Olympic Games medallists, men’s throws
Shot
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Robert Garrett USA Richard Sheldon USA Ralph Rose USA Martin Sheridan USA Ralph Rose USA Patrick McDonald USA Ville Pörhölä FIN Clarence “Bud” Houser USA John Kuck USA Leo Sexton USA Hans Woellke GER Wilbur Thompson USA Parry O’Brien USA Parry O’Brien USA Bill Nieder USA Dallas Long USA Randy Matson USA Wladyslaw Komar POL Udo Beyer GDR Vladimir Kiselyov URS(UKR) Alessandro Andrei ITA Ulf Timmermann GDR Mike Stulce USA Randy Barnes USA Arsi Harju FIN Yuriy Bilonog UKR Tomasz Majewski POL Tomasz Majewski POL |
11.22 14.10 14.81 12.325 14.21 15.34 14.81 14.995 15.87 16.005 16.20 17.12 17.41 18.57 19.68 20.33 20.54A 21.18 21.05 21.35 21.26 22.47 21.70 21.62 21.29 21.16 21.51 21.89 |
Mitiadis Gouskos GRE Josiah McCracken USA Wesley Coe USA Mihály Dávid HUN Denis Horgan GBR(IRL) Ralph Rose USA Elmer Niklander FIN Glenn Hartranft USA Herman Brix USA Harlow Rothert USA Sulo Bärlund FIN Jim Delaney USA Darrow Hooper USA Bill Nieder USA Parry O’Brien USA Randy Matson USA George Woods USA George Woods USA Yevgeniy Mironov URS(RUS) Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS(RUS) Mike Carter USA Randy Barnes USA Jim Doehring USA John Godina USA Adam Nelson USA Adam Nelson USA Christian Cantwell USA David Storl GER |
11.20 12.85 14.40 11.83 13.62 15.25 14.155 14.895 15.75 15.675 16.12 16.68 17.39 18.18 19.11 20.20 20.12A 21.17 21.03 21.08 21.09 22.39 20.96 20.79 21.21 21.16 21.09 21.86 |
Georgios Papasideris GRE Robert Garrett USA Lawrence Feuerbach USA Eric Lemming SWE John Garrels USA Lawrence Whitney USA Harry Liversedge USA Ralph Hills USA Emil Hirschfeld GER František Douda TCH(CZE) Gerhard Stöck GER Jim Fuchs USA Jim Fuchs USA Jirí Skobla TCH(CZE) Dallas Long USA Vilmos Varjú HUN Eduard Gushchin URS(RUS) Hartmut Briesenick GDR Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS(RUS) Udo Beyer GDR Dave Laut USA Werner Günthör SUI Vyacheslav Lykho EUN(RUS) Aleksandr Bagach UKR John Godina USA Joachim Olsen DEN Andrei Mikhnevich BLR Reese Hoffa USA |
10.36 12.35 13.37 11.26 13.18 13.93 14.15 14.64 15.72 15.61 15.66 16.42 17.06 17.65 19.01 19.39 20.09A 21.14 21.00 21.06 20.97 21.99 20.94 20.75 21.20 21.07 21.05 21.23 |
Shot – Both Hands Aggregate
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1912 | Ralph Rose USA | 27.70 | Patrick McDonald USA | 27.53 | Elmer Niklander FIN | 27.14 |
Discus
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Robert Garrett USA Rudolf Bauer HUN Martin Sheridan USA Martin Sheridan USA Martin Sheridan USA Armas Taipale FIN Elmer Niklander FIN Clarence “Bud” Houser USA Clarence “Bud” Houser USA John Anderson USA Ken Carpenter USA Adolfo Consolini ITA Sim Iness USA Al Oerter USA Al Oerter USA Al Oerter USA Al Oerter USA Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE) Mac Wilkins USA Viktor Rashchupkin URS(RUS) Rolf Danneberg FRG Jürgen Schult GDR Romas Ubartas LTU Lars Riedel GER Virgilijus Alekna LTU Virgilijus Alekna LTU Gerd Kanter EST Robert Harting GER |
29.15 36.04 39.28 41.46 40.89 45.21 44.685 46.155 47.32 49.49 50.48 52.78 55.03 56.36 59.18 61.00 64.78A 64.40 67.50 66.64 66.60 68.82 65.12 69.40 69.30 69.89 68.82 68.27 |
