gold 2005 Silver 2000, 2004 Arsi Harju FIN Bronze 2001 Gold 2000 Andrei Mikhnevich BLR Gold 2003 Bronze 2008 John Godina USA Gold 1995, 1997, 2001 Silver 1996 Werner Günthör SUI Gold 1987, 1991, 1993 Bronze 1988 Randy Barnes USA Silver 1993 Silver 1988 Ulf Timmermann GDR Silver 1983 Gold 1988 Alessandro Andrei ITA Silver 1987 Gold 1984 Olympic Champion with World Indoor Championships Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Indoor Championships Mike Stulce USA 1992 1993 Ulf Timmermann GDR 1988 1987, 1989 Olympic Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal None (Yuriy Bilonog has won 1992 World Junior and 2004 OG but later DQ) Olympic medalists who previously won World Youth Gold medal: Name Nat World Youth Championships Olympics Year David Storl GER 2007 Silver 2012 Olympic Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Ulf Timmermann GDR 1988 1990 Udo Beyer GDR 1976 1978, 1982 Olympic medalists with Asian Games medal: None Asian never won an Olympic medal at SP Olympic medalists with All African Games medal: None African never won an Olympic medal at SP Olympic Champion with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Pan American Games Randy Matson USA 1968 1967 Parry O’Brien USA 1952, 1956 1955, 1959