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United States
Career
1896 - 2025
Best year
1908
Total points
1093
Best results
18x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#1
10-year rank
#1
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Richard Sheldon |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Bill Horr |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | James Duncan |
| 1920 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Gus Pope |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Thomas Lieb |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | James Corson |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | James Dillion |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Des Koch |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Dick Cochran |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | Dave Weill |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | John Powell |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 6 | John Powell |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Parry O'Brien |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Jay Silvester |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Randy Heisler |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Randy Heisler |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Russell Winger |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 3 | 1 | Reginald Jagers III |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Frances Kaszubski |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Marjorie Larney |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Sharon Shepherd |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Penny Neer |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Connie Price-Smith |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Lacy Barnes |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Kris Kuehl |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Kris Kuehl |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 3 | 2 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood |
| 2017 | World Championship | Discus | Men | 3 | 3 | Mason Finley |
| 2022 | World Championship | Discus | Women | 3 | 3 | Valarie Allman |
| 1987 | World Championship | Discus | Men | 2 | 6 | John Powell |
| 2023 | World Championship | Discus | Women | 2 | 6 | Valarie Allman |
| 1904 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Ralph Rose |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Merritt Giffin |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Bill Horr |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Richard Byrd |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Henri LaBorde |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Gordon Dunn |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Rink Babka |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Jay Silvester |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 12 | Mac Wilkins |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 12 | Lillian Copeland |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 12 | Ruth Osburn |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 12 | Leslie Deniz |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Dick Doyle |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Parry O'Brien |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Dick Cochran |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Dave Davis |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Rink Babka |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Tim Vollmer |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Adam Kuehl |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 3 | Jarred Rome |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 4 | Pamela Kurrell |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 4 | Lorna Griffin |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 4 | Aretha Thurmond |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 2 | 4 | Aretha Thurmond |
| 1913 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1914 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1915 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1916 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1917 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1918 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1919 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1920 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1921 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1922 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1923 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | James Duncan |
| 1927 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Bud Houser |
| 1928 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Bud Houser |
| 1931 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Paul Jessup |
| 1932 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Paul Jessup |
| 1933 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Paul Jessup |
| 1947 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Bob Fitch |
| 1950 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1951 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1952 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1954 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1955 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1956 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1957 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1958 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1969 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Jay Silvester |
| 1970 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Jay Silvester |
| 1971 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Jay Silvester |
| 1977 | World record - annual holding | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Mac Wilkins |
| 1896 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Robert Garrett |
| 1904 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Martin Sheridan |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Martin Sheridan |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Martin Sheridan |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Bud Houser |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Bud Houser |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | John Anderson |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Ken Carpenter |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Sim Iness |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Al Oerter |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Al Oerter |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Al Oerter |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Al Oerter |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 24 | Mac Wilkins |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 24 | Lillian Copeland |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 24 | Stephanie Brown Trafton |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 24 | Valarie Allman |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 24 | Valarie Allman |
| 2021 | Diamont League | Discus | Women | 1 | 5 | Valarie Allman |
| 2022 | Diamont League | Discus | Women | 1 | 5 | Valarie Allman |
| 2023 | Diamont League | Discus | Women | 1 | 5 | Valarie Allman |
| 2024 | Diamont League | Discus | Women | 1 | 5 | Valarie Allman |
| 2025 | Diamont League | Discus | Women | 1 | 5 | Valarie Allman |
| 1912 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | James Duncan |
| 1924 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Thomas Lieb |
| 1925 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Glenn Hartranft |
| 1926 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Bud Houser |
| 1929 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Eric Krenz |
| 1930 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Paul Jessup |
| 1941 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Archie Harris |
| 1946 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Bob Fitch |
| 1949 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1953 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Sim Iness |
| 1953 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1960 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Rink Babka |
| 1961 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Jay Silvester |
| 1962 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Al Oerter |
| 1962 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Al Oerter |
| 1968 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Jay Silvester |
| 1975 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | John Powell |
| 1976 | World record - improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 8 | Mac Wilkins |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Jim Fuchs |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Al Oerter |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Bob Humphreys |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Gary Carlsen |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Dick Drescher |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | John Powell |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Mac Wilkins |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Anthony Washington |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Anthony Washington |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 5 | Michael Robertson |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 8 | Earlene Brown |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 8 | Carol Moseke |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Discus | Women | 1 | 8 | Aretha Thurmond |
| 1999 | World Championship | Discus | Men | 1 | 12 | Anthony Washington |
| 2023 | World Championship | Discus | Women | 1 | 12 | Laulauga Tausaga |
| 2025 | World Championship | Discus | Women | 1 | 12 | Valarie Allman |
| 1930 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Eric Krenz |
| 1949 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1953 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Fortune Gordien |
| 1961 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Jay Silvester |
| 1963 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Al Oerter |
| 1964 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Al Oerter |
| 1968 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Jay Silvester |
| 1976 | Own WR improvement | Discus | Men | 1 | 4 | Mac Wilkins |
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