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Germany
Career
1928 - 2019
Best year
1988
Total points
381
Best results
3x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#2
10-year rank
#10
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 3 | 6 | Emil Hirschfeld |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 3 | 6 | Gerhard Stöck |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 3 | 6 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 3 | 6 | Udo Beyer |
| 2005 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 3 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2009 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 3 | Ralf Bartels |
| 1938 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Hans Woellke |
| 1969 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Hans-Peter Gies |
| 1978 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Wolfgang Schmidt |
| 1986 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 2002 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2018 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | David Storl |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Sven Oliver Buder |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 3 | 1 | David Storl |
| 1983 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 6 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1997 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 6 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
| 1999 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 6 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
| 2015 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 6 | David Storl |
| 1938 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Gerhard Stöck |
| 1969 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg |
| 1971 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg |
| 1974 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Ralf Reichenbach |
| 1986 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1990 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
| 1998 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
| 2010 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Ralf Bartels |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 4 | Udo Beyer |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 4 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 4 | David Storl |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 4 | David Storl |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 4 | David Storl |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Dieter Hoffmann |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Gerd Lochmann |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Gerd Lochmann |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Karsten Stolz |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Karsten Stolz |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | Dirk Urban |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | David Storl |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 2 | 2 | David Storl |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 2 | 12 | David Storl |
| 1929 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Emil Hirschfeld |
| 1930 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Emil Hirschfeld |
| 1979 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 1980 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 1981 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 1982 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 1984 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Udo Beyer |
| 1989 | World record - annual holding | Shot put | Men | 1 | 1 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 1 | 24 | Hans Woellke |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 1 | 24 | Udo Beyer |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Shot put | Men | 1 | 24 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1928 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Emil Hirschfeld |
| 1928 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Emil Hirschfeld |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Udo Beyer |
| 1985 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1986 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Udo Beyer |
| 1988 | World record - improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1969 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Dieter Hoffmann |
| 1971 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1974 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1978 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Udo Beyer |
| 1982 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Udo Beyer |
| 1990 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 2006 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2012 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | David Storl |
| 2014 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | David Storl |
| 2016 | European Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | David Storl |
| 1968 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Heinfried Birlenbach |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Heinfried Birlenbach |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1971 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Hartmut Briesenick |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Sven Oliver Buder |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | Ralf Bartels |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 3 | David Storl |
| 2011 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 12 | David Storl |
| 2013 | World Championship | Shot put | Men | 1 | 12 | David Storl |
| 1983 | Own WR improvement | Shot put | Men | 1 | 4 | Udo Beyer |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Ulf Timmermann |
| 1989 | World Indoor Championships | Shot put | Men | 1 | 8 | Ulf Timmermann |
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