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| Athletics Olympic Games Men: Shot Put | 
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| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | |||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Yuriy Bilonog (ukr) | Adam Nelson (usa) | Joachim Olsen (den) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Arsi Harju (fin) | Adam Nelson (usa) | John Godina (usa) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Randy Barnes (usa) | John Godina (usa) | Oleksandr Bagach (ukr) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Michael Stulce (usa) | James Doehring (usa) | Vyacheslav Lykho (cis) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Ulf Timmermann (ege) | Randy Barnes (usa) | Werner Günthör (swi) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Alessandro Andrei (ita) | Michael Carter (usa) | Dave Laut (usa) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Volodymyr Kyselyov (sov) | Aleksandr Baryshnikov (sov) | Udo Beyer (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Udo Beyer (ege) | Yevgeniy Mironov (sov) | Aleksandr Baryshnikov (sov) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Wladyslaw Komar (pol) | George Woods (usa) | Hartmut Briesenick (ege) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Randy Matson (usa) | George Woods (usa) | Edvard Gushchin (sov) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Dallas Long (usa) | Randy Matson (usa) | Vilmos Varjú (hun) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Bill Nieder (usa) | Parry O'Brien (usa) | Dallas Long (usa) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Parry O'Brien (usa) | Bill Nieder (usa) | Jirí Skobla (czs) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Parry O'Brien (usa) | Darrow Hooper (usa) | Jim Fuchs (usa) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Wilbur Thompson (usa) | Jim Delaney (usa) | Jim Fuchs (usa) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Hans Wöllke (ger) | Sulo Bärlund (fin) | Gerhard Stöck (ger) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Leo Sexton (usa) | Harlow Rothert (usa) | Frantisek Douda (czs) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | John Kuck (usa) | Herman Brix (usa) | Emil Hirschfeld (ger) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Clarence Houser (usa) | Glenn Hartranft (usa) | Ralph Hills (usa) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Ville Pörhölä (fin) | Elmer Niklander (fin) | Harry Liversedge (usa) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Patrick McDonald (usa) | Ralph Rose (usa) | Lawrence Whitney (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | Ralph Rose (usa) | Dennis Horgan (gbr) | John Garrels (usa) |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | Ralph Rose (usa) | Wesley Coe (usa) | Leon Feuerbach (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Richard Sheldon (usa) | Josiah McCracken (usa) | Robert Garrett (usa) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Robert Garrett (usa) | Miltiades Gouskos (gre) | Georgios Papasideris (gre) |
