NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's shot put
This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the shot put. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.Champions
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Year | Name, | Team | Distance |
1921 | Gus Pope | Washington | 13.83 |
1922 | Jack Merchant | California | 13.57 |
1923 | Norman Anderson | Southern Cal | 14.22 |
1924 | not held | | - |
1925 | Glenn Hartranft | Stanford | 15.24 |
1926 | John Kuck | Emporia St | 15.26 |
1927 | Herman Brix | Washington | 14.51 |
1928 | Harlow Rothert | Stanford | 15.21 |
1929 | Harlow Rothert | Stanford | 15.31 |
1930 | Harlow Rothert | Stanford | 15.59 |
1931 | Robert Hall | Southern Cal | 15.16 |
1932 | Hugh Rhea | Nebraska | 15.99 |
1933 | Jack Torrance | Louisiana St | 16.10 |
1934 | Jack Torrance | Louisiana St | 16.63 |
1935 | Elwyn Dees | Kansas | 15.57 |
1936 | James Reynolds | Stanford | 15.38 |
1937 | Sam Francis | Nebraska | 16.30 |
1938 | Elmer Hackney | Kansas St | 15.76 |
1939 | Elmer Hackney | Kansas St | 17.03 |
1940 | Al Blozis | Georgetown | 17.08 |
1941 | Al Blozis | Georgetown | 16.72 |
1942 | Al Blozis | Georgetown | 16.70 |
1943 | Elmer Aussieker | Missouri | 15.94 |
1944 | Norman Wasser | New York | 14.96 |
1945 | Ed Quirk | Missouri | 16.16 |
1946 | Bernie Mayer | New York | 16.11 |
1947 | Charles Fonville | Michigan | 16.74A |
1948 | Charles Fonville | Michigan | 16.64 |
1949 | Jim Fuchs | Yale | 17.11 |
1950 | Jim Fuchs | Yale | 17.35 |
1951 | Darrow Hooper | Texas A&M | 16.43 |
1952 | Parry O'Brien | Southern Cal | 17.39 |
1953 | Parry O'Brien | Southern Cal | 17.86 |
1954 | Tom Jones | Miami OH | 16.53 |
1955 | Bill Nieder | Kansas | 17.45 |
1956 | Ken Bantum | Manhattan | 18.30 |
1957 | Dave Owen | Michigan | 18.13 |
1958 | Dave Davis | Southern Cal | 17.84 |
1959 | Carl Shine | Pennsylvania | 17.67 |
1960 | Dallas Long | Southern Cal | 18.82 |
1961 | Dallas Long | Southern Cal | 19.29 |
1962 | Dallas Long | Southern Cal | 19.68 |
1963 | Gary Gubner | New York | 19.02A |
1964 | Gary Gubner | New York | 18.79 |
1965 | Neal Steinhauer | Oregon | 19.05 |
1966 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 20.46 |
1967 | Randy Matson | Texas A&M | 20.65A |
1968 | Steve Marcus | UCLA | 18.79 |
1969 | Karl Salb | Kansas | 19.73 |
1970 | Karl Salb | Kansas | 19.46 |
1971 | Karl Salb | Kansas | 20.41 |
1972 | Fred DeBernardi | UTEP | 20.28 |
1973 | Hans Höglund | UTEP | 19.68 |
1974 | Jesse Stuart | Western Kentucky | 20.25 |
1975 | Hans Höglund | UTEP | 21.33A |
1976 | Dana LeDuc | Texas | 19.95 |
1977 | Terry Albritton | Stanford | 20.51 |
1978 | Dave Laut | UCLA | 20.15 |
1979 | Dave Laut | UCLA | 20.41 |
1980 | Mike Carter | Southern Meth | 20.4 |
1981 | Mike Carter | Southern Meth | 21 |
1982 | Dean Crouser | Oregon | 20.84A |
1983 | Mike Carter | Southern Meth | 20.9 |
1984 | John Brenner | UCLA | 21.92 |
1985 | John Campbell | Louisiana Tech | 21.12 |
1986 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | Southern Meth | 21.22 |
1987 | Garry Frank | Mississippi St | 19.89 |
1988 | Mike Stulce | Texas A&M | 18.99 |
1989 | Mike Stulce | Texas A&M | 21.02A |
1990 | Shane Collins | Arizona St | 20.20 |
1991 | Simon Williams | Louisiana St | 18.69 |
1992 | Brent Noon | Georgia | 19.98 |
1993 | Brent Noon | Georgia | 20.41 |
1994 | Brent Noon | Georgia | 20.67 |
1995 | John Godina | UCLA | 22.00 |
1996 | Andy Bloom | Wake Forest | 19.82 |
1997 | Adam Nelson | Dartmouth | 19.62 |
1998 | Brad Snyder | South Carolina | 19.70 |
1999 | Janus Robberts | Southern Meth | 20.10 |
2000 | Joachim Olsen | Idaho | 20.26 |
2001 | Janus Robberts | Southern Meth | 21.97 |
2002 | Janus Robberts | Southern Meth | 21.60 |
2003 | Carl Myerscough | Nebraska | 21.92 |
2004 | Carl Myerscough | Nebraska | 20.64 |
2005 | Edis Elkasevic | Auburn | 20.88 |
2006 | Garrett Johnson | Florida St | 20.29 |
2007 | Noah Bryant | Southern California | 20.04 |
2008 | Cory Martin | Auburn | 20.35 |
2009 | Ryan Whiting | Arizona State | 20.11 |
2010 | Ryan Whiting | Arizona State | 21.97 |
2011 | Jordan Clarke | Arizona State | 19.75 |
2012 | Jordan Clarke | Arizona State | 20.40 |
2013 | Ryan Crouser | Texas | 20.31 |
2014 | Ryan Crouser | Texas | 21.12 |
2015 | Jonathan Jones | Buffalo | 20.78 |
2016 | Filip Mihaljević | Virginia | 20.71 |
2017 | Filip Mihaljevic | Virginia | 21.30 |