| Year | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Paris 2024 | 22.9 | 20 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 23.3 | 20.58 |
| Rio 2016 | 22.52 | 20.63 |
| London 2012 | 21.89 | 20.7 |
| Beijing 2008 | 21.51 | 20.56 |
| Athens 2004 | 21.16 | 19.59 |
| Sydney 2000 | 21.29 | 20.56 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 21.62 | 20.56 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 21.7 | 21.06 |
| Seoul 1988 | 22.47 | 22.24 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 21.26 | 20.48 |
| Moscow 1980 | 21.35 | 22.41 |
| Montreal 1976 | 21.05 | 21.16 |
| Munich 1972 | 21.18 | 21.03 |
| Mexico City 1968 | 20.54 | 19.61 |
| Tokyo 1964 | 20.33 | 18.14 |
| Rome 1960 | 19.68 | 17.32 |
| Melbourne 1956 | 18.57 | 16.59 |
| Helsinki 1952 | 17.41 | 15.28 |
| London 1948 | 17.12 | 13.75 |
| Berlin 1936 | 16.2 | - |
| Los Angeles 1932 | 16.01 | - |
| Amsterdam 1928 | 15.87 | - |
| Paris 1924 | 15 | - |
| Antwerp 1920 | 14.81 | - |
| Stockholm 1912 | 15.34 | - |
| London 1908 | 14.21 | - |
| St. Louis 1904 | 14.81 | - |
| Paris 1900 | 14.1 | - |
| Athens 1896 | 11.22 | - |
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Worldwide
1896 to 2024
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (), and data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
The winning athletes (male listed first) and their represented countries are as follows:
1896 - Robert Garrett (US)
1900 - Richard Sheldon (US)
1904 - Ralph Rose (US)
1908 - Ralph Rose (US)
1912 - Patrick McDonald (US)
1920 - Ville Pörhölä (Finland)
1924 - Bud Houser (US)
1928 - John Kuck (US)
1932 - Leo Sexton (US)
1936 - Hans Woellke (Germany)
1948 - Wilbur Thompson (US) & Micheline Ostermeyer (France)
1952 - Parry O'Brien (US) & Galina Zybina (Soviet Union)
1956 - Parry O'Brien (US) & Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union)
1960 - William Nieder (US) & Tamara Press (Soviet Union)
1964 - Dallas Long (US) & Tamara Press (Soviet Union)
1968 - Randy Matson (US) & Margita Helmbold-Gummel (East Germany)
1972 - Wladislaw Komar (Poland) & Nadezhda Chizhova (Soviet Union)
1976 - Udo Beyer (East Germany) & Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria)
1980 - Vladimir Kiselev (Soviet Union) & Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek (East Germany)
1984 - Alessandro Andrei (Italy) & Claudia Losch (West Germany)
1988 - Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) & Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union)
1992 - Mike Stulce (US) & Svetlana Krivelyova (Unified Team)
1996 - Randy Barnes (US) & Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany)
2000 - Arsi Harju (Finland) & Yanina Karolchik (Belarus)
2004 - Adam Nelson (US) & Yumileidi Cumba (Cuba)
2008 - Tomasz Majewski (Poland) & Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
2012 - Tomasz Majewski (Poland) & Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
2016 - Ryan Crouser (US) & Michelle Carter (US)
2020Ìý- Ryan Crouser (US) & Gong Lijiao (China)
2024Ìý- Ryan Crouser (US) & Yemisi Ogunleye (Germany)Â
