Rankings

Shot Put Men1971

1971 season rankings — 39 athletes

As of April 13, 2026, the 1971 Shot Put Men season rankings are led by Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (Germany) with 21.12. 39 athletes have a mark this season.

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Hartmut Briesenick

21.08

Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN) · Aug 13, 1971

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg

21.12

Moskva (URS) · Aug 28, 1971

Al Feuerbach

21.00

San Francisco, CA (USA) (i) · Jan 22, 1971

Rank	Athlete	Result	Date	Location
04	Randy Matson	20.93	Apr 3, 1971	San Francisco, CA (USA) (i)
05	Vilmos Varjú	20.45	Jul 31, 1971	Bratislava (TCH)
06	Steve Wilhelm	20.19	Apr 17, 1971	Lawrence, KS (USA)
07	Miroslav Janoušek	20.14	Jul 27, 1971	Praha (TCH)
08	Sam Walker	20.11	Feb 13, 1971	Houston, TX (USA) (i)
09	Vince Monari	20.10	Jun 26, 1971	Eugene, OR (USA)
10	Władysław Komar	20.04	Aug 13, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
11	Jay Silvester	20.01	Jul 17, 1971	Celje (SLO)
12	Valeriy Voykin	19.81	Aug 13, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
13	Sándor Holub	19.81	Jun 5, 1971	Budapest (HUN)
14	Pierre Colnard	19.79	Jun 13, 1971	Festivalna, Sofia (BUL) (i)
15	Rimantas Plunge	19.61	Aug 13, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
16	Rickard Bruch	19.50	Mar 13, 1971	Festivalna, Sofia (BUL) (i)
17	Geoff Capes	19.48	Aug 21, 1971	Edinburgh (GBR)
18	Arnjolt Beer	19.45	Jun 28, 1971	Paris (FRA)
19	Dieter Hoffmann	19.38	Aug 13, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
20	Yves Brouzet	19.20	Aug 13, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
21	Mihály Teveli	19.15	Oct 9, 1971	Budapest (HUN)
22	Ralf Reichenbach	18.91	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
23	Heinfried Birlenbach	18.89	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
24	Seppo Simola	18.83	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
25	Don Tollefson	18.63	May 16, 1971	Lancaster, CA (USA)
26	Jaroslav Brabec	18.50	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
27	Anders Arrhenius	18.50	Jul 6, 1971	Stockholm (SWE)
28	Matti Yrjölä	18.49	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
29	Ivan Ivančić	18.43	Aug 12, 1971	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
30	Géza Fejér	18.23	May 23, 1971	Budapest (HUN)
31	Lachem Samsam Akka	18.14	Feb 13, 1971	Oakland, CA (USA) (i)
32	Tadeusz Sadza	18.13	Mar 13, 1971	Festivalna, Sofia (BUL) (i)
33	Valcho Stoyev	17.80	Mar 13, 1971	Festivalna, Sofia (BUL) (i)
34	János Faragó	17.26	Oct 9, 1971	Budapest (HUN)
35	Omar Mousa Mejbari	17.18	Aug 1, 1971	-
36	Ferenc Tégla	16.60	Oct 9, 1971	Budapest (HUN)
37	Adrian GAGEA	16.60	Mar 13, 1971	-
38	Josef ZEILBAUER	13.49	Aug 11, 1971	-
39	Frank NUSSE	11.73	Aug 11, 1971	-

Shot Put Men1971

Top 3

Hartmut Briesenick

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg

Al Feuerbach