| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Men Shot Put | Joe Kovacs |  USA | David Storl |  GER | Dayne O'Richards |  JAM |
| 2013 Men Shot Put | David Storl | GER | Ryan Whiting | USA | Dylan Armstrong |  CAN |
| Olympic 2012 Men Shot Put | Tomasz Majewski |  POL | David Storl | GER | Reese Hoffa | USA |
| 2011 Men Shot Put | David Storl | GER | Dylan Armstrong | CAN | Andrei Mikhnevich |  BLR |
| 2009 Men Shot Put | Christian Cantwell | USA | Tomasz Majewski | POL | Ralf Bartels | GER |
| Olympic 2008 Men Shot Put | Tomasz Majewski | POL | Christian Cantwell | USA | Dylan Armstrong | CAN |
| 2007 Men Shot Put | Reese Hoffa | USA | Adam Nelson | USA | Andrei Mikhnevich | BLR |
| 2005 Men Shot Put | Adam Nelson | USA | Rutger Smith |  NED | Ralf Bartels | GER |
| Olympic 2004 Men Shot Put | Yuriy Bilonog |  UKR | Adam Nelson | USA | Joachim Olsen |  DEN |
| 2003 Men Shot Put | Andrei Mikhnevich | BLR | Adam Nelson | USA | Yuriy Bilonog | UKR |
| 2001 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | Adam Nelson | USA | Arsi Harju |  FIN |
| Olympic 2000 Men Shot Put | Arsi Harju | FIN | Adam Nelson | USA | John Godina | USA |
| 1999 Men Shot Put | C.J. Hunter | USA | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR |
| 1997 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | C.J. Hunter | USA |
| Olympic 1996 Men Shot Put | Randy Barnes | USA | John Godina | USA | Oleksandr Bagach | UKR |
| 1995 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | Mika Halvari | FIN | Randy Barnes | USA |
| 1993 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor |  SUI | Randy Barnes | USA | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR |
| Olympic 1992 Men Shot Put | Mike Stulce | USA | Jim Doehring | USA | Vyacheslav Lykho |  EUN |
| 1991 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor | SUI | Lars Arvid Nilsen |  NOR | Aleksandr Klimenko |  URS |
| Olympic 1988 Men Shot Put | Ulf Timmermann |  GDR | Randy Barnes | USA | Werner Guenthoer | SUI |
| 1987 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor | SUI | Alessandro Andrei |  ITA | John Brenner | USA |
| Olympic 1984 Men Shot Put | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | Mike Carter | USA | Dave Laut | USA |
| 1983 Men Shot Put | Edward Sarul | POL | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | Remigius Machura |  TCH |
| Olympic 1980 Men Shot Put | Vladimir Kiselev | URS | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | Udo Beyer | GDR |
| Olympic 1976 Men Shot Put | Udo Beyer | GDR | Evgeni Mironov | URS | Alexander Barisnikov | URS |
| Olympic 1972 Men Shot Put | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | George Woods | USA | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR |
| Olympic 1968 Men Shot Put | Randy Matson | USA | George Woods | USA | Eduard Gushchin | URS |
| Olympic 1964 Men Shot Put | Dallas Long | USA | Randy Matson | USA | Vilmos Varju |  HUN |
| Olympic 1960 Men Shot Put | William Nieder | USA | Parry O'Brien | USA | Dallas Long | USA |
| Olympic 1956 Men Shot Put | Parry O'Brien | USA | William Nieder | USA | Jiri Skobla | TCH |
| Olympic 1952 Men Shot Put | Parry O'Brien | USA | Darrow Hooper | USA | James Fuchs | USA |
| Olympic 1948 Men Shot Put | Wilbur Thompson | USA | James Delaney | USA | James Fuchs | USA |
| Olympic 1936 Men Shot Put | Hans Wollke | GER | Sulo Barlund | FIN | Gerhard Stock | GER |
| Olympic 1932 Men Shot Put | Leo Sexton | USA | Harlow Rothert | USA | Frantisek Douda | TCH |
| Olympic 1928 Men Shot Put | John Kuck | USA | Herman Brix | USA | Emil Hirschfeld | GER |
| Olympic 1924 Men Shot Put | Clarence Houser | USA | Glenn Hartranft | USA | Ralph Hills | USA |
| Olympic 1920 Men Shot Put | Ville Porhola | FIN | Elmer Niklander | FIN | Harry Liversedge | USA |
| Olympic 1912 Men Shot Put | Patrick McDonald | USA | Ralph Rose | USA | Lawrence Whitney | USA |
| Olympic 1908 Men Shot Put | Ralph Rose | USA | Denis Horgan |  GBR | John Garrells | USA |
| Olympic 1904 Men Shot Put | Ralph Rose | USA | William Coe | USA | Leon Feuerbach | USA |
| Olympic 1900 Men Shot Put | Richard Sheldon | USA | Josiah McCracken | USA | Robert Garrett | USA |
| Olympic 1896 Men Shot Put | Robert Garrett | USA | Miltiades Gouskos |  GRE | Georgios Papasideris | GRE |
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