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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Men's Shot Put. World Record Progression

DISTANCE  ATHLETE                 COUNTRY DATE        VENUE
23.12m.   Randy Barnes            (USA)   20 May 90   Westwood 
23.06m.   Ulf Timmermann          (GDR)   22 May 88   Khania 
22.91m.   Alessandro Andrei       (ITA)   12 Aug 87   Viareggio 
22.84m.   Alessandro Andrei       (ITA)   12 Aug 87   Viareggio 
22.72m.   Alessandro Andrei       (ITA)   12 Aug 87   Viareggio 
22.64m.   Udo Beyer               (GDR)   20 Aug 86   Berlin 
22.62m.   Ulf Timmermann          (GDR)   22 Sep 85   Berlin 
22.22m.   Udo Beyer               (GDR)   25 Jun 83   Los Angeles 
22.15m.   Udo Beyer               (GDR)   06 Jul 78   Gothenburg 
22.00m.   Aleksandr Baryshnikov   (URS)   10 Jun 76   Paris/Columbus 
21.85m.   Terry Albritton         (USA)   21 Feb 76   Honolulu 
21.82m.   Al Feuerbach            (USA)   05 May 73   San Jose 
21.78m.   Randy Matson            (USA)   22 Apr 67   College Station 
21.52m.   Randy Matson            (USA)   08 May 65   College Station 
21.05m.   Randy Matson            (USA)   30 Apr 65   Austin 
20.70m.   Randy Matson            (USA)   09 Apr 65   College Station 
20.68m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   25 Jul 64   Los Angeles 
20.35m    Dallas Long             (USA)   25 Jul 64   Los Angeles 
20.20m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   29 May 64   Los Angeles 
20.10m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   04 Apr 64   Los Angeles 
20.08m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   18 May 62   Los Angeles 
20.06m.   Bill Nieder             (USA)   12 Aug 60   Walnut 
19.99m.   Bill Nieder             (USA)   02 Apr 60   Austin 
19.67m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   26 Mar 60   Los Angeles 
19.45m.   Bill Nieder             (USA)   19 Mar 60   Palo Alto 
19.38m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   05 Mar 60   Los Angeles 
19.30m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   01 Aug 59   Albuquerque 
19.26m    Dallas Long             (USA)   02 May 59   Los Angeles 
19.25m.   Dallas Long             (USA)   28 Mar 59   Santa Barbara 
19.25m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   01 Oct 56   Los Angeles 
19.10m    Parry O'Brien           (USA)   01 Nov 56   Los Angeles 
19.06m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   03 Sep 56   Eugene 
18.97m    Parry O'Brien           (USA)   03 Sep 56   Eugene 
18.70m    Parry O'Brien           (USA)   18 Aug 56   Pasadena 
18.69m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   15 Jun 56   Los Angeles 
18.62m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   05 May 56   Salt Lake City 
18.54m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   11 Jun 54   Los Angeles 
18.44m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   11 Jun 54   Los Angeles 
18.43m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   11 Jun 54   Los Angeles 
18.43m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   21 May 54   Los Angeles 
18.42m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   08 May 54   Los Angeles 
18.23m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   24 Apr 54   Des Moines 
18.04m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   05 Jun 53   Compton 
18.00m.   Parry O'Brien           (USA)   09 May 53   Fresno 
17.95m.   James Fuchs             (USA)   22 Aug 50   Eskilstuna 
17.90m.   James Fuchs             (USA)   20 Aug 50   Visby 
17.82m.   James Fuchs             (USA)   29 Apr 50   Los Angeles 
17.79m.   James Fuchs             (USA)   28 Jul 49   Oslo 
17.68m.   Charles Fonville        (USA)   17 Apr 48   Lawrence 
17.40m.   Jack Torrance           (USA)   05 Aug 34   Oslo 
16.89m.   Jack Torrance           (USA)   30 Jun 34   Milwaukee 
16.80m.   Jack Torrance           (USA)   21 Apr 34   Des Moines 
16.48m.   John Lyman              (USA)   21 Apr 34   Palo Alto 
16.32m.   Jack Torrance           (USA)   21 Apr 34   Baton Rouge 
16.30m.   Jack Torrance           (USA)   24 Mar 34   Lafayette 
16.20m.   Frantisek Douda         (TCH)   24 Sep 32   Prague 
16.16m.   Leo Sexton              (USA)   27 Aug 32   Freeport 
16.13m.   Leo Sexton              (USA)   21 Aug 32   Cleveland 
16.07m.   Leo Sexton              (USA)   17 Jun 32   Cambridge, Mass. 
16.07m.   Herman Brix             (USA)   28 May 32   Taft 
16.05m.   Zygmunt Heljasz         (POL)   29 Jun 32   Poznan 
16.04m.   Frantisek Douda         (TCH)   04 Oct 31   Brno 
16.04m    Herman Brix             (USA)   13 Jun 30   Taft 
16.04m.   Emil Hirschfeld         (GER)   26 Aug 28   Bochum 
16.00m.   Emil Hirschfeld         (GER)   26 Aug 28   Bochum 
15.87m    Emil Hirschfeld         (GER)   18 Aug 28   Berlin 
15.87m.   John Kuck               (USA)   29 Jun 28   Amsterdam 
15.79m.   Emil Hirschfeld         (GER)   06 May 28   Breslau 
15.55m.   John Kuck               (USA)   28 Apr 28   Fresno 
15.54m.   Ralph Rose              (USA)   21 Aug 09   San Francisco 



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