| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2025 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser |  USA | 22.34m | Uziel Muñoz |  MEX | 21.97m | Leonardo Fabri |  ITA | 21.94m |
| Olympic 2024 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser | USA | 22.90m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.15m | Rajinfra Campbell |  JAM | 22.15m |
| 2023 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser | USA | 23.51m | Leonardo Fabbri | ITA | 22.34m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.12m |
| 2022 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser | USA | 22.94m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.89m | Josh Awotunde | USA | 22.29m |
| Olympic 2020 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser | USA | 23.30m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.65m | Tomas Walsh |  NZL | 22.47m |
| 2019 Men Shot Put | Joe Kovacs | USA | 22.91m | Ryan Crouser | USA | 22.90m | Tomas Walsh | NZL | 22.90m |
| 2017 Men Shot Put | Tomas Walsh | NZL | 22.03m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 21.66m | Stipe Žunic |  CRO | 21.46m |
| Olympic 2016 Men Shot Put | Ryan Crouser | USA | 22.52m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 21.78m | Tomas Walsh | NZL | 21.36m |
| 2015 Men Shot Put | Joe Kovacs | USA | 21.93n | David Storl |  GER | 21.74m | Dayne O'Richards | JAM | 21.69m |
| 2013 Men Shot Put | David Storl | GER | 21.73m | Ryan Whiting | USA | 21.57m | Dylan Armstrong |  CAN | 21.34m |
| Olympic 2012 Men Shot Put | Tomasz Majewski |  POL | 21.89m | David Storl | GER | 21.86m | Reese Hoffa | USA | 21.23m |
| 2011 Men Shot Put | David Storl | GER | 21.78m | Dylan Armstrong | CAN | 21.64m | Andrei Mikhnevich |  BLR | 21.40m |
| 2009 Men Shot Put | Christian Cantwell | USA | 22.03m | Tomasz Majewski | POL | 21.91m | Ralf Bartels | GER | 21.37m |
| Olympic 2008 Men Shot Put | Tomasz Majewski | POL | 21.52m | Christian Cantwell | USA | 21.09m | Dylan Armstrong | CAN | 21.04m |
| 2007 Men Shot Put | Reese Hoffa | USA | 22.04m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.61m | Andrei Mikhnevich | BLR | 21.27m |
| 2005 Men Shot Put | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.73m | Rutger Smith |  NED | 21.29m | Ralf Bartels | GER | 20.99m |
| Olympic 2004 Men Shot Put | Yuriy Bilonog |  UKR | 21.16m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.16m | Joachim Olsen |  DEN | 20.47m |
| 2003 Men Shot Put | Andrei Mikhnevich | BLR | 21.69m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.26m | Yuriy Bilonog | UKR | 21.10m |
| 2001 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | 21.87m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.24m | Arsi Harju |  FIN | 20.93m |
| Olympic 2000 Men Shot Put | Arsi Harju | FIN | 21.29m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.21m | John Godina | USA | 21.20m |
| 1999 Men Shot Put | C.J. Hunter | USA | 21.79m | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 21.42m | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR | 21.26m |
| 1997 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | 21.44m | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 21.24m | C.J. Hunter | USA | 20.33m |
| Olympic 1996 Men Shot Put | Randy Barnes | USA | 21.62m | John Godina | USA | 20.79m | Oleksandr Bagach | UKR | 20.75m |
| 1995 Men Shot Put | John Godina | USA | 21.47m | Mika Halvari | FIN | 20.93m | Randy Barnes | USA | 20.41m |
