Former Blue Raider remains at top of world, U.S. shot put records
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Former Middle Tennessee All-American and world record holder Brian Oldfield still holds the American record and stands third all-time in the world in the shot put, according to this month's Track and News Field.
Oldfield's mark of 75-feet, 0-inches in 1975 ranks third all-time on the shot put list and stood for a dozen years before being broken twice in a two-year stretch. The mark is still the American record more than 30 years later.
Oldfield was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on September 1, 1975, after his record-breaking performance and appeared in the magazine again in February of 2003 in a "Catching Up With ..." article. The entire 2003 article may be found at http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1028082/index.htm.
Oldfield was an All-American at Middle Tennessee in 1965 in the shot put and was a member of the 1972 Olympic Team in Munich, Germany.
World List
1. 75-8, Ulf Timmermann, East Germany, 1988
2. 75-2, Alessandro Andrei, Italy, 1987
3. 75-0, Brian Oldfield, United States, 1975
4. 74-7.75, Werner Gunthor, Switzerland, 1988
5. 74-4.25, Randy Barnes, United States, 1989
6. 74-3.5, Udo Beyer, East Germany, 1986
7. 73-11.5, Christian Cantwell, United States, 2004
8. 73-10.75, John Brenner, United States, 1987
9. 73-10.25, Adam Nelson, United States, 2002
10. 73-7.25, Reese Hoffa, United States, 2007
11. 72-11.75, Sergey Smirnov, SU, 1986
12. 72-10, John Godina, United States, 2005
U.S. List
1. 75-0, Brian Oldfield, 1975
2. 74-4.25, Randy Barnes, 1989
3. 73-11.5, Christian Cantwell, 2004
4. 73-10.75, John Brenner, 1987
5. 73-10.25, Adam Nelson, 2002
6. 73-7.25, Reese Hoffa, 2007
7. 72-10, John Godina, 2005
8. 72-9.75, Kevin Toth, 2002
9. 72-3, George Woods, 1974
10. 72-3, Dave Laut, 1982
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