16-lb Shot-Put
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| 1896 | Robert Garrett, United States | 36 ft 9.75 in |
| 1900 | Richard Sheldon, United States | 46 ft 3.125 in |
| 1904 | Ralph Rose, United States | 48 ft 7 in |
| 1906 | Martin Sheridan, United States | 40 ft 4.8 in |
| 1908 | Ralph Rose, United States | 46 ft 7.5 in |
| 1912 | Pat McDonald, United States | 50 ft 4 in |
| 1920 | Ville Porhola, Finland | 48 ft 7.125 in |
| 1924 | Clarence Houser, United States | 49 ft 2.5 in |
| 1928 | John Kuck, United States | 52 ft 11.6875 in |
| 1932 | Leo Sexton, United States | 52 ft 6.1875 in |
| 1936 | Hans Woellke, Germany | 53 ft 1.75 in |
| 1948 | Wilbur Thompson, United States | 56 ft 2 in |
| 1952 | Parry O'Brien, United States | 57 ft 1.5 in |
| 1956 | Parry O'Brien, United States | 60 ft 11 in |
| 1960 | Bill Nieder, United States | 64 ft 6.75 in |
| 1964 | Dallas Long, United States | 66 ft 8.25 in |
| 1968 | Randy Matson, United States | 67 ft 4.75 in |
| 1972 | Wladyslaw Komar, Poland | 69 ft 6 in |
| 1976 | Udo Beyer, East Germany | 69 ft 0.75 in |
| 1980 | Vladmir Klselyov, USSR | 70 ft 0.5 in |
| 1984 | Alessandro Andrei, Italy | 69 ft 9 in |
| 1988 | Uhf Timmerman, East Germany | 73 ft 8.75 in |
| 1992 | Michael Stulze, United States | 71 ft 2.5 in |
| 1996 | Randy Barnes, United States | 70 ft 11.25 in |
| 2000 | Arsi Harju, Finland | 69 ft 10.25 in |
| 2004 | Yuriy Bilonog, Ukraine | 69 ft 5.07 in |
| 2008 | Tomasz Majewski, Poland | 70 ft 6.85 in |
