World Rankings — Men’s Shot Ryan Crouser had a breakout year in moving to the top for the first time in ’16 1 Ryan Crouser (US) 2 Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3 Joe Kovacs (US) 4 Tomás Stanek (Czech Republic) 5 Darrell Hill (US) 6 David Storl (Germany) 7 Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8 Michał Haratyk © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1947 1948 1 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 1 ............................Charles Fonville (US) 2 ...................................Jim Delaney (US) 2 ......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 3 ............................Fortune Gordien (US) 3 ...................................Jim Delaney (US) 4 ............................Charles Fonville (US) 4 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 5 .................................Norm Wasser (US) 5 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6 ......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 6 ................................... Bill Bayless (US) 7 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 7 ................................ Rollin Prather (US) 8 ................................ Jerry Shipkey (US) 8 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9 .................................Stan Lampert (US) 9 ................................ Otis Chandler (US) 10 ................................. Bill Bayless (US) 10 ...............................Norm Wasser (US) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1949 1953 1 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 .................................Stan Lampert (US) 2 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 3 ......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 3 ..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 4 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 4 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5 ................................ Otis Chandler (US) 5 .....................................Tom Jones (US) 6 ......................................Lew Davis (US) 6 ..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 7 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 7 ................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8 ................................... Bill Bayless (US) 8 ................................ Howard Hertz (US) 9 ......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 9 ................John Savidge (Great Britain) 10 ..........................Fortune Gordien (US) 10 .................. Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 1950 1954 1 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 ................................ Otis Chandler (US) 2 .................................Stan Lampert (US) 3 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4 ......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 4 ................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 5 .....................................Tom Jones (US) 6 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 6 ................................... Bill Bangert (US) 7 .................................Stan Lampert (US) 7 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 8 .................................... George Ker (US) 8 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9 ......................................Lew Davis (US) 9 .................................John Stellern (US) 10 ..........................Charles Fonville (US) 10 ...........Heino Heinaste (Soviet Union) 1951 1955 1 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 ................................ Otis Chandler (US) 2 .....................................Tom Jones (US) 3 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5 ......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 5 ..................................... Ray Martin (US) 6 ..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 6 ........................................ Don Vick (US) 7 ................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 7 ..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 8 ................John Savidge (Great Britain) 8 .....................................Tom Meyer (US) 9 ................................. Robert Carey (US) 9 ................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 10 ............................... Bernie Mayer (US) 10 .................................. Rosie Grier (US) 1952 1956 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 ......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 3 ..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 3 .................................. Ken Bantum (US) 4 ................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 4 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5 ................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5 ..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 6 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 6 ........................................ Don Vick (US) 7 ..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 7 .................................Stan Lampert (US) 8 ................John Savidge (Great Britain) 8 ............. Boris Balyayev (Soviet Union) 9 .................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 9 ................................... Charlie Butt (US) 10 ...... Georgiy Fyodorov (Soviet Union) 10 .. Karl-Heinz Wegmann (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1957 1961 1 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 1 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 2 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 ................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 3 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 3 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4 .................................... Dave Owen (US) 4 ..................................Jay Silvester (US) 5 ........................................ Don Vick (US) 5 ....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 6 .................................. Ken Bantum (US) 6 ..................................Gary Gubner (US) 7 ..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 7 ........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 8 ........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 8 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9 .........Jaroslav Plíhal (Czechoslovakia) 9 ............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10 ...Vladimir Loshchilov (Soviet Union) 10 ................. Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 1958 1962 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 1 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 2 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 2 ..................................Gary Gubner (US) 3 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 3 ................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 4 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5 ................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5 ............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 6 ................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 6 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 7 ............................ Bob Humphreys (US) 7 ................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 8 ..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 8 ....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9 ..................................... Bob Henry (US) 9 .........................................Billy Joe (US) 10 ............. Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10 .............................. Parry O’Brien (US) 1959 1963 1 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 1 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 2 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 2 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 3 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 3 ....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 4 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 4 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5 ................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5 ..................................Gary Gubner (US) 6 ........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 6 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 7 ................................... Charlie Butt (US) 7 ............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 8 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 8 ................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 9 ..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 9 .................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10 ..............Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 10 .Adolfas Varanauskas (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1 ......................................Bill Nieder (US) 1 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 2 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2 ............................... Randy Matson (US) 3 ................................... Dallas Long (US) 3 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 4 ................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5 ................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5 .................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 6 .........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 6 ............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7 ..................................Jay Silvester (US) 7 .................................... Dave Davis (US) 8 ............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 8 ......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 9 ........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy)