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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 10 km Track Walk 20 km Road Walk 50 km Road Walk 35 km Road Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed

Men, Shot Put World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart     10.72 Hugh Williams GBR Cambridge Mar 15, 1859   10.97 Hugh Williams GBR Cambridge May 28, 1860   10.97* Robert McKerchar GBR Edinburgh Jun 27, 1866   11.12 John Stone GBR London Apr 15, 1867   11.45 John Stone GBR Liverpool Jun 29, 1867   11.55 John Stone GBR London Jun 20, 1868   11.58 Richard Waltham GBR Cambridge Mar 05, 1869   11.88 J. Elliott GBR Sunderland May 22, 1869   12.44 John Stone GBR Warrington Aug 20, 1870   12.49 David Lundie GBR Edinburgh Mar 18, 1871   12.93 Edward Bor GBR London Mar 27, 1872   13.08 George Ross GBR Stoke Jul 01, 1882   13.10 Frank Lambrecht USA New York Jun 02, 1883   13.23 John Maxwell IRL Mardyke Apr 19, 1884   13.33 James O'Brien IRL Dublin Jul 03, 1885   13.68 James O'Brien IRL Dublin Jul 11, 1885   13.76 George Gray CAN Barrie May 24, 1889   14.07 George Gray CAN New York Sep 20, 1890   14.11 George Gray CAN St. Catharines Aug 10, 1891   14.12 George Gray CAN New York Sep 12, 1891   14.22 George Gray USA New York Sep 19, 1891   14.32 George Gray CAN Chicago Sep 16, 1893   14.63 Dennis Horgan IRL Mallow Aug 09, 1897   14.68 Dennis Horgan IRL Cobh Sep 19, 1897   14.68* Dennis Horgan IRL Queenstown Sep 25, 1897   14.68* Dennis Horgan IRL Queenstown Oct 09, 1897   14.75 George Gray CAN Ottawa Aug 01, 1898   14.81 Ralph Rose USA Chicago May 21, 1904   14.81* Ralph Rose USA Saint-Louis Aug 31, 1904   14.88 Dennis Horgan IRL Mallow Sep 18, 1904   15.08 Wesley Coe USA Portland Aug 05, 1905   15.10 Ralph Rose USA Norfolk Sep 07, 1907   15.12 Ralph Rose USA Montreal Sep 21, 1907   15.19 Ralph Rose USA New York Sep 07, 1908   15.28 Ralph Rose USA Jersey City Sep 26, 1908   15.32 Ralph Rose USA Seattle Aug 14, 1909 • 15.54 Ralph Rose USA San Francisco Aug 21, 1909   15.55 John Kuck USA Fresno Apr 28, 1928 • 15.79 Emil Hirschfeld GER Breslau May 06, 1928 • 15.87 John Kuck USA Amsterdam Jul 29, 1928   15.87* Emil Hirschfeld GER Berlin Aug 18, 1928   16.00 Emil Hirschfeld GER Bochum Aug 26, 1928 • 16.04 Emil Hirschfeld GER Bochum Aug 26, 1928   16.04* Herman Brix USA Taft Jun 13, 1930   16.04* Frantisek Douda TCH Brno Oct 04, 1931   16.07 Herman Brix USA Taft May 28, 1932   16.07* Leo Sexton USA Cambridge, Mass. Jun 17, 1932   16.05 Zygmunt Heljasz POL Poznan Jun 29, 1932   16.13 Leo Sexton USA Cleveland Aug 21, 1932 • 16.16 Leo Sexton USA Freeport Aug 27, 1932 • 16.20 Frantisek Douda TCH Prague Sep 24, 1932   16.30 Jack Torrance USA Lafayette Mar 24, 1934   16.32 Jack Torrance USA Baton Rouge Apr 21, 1934 • 16.48 John Lyman USA Palo Alto Apr 21, 1934 • 16.80 Jack Torrance USA Des Moines Apr 27, 1934 • 16.89 Jack Torrance USA Milwaukee Jun 30, 1934 • 17.40 Jack Torrance USA Oslo Aug 05, 1934 • 17.68 Charles Fonville USA Lawrence Apr 17, 1948 • 17.79 James Fuchs USA Oslo Jul 28, 1949 • 17.82 James Fuchs USA Los Angeles Apr 29, 1950 • 17.90 James Fuchs USA Visby Aug 20, 1950 • 17.95 James Fuchs USA Eskilstuna Aug 22, 1950 • 18.00 Parry O'Brien USA Fresno May 09, 1953 • 18.04 Parry O'Brien USA Compton Jul 05, 1953   18.23 Parry O'Brien USA Des Moines Apr 24, 1954 • 18.42 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles May 08, 1954 • 18.43 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles May 21, 1954   18.43* Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Jun 11, 1954   18.44 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Jun 11, 1954 • 18.54 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Jun 11, 1954 • 18.62 Parry O'Brien USA Salt Lake City May 05, 1956 • 18.69 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Jun 15, 1956   18.70 Parry O'Brien USA Pasadena Aug 18, 1956   18.97 Parry O'Brien USA Eugene Sep 03, 1956 • 19.06 Parry O'Brien USA Eugene Sep 03, 1956   19.10 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Nov 01, 1956 • 19.25 Parry O'Brien USA Los Angeles Nov 01, 1956 • 19.25* Dallas Long USA Santa Barbara Mar 28, 1959   19.26 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles May 02, 1959   19.38 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles May 02, 1959 • 19.30 Parry O'Brien USA Albuquerque Aug 01, 1959 • 19.38 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles Mar 05, 1960 • 19.45 William Nieder USA Palo Alto Mar 19, 1960 • 19.67 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles Mar 26, 1960 • 19.99 William Nieder USA Austin Apr 02, 1960 • 20.06 William Nieder USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960 • 20.08 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles May 18, 1962 • 20.10 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles Apr 04, 1964 • 20.20 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles May 29, 1964   20.35 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles Jul 25, 1964 • 20.68 Dallas Long USA Los Angeles Jul 25, 1964   20.70 Randy Matson USA College Station Apr 09, 1965   21.05 Randy Matson USA Austin Apr 30, 1965 • 21.52 Randy Matson USA College Station May 08, 1965 • 21.78 Randy Matson USA College Station Apr 22, 1967 • 21.82 Al Feuerbach USA San José May 05, 1973 • 21.85 Terry Albritton USA Honolulu Feb 21, 1976 • 22.00 Aleksandr Baryshnikov URS Paris Jul 10, 1976 • 22.15 Udo Beyer GDR Göteborg Jul 06, 1978 • 22.22 Udo Beyer GDR Los Angeles Jun 25, 1983 • 22.62 Ulf Timmermann GDR East Berlin Sep 22, 1985 • 22.64 Udo Beyer GDR East Berlin Aug 20, 1986 • 22.72 Alessandro Andrei ITA Viareggio Aug 13, 1987 • 22.84 Alessandro Andrei ITA Viareggio Aug 13, 1987 • 22.91 Alessandro Andrei ITA Viareggio Aug 13, 1987 • 23.06 Ulf Timmermann GDR Chania May 22, 1988 • 23.12 Randy Barnes USA Los Angeles May 20, 1990 • 23.37 Ryan Crouser USA Eugene, OR Jun 18, 2021   23.56 Ryan Crouser USA Los Angeles, CA May 27, 2023