| 1993 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor |  SUI | 21.97m | Randy Barnes | USA | 21.80m | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR | 20.40m |
| Olympic 1992 Men Shot Put | Mike Stulce | USA | 21.70m | Jim Doehring | USA | 20.96m | Vyacheslav Lykho |  EUN | 20.94m |
| 1991 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor | SUI | 21.67m | Lars Arvid Nilsen |  NOR | 20.75m | Aleksandr Klimenko |  URS | 20.34m |
| Olympic 1988 Men Shot Put | Ulf Timmermann |  GDR | 22.47m | Randy Barnes | USA | 22.49m | Werner Guenthoer | SUI | 21.99m |
| 1987 Men Shot Put | Werner Gunthor | SUI | 22.23m | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 21.88m | John Brenner | USA | 21.75m |
| Olympic 1984 Men Shot Put | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 21.26m | Mike Carter | USA | 21.09m | Dave Laut | USA | 20.97m |
| 1983 Men Shot Put | Edward Sarul | POL | 21.39m | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21.16m | Remigius Machura |  TCH | 20.98m |
| Olympic 1980 Men Shot Put | Vladimir Kiselev | URS | 21.35m | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 21.08m | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21.06m |
| Olympic 1976 Men Shot Put | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21.05m | Evgeni Mironov | URS | 21.03m | Alexander Barisnikov | URS | 21.00m |
| Olympic 1972 Men Shot Put | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 21.18m | George Woods | USA | 21.17m | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 21.14m |
| Olympic 1968 Men Shot Put | Randy Matson | USA | 20.54m | George Woods | USA | 20.12m | Eduard Gushchin | URS | 20.09m |
| Olympic 1964 Men Shot Put | Dallas Long | USA | 20.33m | Randy Matson | USA | 20.20m | Vilmos Varju |  HUN | 19.39m |
| Olympic 1960 Men Shot Put | William Nieder | USA | 19.68m | Parry O'Brien | USA | 19.11m | Dallas Long | USA | 19.01m |
| Olympic 1956 Men Shot Put | Parry O'Brien | USA | 18.57m | William Nieder | USA | 18.18m | Jiri Skobla | TCH | 17.65m |
| Olympic 1952 Men Shot Put | Parry O'Brien | USA | 17.41m | Darrow Hooper | USA | 17.39m | James Fuchs | USA | 17.06m |
| Olympic 1948 Men Shot Put | Wilbur Thompson | USA | 15.40m | James Delaney | USA | 15.36m | James Fuchs | USA | 15.02m |
| Olympic 1936 Men Shot Put | Hans Wollke | GER | 16.20m | Sulo Barlund | FIN | 16.12m | Gerhard Stock | GER | 15.66m |
| Olympic 1932 Men Shot Put | Leo Sexton | USA | 16.00m | Harlow Rothert | USA | 15.67m | Frantisek Douda | TCH | 15.61m |
| Olympic 1928 Men Shot Put | John Kuck | USA | 15.87m | Herman Brix | USA | 15.75m | Emil Hirschfeld | GER | 15.72m |
| Olympic 1924 Men Shot Put | Clarence Houser | USA | 14.99m | Glenn Hartranft | USA | 14.89m | Ralph Hills | USA | 14.64m |
| Olympic 1920 Men Shot Put | Ville Porhola | FIN | 14.81m | Elmer Niklander | FIN | 14.15m | Harry Liversedge | USA | 14.15m |
| Olympic 1912 Men Shot Put | Patrick McDonald | USA | 15.34m | Ralph Rose | USA | 15.25m | Lawrence Whitney | USA | 13.93m |
| Olympic 1908 Men Shot Put | Ralph Rose | USA | 14.21m | Denis Horgan |  GBR | 13.62m | John Garrells | USA | 13.18m |
| Olympic 1904 Men Shot Put | Ralph Rose | USA | 14.81m | William Coe | USA | 14.40m | Leon Feuerbach | USA | 13.37m |
| Olympic 1900 Men Shot Put | Richard Sheldon | USA | 14.10m | Josiah McCracken | USA | 12.85m | Robert Garrett | USA | 12.37m |
| Olympic 1896 Men Shot Put | Robert Garrett | USA | 11.22m | Miltiades Gouskos |  GRE | 11.03m | Georgios Papasideris | GRE | 10.36m |