Panayotis Paraskevopoulos GRE František Janda-Suk BOH Ralph Rose USA Nikolaos Georgantas GRE Merritt Giffin USA Richard Byrd USA Armas Taipale FIN Vilho Niittymaa FIN Antero Kivi FIN Henry Laborde USA Gordon Dunn USA Giuseppe Tosi ITA Adolfo Consolini ITA Fortune Gordien USA Rink Babka USA Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE) Lothar Milde GDR Jay Silvester USA Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Imrich Bugár TCH(SVK) Mac Wilkins USA Romas Ubartas URS(LTU) Jürgen Schult GER Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR Lars Riedel GER Zoltán Kõvágó HUN Piotr Malachowski POL Ehsan Hadadi IRI |
28.955 35.25 39.28 38.06 40.70 42.32 44.19 44.95 47.23 48.47 49.36 51.78 53.78 54.81 58.02 60.52 63.08A 63.50 66.22 66.38 66.30 67.48 64.94 66.60 68.50 67.04 67.82 68.18 |
Sotirios Versis GRE Richard Sheldon USA Nikolaos Georgantas GRE Verner Järvinen FIN Marquis “Bill” Horr USA James Duncan USA Gus Pope USA Thomas Lieb USA James Corson USA Paul Winter FRA Giorgio Oberweger ITA Fortune Gordien USA Jim Dillion USA Des Koch USA Dick Cochran USA Dave Weill USA Ludvík Danek TCH(CZE) Ricky Bruch SWE John Powell USA Luis Delís CUB John Powell USA Rolf Danneberg FRG Roberto Moya CUB Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Frantz Kruger RSA Aleksander Tammert EST Virgilijus Alekna LTU Gerd Kanter EST |
27.78 34.60 37.68 36.82 39.44 42.28 42.13 44.83 47.10 47.85 49.23 50.77 53.28 54.40 57.16 59.49 62.92A 63.40 65.70 66.32 65.46 67.38 64.12 65.80 68.19 66.66 67.79 68.03 |
Discus – Greek Style
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1906 1908 |
Verner Järvinen FIN Martin Sheridan USA |
35.17 38.00 |
Nikolaos Georgantas GRE Marquis “Bill” Horr USA |
32.80 37.32 |
István Mudin HUN Verner Järvinen FIN |
31.91 36.48 |
Discus – Both Hands Aggregate
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1912 | Armas Taipale FIN | 82.86 | Elmer Niklander FIN | 77.96 | Emil Magnusson SWE | 77.37 |
Hammer
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
John Flanagan USA(IRL) John Flanagan USA not held John Flanagan USA Matt McGrath USA Patrick Ryan USA Fred Tootell USA Pat O’Callaghan IRL Pat O’Callaghan IRL Karl Hein GER Imre Németh HUN József Csermák HUN Hal Connolly USA Vasiliy Rudenkov URS(BLR) Romuald Klim URS(BLR) Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS(UKR) Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS) Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS) Juha Tiainen FIN Sergey Litvinov URS(RUS) Andrey Abduvaliyev EUN(TJK) Balázs Kiss HUN Szymon Ziólkowski POL Koji Murofushi JPN Primož Kozmus SLO Krisztián Pars HUN |
51.01 51.23 - 51.92 54.74 52.875 53.295 51.39 53.92 56.49 56.07 60.34 63.19 67.10 69.74 73.36A 75.50 77.52 81.80 78.08 84.80 82.54 81.24 80.02 82.91 82.02 80.59 |
Truxton Hare USA John DeWitt USA - Matt McGrath USA Duncan Gillis CAN Carl Johan Lind SWE Matt McGrath USA Ossian Skiöld SWE Ville Pörhölä FIN Erwin Blask GER Ivan Gubijan YUG(SCG) Karl Storch GER(FRG) Mikhail Krivonosov URS(BLR) Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Romuald Klim URS(BLR) Jochen Sachse GDR Aleksey Spiridonov URS(RUS) Sergey Litvinov URS(RUS) Karl-Hans Riehm FRG Yuriy Sedykh URS(RUS) Igor Astapkovich EUN(BLR) Lance Deal USA Nicola Vizzoni ITA Ivan Tikhon BLR Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR Primož Kozmus SLO |
46.25 50.265 - 51.18 48.39 48.43 50.84 51.29 52.27 55.04 54.27 58.86 63.03 65.79 69.09 73.28A 74.96 76.08 80.64 77.98 83.76 81.96 81.12 79.64 79.81 81.61 79.36 |
