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16-lb Shot-Put

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

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