Notre Dame’s discus record is 52.55m meters, over a meter short of Kimmel’s best mark of 53.83m. Krenz had reportedly topped Houser's mark in practice, then finally did so in an official meet while competing for Stanford University. The multi-talented Houser, who earned Olympic gold medals in both the shot put and discus in 1924, set his mark while competing for the University of Southern California. ''Eighty feet is a lot more believable now.''. Berlin 2009", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Men%27s_shot_put_world_record_progression&oldid=940281058, Men's world athletics record progressions, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 February 2020, at 16:22. Randy Barnes unleashed the longest shot-put in history today, 75 feet 10 1/4 inches that broke the world record of 75-8 held by Ulf Timmermann of … Czechoslovakia's Ludvik Danek knocked Oerter out of the record book in August of 1964 with a throw measuring 64.55/211-9¼, while competing in what is now the Ludvik Danek Stadium in the Czech Republic.

In modern times, the first world-record performance recognized by the IAAF belongs to American James Duncan. Updated: 02/18/2020 Baryshnikov went on to set a world record of 22.00m in 1976. … Wilkins began his record-shattering performance by improving his mark to 69.80/229-0.

They also decide to do a quick Google search on the current shot put world record, which is 23.1 meters set by American Randy Barnes in 1990. Schroder's record stood for six years, then the discus mark returned briefly to the U.S. when Archibald Harris reached 53.26/174-8¾ in June 1941. Oerter's first world mark didn't last long, however, as Vladimir Trusenyev of the Soviet Union unleashed a throw measuring 61.64/202-2¾ in June. His marks were the first to be revoked due to a positive drug test. The weather was perfect, with temperatures in the high 70's on a bright, sunny afternoon for Barnes's world effort. But Walsh admitted he was left "with a little bit of bitter taste in my mouth at not quite getting the gold". Less than two months later, however, John Powell of the U.S. improved the mark to 69.08/226-7½ during a meet in California. Randy Barnes unleashed the longest shot-put in history today, 75 feet 10 1/4 inches that broke the world record of 75-8 held by Ulf Timmermann of East Germany. He reached 49.93/163-10 with his fourth throw of the meet, then broke through the 50-meter mark with his fifth attempt, which traveled 51.03/167-5. American Al Oerter – already a two-time Olympic gold medalist, with two more to follow in 1964 and 1968 – recorded the first 200-foot throw in May of 1962, tossing the discus 61.10/200-5½. But nobody would match the throw for five more years.

The men's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. That inaugural record was the 15.54 m performance by Ralph Rose in 1909. ''I threw 79-2 1/2 in practice last Sunday,'' the 23-year-old Barnes said. Wilkins concluded his performance by extending the standard to 70.86/232-5¾. The next year, Jay Silvester broke through the 60-meter barrier and gave the U.S. sole possession of the record again. ''I got too excited too fast. World Records 23.12 Randy BARNES: 16 JUN 1966 USA Westwood, CA (USA) 20 MAY 1990 … Unlike the modern practice, only Krenz's second record-breaking mark was officially recognized by the IAAF. In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The two remained in the record book together for three more years, until John van Reenen of South Africa inched past the standard in 1975, with a toss of 68.48/224-8. Schult's huge improvement, plus later revelations regarding East German athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs, has led some to question Schult's accomplishment.