Osvajači olimpijskih medalja u atletskoj disciplini bacanje kugle prikazani su u sljedećoj tablici, a rezultati iskazani u metrima:
| Olimpijske igre
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Zlato
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Srebro
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Bronca
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| Atena 1896.
|
 Robert Garrett (SAD)
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11,22
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 Mitiadis Gouskos (GRČ)
|
11,03
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Georgios Papasideris (GRČ)
|
10,36
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| Pariz 1900.
|
Richard Sheldon (SAD)
|
14,10
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Josiah McCracken (SAD)
|
12,85
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Robert Garrett (SAD)
|
12,35
|
| St. Louis 1904
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Ralph Rose (SAD)
|
14,81
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Wesley Coe (SAD)
|
14,40
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Leon Feuerbach (SAD)
|
13,37
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| Atena 1906
|
Martin Sheridan (SAD)
|
12,325
|
 Mihály Dávid (MAĐ)
|
11,83
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 Eric Lemming (ŠVE)
|
11,26
|
| London 1908.
|
Ralph Rose (SAD)
|
14,21
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 Denis Horgan (VBR)
|
13,62
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John Garrels (SAD)
|
13,18
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| Stockholm 1912.
|
Patrick McDonald (SAD)
|
15,34
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Ralph Rose (SAD)
|
15,25
|
Lawrence Whitney (SAD)
|
13,93
|
| Antwerpen 1920.
|
 Ville Pörhölä (FIN)
|
14,81
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Elmer Niklander (FIN)
|
14,155
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Harry Liversedge (SAD)
|
14,15
|
| Pariz 1924.
|
Clarence Houser (SAD)
|
14,995
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Glenn Hartranft (SAD)
|
14,895
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Ralph Hills (SAD)
|
14,64
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| Amsterdam 1928.
|
John Kuck (SAD)
|
15,87
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Herman Brix (SAD)
|
15,75
|
 Emil Hirschfeld (NJE)
|
15,72
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| Los Angeles 1932.
|
Leo Sexton (SAD)
|
16,005
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Harlow Rothert (SAD)
|
15,675
|
 Frantisek Douda (ČSR)
|
15,61
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| Berlin 1936.
|
Hans Woellke (NJE)
|
16,20
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Sulo Bärlund (FIN)
|
16,12
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Gerhard Stöck (NJE)
|
15,66
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| London 1948.
|
Wilbur Thompson (SAD)
|
17,12
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Jim Delaney (SAD)
|
16,68
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Jim Fuchs (SAD)
|
16,42
|
| Helsinki 1952.
|
Parry O'Brien (SAD)
|
17,41
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Darrow Hooper (SAD)
|
17,39
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Jim Fuchs (SAD)
|
17,06
|
| Melbourne 1956.
|
Parry O'Brien (SAD)
|
18,57
|
Bill Nieder (SAD)
|
18,18
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Jirí Skobla (ČSSR)
|
17,65
|
| Rim 1960.
|
Bill Nieder (SAD)
|
19,68
|
Parry O'Brien (SAD)
|
19,11
|
Dallas Long (SAD)
|
19,01
|
| Tokio 1964.
|
Dallas Long (SAD)
|
20,33
|
Randy Matson (SAD)
|
20,20
|
Vilmos Varjú (MAĐ)
|
19,39
|
| Mexico City 1968.
|
Randy Matson (SAD)
|
20,54
|
George Woods (SAD)
|
20,12
|
 Eduard Gushchin (SSSR)
|
20,09
|
| München 1972.
|
 Wladyslaw Komar (POLJ)
|
21,18
|
George Woods (SAD)
|
21,17
|
 Hartmut Briesenick (DRNJ)
|
21,14
|
| Montreal 1976.
|
Udo Beyer (DRNJ)
|
21,05
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Yevgeniy Mironov (SSSR)
|
21,03
|
Aleksandr Baryshnikov (SSSR)
|
21,00
|
| Moskva 1980.
|
Vladimir Kiselyov (SSSR)
|
21,35
|
Aleksandr Baryshnikov (SSSR)
|
21,08
|
Udo Beyer (DRNJ)
|
21,06
|
| Los Angeles 1984.
|
 Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
|
21,26
|
Mike Carter (SAD)
|
21,09
|
Dave Laut (SAD)
|
20,97
|
| Seoul 1988.
|
Ulf Timmermann (DRNJ)
|
22,47
|
Randy Barnes (SAD)
|
22,39
|
 Werner Günthör (ŠVI)
|
21,99
|
| Barcelona 1992.
|
Mike Stulce (SAD)
|
21,70
|
Jim Doehring (SAD)
|
20,96
|
 Vyacheslav Lykho (ZND)
|
20,94
|
| Atlanta 1996.
|
Randy Barnes (SAD)
|
21,62
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John Godina (SAD)
|
20,79
|
 Aleksandr Bagach (UKR)
|
20,75
|
| Sydney 2000.
|
Arsi Harju (FIN)
|
21,29
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Adam Nelson (SAD)
|
21,21
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John Godina (SAD)
|
21,20
|
| Atena 2004.
|
Adam Nelson (SAD)
|
21,16
|
 Joachim Olsen (DAN)
|
21,07
|
 Manuel Martinez (ŠPA)
|
20,84
|
| Peking 2008.
|
Tomasz Majewski (POL)
|
21,51
|
Christian Cantwell (SAD)
|
21,09
|
 Andrej Miknevič (BJE)
|
21,05
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Osvajači olimpijskih medalja u atletskoj disciplini bacanje kugle prikazani su u sljedećoj tablici:
