Shot put at the World Athletics Championships

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Shot put at the World Athletics Championships
Joe Kovacs competing at the 2022 Championships.
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1983 – 2023
Championship record
Men	23.51 m Ryan Crouser (2023)
Women	21.24 m Natalya Lisovskaya (1987) Valerie Adams (2011)
Reigning champion
Men	Ryan Crouser (USA)
Women	Chase Ealey (USA)

The shot put at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983.

The most successful nation in the event has been the United States, having won 13 gold medals and 30 medals in total. Germany is the second-most successful nation, having won 6 gold medals and 20 medals in total.

Valerie Adams is the most successful athlete in the event, having won 4 gold medals and one silver medal. Gong Lijiao is the most decorated athlete in the event, having won a total of 8 medals in total between 2009 and 2023, more than any athlete has won in a single individual event. The most successful athletes on the men's side are John Godina and Werner Günthör, who have won 3 gold medals each. Joe Kovacs is the most decorated athlete on the men's side, with 5 medals in total.

The current championship records are 23.51 m for men, set by Ryan Crouser in 2023, and 21.24 m for women, set by Natalya Lisovskaya in 1987 and tied by Valerie Adams in 2011.

All information from World Athletics.^[1]

Distinction	Male			Female
	Athlete	Age	Date	Athlete	Age	Date
Youngest champion	David Storl (GER)	21 years, 37 days	2 Sep 2011	Valerie Vili (NZL)	22 years, 324 days	26 Aug 2007
Youngest medalist	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	20 years, 279 days	7 Aug 1983	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	20 years, 204 days	16 Aug 2009
Youngest finalist	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	18 years, 257 days	21 Aug 1993	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	18 years, 214 days	26 Aug 2007
Youngest participant	Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)	18 years, 159 days	23 Aug 2015	Emel Dereli (TUR)	17 years, 167 days	11 Aug 2013
Oldest champion	Werner Günthör (SUI)	32 years, 81 days	21 Aug 1993	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	34 years, 75 days	27 Aug 2003
Oldest medalist	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	33 years, 59 days	21 Aug 1999	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	34 years, 224 days	27 Aug 2003
Oldest finalist	Ivan Ivančić (YUG)	44 years, 244 days	7 Aug 1983	Li Meisu (CHN)	38 years, 112 days	7 Aug 1997
Oldest participant	Ivan Ivančić (YUG)	44 years, 244 days	7 Aug 1983	Judy Oakes (GBR)	39 years, 172 days	5 Aug 1997

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Edward Sarul (POL)	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	Remigius Machura (TCH)
1987 Rome details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	John Brenner (USA)
1991 Tokyo details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR)	Aleksandr Klimenko (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Werner Günthör (SUI)	Randy Barnes (USA)	Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
1995 Gothenburg details	John Godina (USA)	Mika Halvari (FIN)	Randy Barnes (USA)
1997 Athens details	John Godina (USA)	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	C. J. Hunter (USA)
1999 Seville details	C. J. Hunter (USA)	Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)	Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
2001 Edmonton details	John Godina (USA)	Adam Nelson (USA)	Arsi Harju (FIN)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	Adam Nelson (USA)	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)
2005 Helsinki details	Adam Nelson (USA)	Rutger Smith (NED)	Ralf Bartels (GER)
2007 Osaka details	Reese Hoffa (USA)	Adam Nelson (USA)	Rutger Smith (NED)
2009 Berlin details	Christian Cantwell (USA)	Tomasz Majewski (POL)	Ralf Bartels (GER)
2011 Daegu details	David Storl (GER)	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)	Christian Cantwell (USA)
2013 Moscow details	David Storl (GER)	Ryan Whiting (USA)	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)
2015 Beijing details	Joe Kovacs (USA)	David Storl (GER)	O'Dayne Richards (JAM)
2017 London details	Tom Walsh (NZL)	Joe Kovacs (USA)	Stipe Žunić (CRO)
2019 Doha details	Joe Kovacs (USA)	Ryan Crouser (USA)	Tom Walsh (NZL)
2022 Eugene details	Ryan Crouser (USA)	Joe Kovacs (USA)	Josh Awotunde (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Ryan Crouser (USA)	Leonardo Fabbri (ITA)	Joe Kovacs (USA)

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	John Godina	United States (USA)	1995-2001	3	0	0	3
	Werner Günthör	Switzerland (SUI)	1987-1993	3	0	0	3
3	Joe Kovacs	United States (USA)	2015-2023	2	2	1	5
4	David Storl	Germany (GER)	2011-2015	2	1	0	3
	Ryan Crouser	United States (USA)	2019-2023	2	1	0	3
6	Adam Nelson	United States (USA)	2001-2007	1	3	0	4
7	Christian Cantwell	United States (USA)	2009-2011	1	0	1	2
	C. J. Hunter	United States (USA)	1997-1999	1	0	1	2
	Tom Walsh	New Zealand (NZL)	2017-2019	1	0	1	2
10	Oliver-Sven Buder	Germany (GER)	1997-1999	0	2	0	2
11	Dylan Armstrong	Canada (CAN)	2011-2013	0	1	1	2
	Randy Barnes	United States (USA)	1993-1995	0	1	1	2
	Rutger Smith	Netherlands (NED)	2005-2007	0	1	1	2
14	Oleksandr Bagach	Ukraine (UKR)	1993-1999	0	0	2	2
	Ralf Bartels	Germany (GER)	2005-2009	0	0	2	2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	11	8	6	25
2	Switzerland (SUI)	3	0	0	3
3	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
4	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	3	3
5	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
10	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
11	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	1
14	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	Helma Knorscheidt (GDR)	Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek (GDR)
1987 Rome details	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	Ines Müller (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	Svetlana Krivelyova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	Kathrin Neimke (GER)
1995 Gothenburg details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)
1997 Athens details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	Stephanie Storp (GER)
1999 Seville details	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Yanina Karolchik (BLR)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
2005 Helsinki[2] details	Olga Ryabinkina (RUS)	Valerie Vili (NZL)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)
2007 Osaka details	Valerie Vili (NZL)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	Li Ling (CHN)
2009 Berlin details	Valerie Vili (NZL)	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)
2011 Daegu details	Valerie Adams (NZL)	Jillian Camarena-Williams (USA)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)
2013 Moscow details	Valerie Adams (NZL)	Christina Schwanitz (GER)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)
2015 Beijing details	Christina Schwanitz (GER)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	Michelle Carter (USA)
2017 London details	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	Anita Márton (HUN)	Michelle Carter (USA)
2019 Doha details	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	Danniel Thomas-Dodd (JAM)	Christina Schwanitz (GER)
2022 Eugene details	Chase Ealey (USA)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	Jessica Schilder (NED)
2023 Budapest details	Chase Ealey (USA)	Sarah Mitton (CAN)	Gong Lijiao (CHN)

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Valerie Adams	New Zealand (NZL)	2005-2013	4	1	0	5
2	Astrid Kumbernuss	Germany (GER)	1995-1999	3	0	0	3
3	Gong Lijao	China (CHN)	2009-2023	2	2	4	8
4	Huang Zhihong	China (CHN)	1991-1995	2	1	0	3
5	Chase Ealey	United States (USA)	2022-2023	2	0	0	2
6	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia (RUS)  Soviet Union (URS)	1991-2003	1	1	2	4
7	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	2013-2019	1	1	1	3
8	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union (URS)	1987-1991	1	1	0	2
9	Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	1999-2009	0	4	1	5
10	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine (UKR)	1997-2003	0	1	2	3
11	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	2015-2017	0	0	2	2

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	4	5	4	13
2	China (CHN)	4	3	5	12
3	New Zealand (NZL)	4	1	0	5
4	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
5	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
6	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	1	3
7	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	0	4
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
9	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	2	4
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	0	1
14	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1

Men's shot put World Championships record progression^[3]

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
21.08 m	Dave Laut	United States (USA)	1983	Qualification	1983-08-07
21.16 m	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Final	1983-08-07
21.39 m	Edward Sarul	Poland (POL)	1983	Final	1983-08-07
21.57 m	Alessandro Andrei	Italy (ITA)	1987	Qualification	1987-08-29
21.63 m	Werner Günthör	Switzerland (SUI)	1987	Final	1987-08-29
21.75 m	John Brenner	United States (USA)	1987	Final	1987-08-29
22.12 m	Werner Günthör	Switzerland (SUI)	1987	Final	1987-08-29
22.23 m	Werner Günthör	Switzerland (SUI)	1987	Final	1987-08-29
22.36 m	Ryan Crouser	United States (USA)	2019	Final	2019-10-05
22.90 m	Tom Walsh	New Zealand (NZL)	2019	Final	2019-10-05
22.91 m	Joe Kovacs	United States (USA)	2019	Final	2019-10-05
22.94 m	Ryan Crouser	United States (USA)	2022	Final	2022-07-17
22.98 m	Ryan Crouser	United States (USA)	2023	Final	2023-08-19
23.51 m	Ryan Crouser	United States (USA)	2023	Final	2023-08-19

Women's shot put World Championships record progression^[4]

Time	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
19.25 m	Helena Fibingerova	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1983	Qualification	1983-08-10
19.99 m	Ilona Slupianek	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Qualification	1983-08-10
20.30 m	Helma Knorscheidt	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Final	1983-08-12
20.56 m	Ilona Slupianek	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Final	1983-08-12
20.70 m	Helma Knorscheidt	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Final	1983-08-12
21.05 m	Helena Fibingerova	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1983	Final	1983-08-12
21.21 m	Kathrin Neimke	East Germany (GDR)	1987	Final	1987-09-05
21.24 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand (NZL)	2011	Final	2011-08-29

¹Does not include ancillary marks.

• Shot put
• Shot put at the Olympics

• Official World Athletics website

• Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.