world record history of mens shot put
| Mark | Name | Nation | Venue | Date | Year |
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| 15,54 | Ralph Rose | USA | San Francisco | 21.Aug | 1909 |
| 15,79 | Emil Hirschfeld | GER | Breslau | 06.May | 1928 |
| 15,87 | John Kuck | USA | Amsterdam | 29.Jul | 1928 |
| 16,04 | Emil Hirschfeld | GER | Bochum | 26.Aug | 1928 |
| 16,04 | Frantisek Douda | TCH | Brno | 04.Oct | 1931 |
| 16,05 | Zygmunt Heljasz | POL | Poznan | 29.Jun | 1932 |
| 16,16 | Leo Sexton | USA | Freeport | 27.Aug | 1932 |
| 16,20 | Frantisek Douda | TCH | Praha | 24.Sep | 1932 |
| 16,48 | John Lyman | USA | Palo Alto | 21.Apr | 1934 |
| 16,80 | Jack Torrance | USA | Des Moines | 27.Apr | 1934 |
| 16,89 | Jack Torrance | USA | Milwaukee | 30.Jun | 1934 |
| 17,40 | Jack Torrance | USA | Oslo | 05.Aug | 1934 |
| 17,68 | Charles Fonville | USA | Lawrence | 17.Apr | 1948 |
| 17,79 | James Fuchs | USA | Oslo | 28.Jul | 1949 |
| 17,82 | James Fuchs | USA | Los Angeles | 29.Apr | 1950 |
| 17,90 | James Fuchs | USA | Visby | 20.Aug | 1950 |
| 17,95 | James Fuchs | USA | Eskilstuna | 22.Aug | 1950 |
| 18,00 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Fresno | 09.May | 1953 |
| 18,04 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Compton | 05.Jun | 1953 |
| 18,42 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Los Angeles | 08.May | 1954 |
| 18,43 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Los Angeles | 21.May | 1954 |
| 18,54 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Los Angeles | 11.Jun | 1954 |
| 18,62 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Salt Lake City | 05.May | 1956 |
| 18,69 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Los Angeles | 15.Jun | 1956 |
| 19,06 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Eugene | 03.Sep | 1956 |
| 19,25 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Los Angeles | 01.Nov | 1956 |
| 19,25 | Dallas Long | USA | Santa Barbara | 28.Mar | 1959 |
| 19,30 | Parry O'Brien | USA | Albuquerque | 01.Aug | 1959 |
| 19,38 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 05.Mar | 1960 |
| 19,45 | Bill Nieder | USA | Palo Alto | 19.Mar | 1960 |
| 19,67 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 26.Mar | 1960 |
| 19,99 | Bill Nieder | USA | Austin | 02.Apr | 1960 |
| 20,06 | Bill Nieder | USA | Walnut | 12.Aug | 1960 |
| 20,08 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 18.May | 1962 |
| 20,10 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 04.Apr | 1964 |
| 20,20 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 29.May | 1964 |
| 20,68 | Dallas Long | USA | Los Angeles | 25.Jul | 1964 |
| 21,52 | Randy Matson | USA | College Station | 08.May | 1965 |
| 21,78 | Randy Matson | USA | College Station | 22.Apr | 1967 |
| 21,82 | Al Feuerbach | USA | San José | 05.May | 1973 |
| 21,85 | Terry Albritton | USA | Honolulu | 21.Feb | 1976 |
| 22,00 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | Colombes | 10.Jul | 1976 |
| 22,15 | Udo Beyer | GDR | Göteborg | 06.Jul | 1978 |
| 22,22 | Udo Beyer | GDR | Los Angeles | 25.Jun | 1983 |
| 22,62 | Ulf-Béla Timmermann | GDR | Berlin | 22.Sep | 1985 |
| 22,64 | Udo Beyer | GDR | Berlin | 20.Aug | 1986 |
| 22,72 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | Viareggio | 12.Aug | 1987 |
| 22,84 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | Viareggio | 12.Aug | 1987 |
| 22,91 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | Viareggio | 12.Aug | 1987 |
| 23,06 | Ulf-Béla Timmermann | GDR | Haniá | 22.May | 1988 |
| 23,12 | Randy Barnes | USA | Westwood | 20.May | 1990 |
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