Josiah McCracken USA Ralph Rose USA - Con Walsh USA Clarence Childs USA Basil Bennet USA Malcolm Nokes GBR Edmund Black USA Peter Zaremba USA Fred Warngård SWE Bob Bennett USA Imre Németh HUN Anatoliy Samotsvetov URS(RUS) Tadeusz Rut POL Uwe Beyer GER(FRG) Lázár Lovász HUN Vasiliy Khmelevskiy URS(RUS) Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS(UKR) Jüri Tamm URS(EST) Klaus Ploghaus FRG Jüri Tamm URS(EST) Igor Nikulin EUN(RUS) Aleksandr Krykun UKR Igor Astapkovich BLR Esref Apak TUR Ivan Tikhon BLR Koji Murofushi JPN |
44.50 45.73 - 48.50 48.17 48.25 48.875 49.03 50.33 54.83 53.73 57.74 62.56 65.64 68.09 69.78A 74.04 75.48 78.96 76.68 81.16 81.38 80.02 79.17 79.51 81.51 78.71 |
Stone
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1906 | Nikolaos Georgantas GRE | 19.925 | Martin Sheridan USA | 19.035 | Michalis Dorizas GRE | 18.585 |
56 Pounds Weight
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1904 1906-12 1920 |
Étienne Desmarteau CAN not held Patrick McDonald USA |
10.465 - 11.265 |
John Flanagan USA - Patrick Ryan USA |
10.16 - 10.965 |
James Mitchel USA - Carl Johan Lind SWE |
10.135 - 10.25 |
Javelin
(new model from 1988)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Eric Lemming SWE Eric Lemming SWE Jonni Myyrä FIN Jonni Myyrä FIN Erik Lundqvist SWE Matti Järvinen FIN Gerhard Stöck GER Tapio Rautavaara FIN Cyrus Young USA Egil Danielsen NOR Viktor Tsybulenko URS(UKR) Pauli Nevala FIN Jânis Lûsis URS(LAT) Klaus Wolfermann FRG Miklós Németh HUN Dainis Kûla URS(LAT) Arto Härkönen FIN Tapio Korjus FIN Jan Železný TCH(CZE) Jan Železný CZE Jan Železný CZE Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Keshorn Walcott TRI |
54.825 60.64 65.78 62.96 66.60 72.71 71.84 69.77 73.78 85.71 84.64 82.66 90.10A 90.48 94.58 91.20 86.76 84.28 89.66 88.16 90.17 86.50 90.57 84.58 |
Arne Halse NOR Juho Saaristo FIN Urho Peltonen FIN Gunnar Lindström SWE Béla Szepes HUN Matti Sippala FIN Yrjö Nikkanen FIN Steve Seymour USA Bill Miller USA Janusz Sidlo POL Walter Krüger GER(GDR) Gergely Kulcsár HUN Jorma Kinnunen FIN Jânis Lûsis URS(LAT) Hannu Siitonen FIN Aleksandr Makarov URS(RUS) Dave Ottley GBR Jan Železný TCH(CZE) Seppo Räty FIN Steve Backley GBR Steve Backley GBR Vadims Vasilevskis LAT Ainars Kovals LAT Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR |
50.57 58.66 63.605 60.92 65.26 69.80 70.77 67.56 72.46 79.98 79.36 82.32 88.58A 90.46 87.92 89.64 85.74 84.12 86.60 87.44 89.85 84.95 86.64 84.51 |
Otto Nilsson SWE Mór Kóczán HUN(SVK) Paavo Johansson FIN Eugene Oberst USA Olav Sunde NOR Eino Penttilä FIN Kalervo Toivonen FIN József Várszegi HUN Toivo Hyytiäinen FIN Viktor Tsybulenko URS(UKR) Gergely Kulcsár HUN Jânis Lûsis URS(LAT) Gergely Kulcsár HUN Bill Schmidt USA Gheorghe Megelea ROM Wolfgang Hanisch GDR Kenth Eldebrink SWE Seppo Räty FIN Steve Backley GBR Seppo Räty FIN Sergey Makarov RUS Sergey Makarov RUS Tero Pitkämäki FIN Antti Ruuskanen FIN |
47.10 55.50 63.095 58.35 63.97 68.70 70.72 67.03 71.89 79.50 78.57 80.57 87.06A 84.42 87.16 86.72 83.72 83.26 83.38 86.98 88.67 84.84 86.16 84.12 |
Javelin – Freestyle
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1906 1908 |
Eric Lemming SWE Eric Lemming SWE |
53.90 54.44 |
Knut Lindberg SWE Michalis Dorizas GRE |
45.17 51.36 |
Bruno Söderström SWE Arne Halse NOR |
44.92 49.73 |
Javelin – Both Hands Aggregate
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1912 | Juho Saaristo FIN | 109.42 | Väinö Siikaniemi FIN | 101.13 | Urho Peltonen FIN | 100.24 |
