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Valerie Adams of New Zealand prepares to throw the shot put in an empty Olympic Stadium during the Women's Shot Put Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Rafer Johnson wearing a USA jersey prepares to throw the shot put during the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.

Randy Matson putting the shot in 1965.

Parry O'Brien training for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Fin., where he won a gold medal in the shot put

Dimensions of (left) shot for women and men, (centre) shot-putting circle, and (right) shot-putting sector.

See a comparative study of four Olympic hurling objects - the hammer, the javelin, the discus, and the shot put

Learn from a side view of an athlete's track-and-field shot put technique

Study the shot-put technique of a track-and-field athlete spinning and heaving a metal ball from the shoulder

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See a comparative study of four Olympic hurling objects - the hammer, the javelin, the discus, and the shot put

See a comparative study of four Olympic hurling objects - the hammer, the javelin, the discus, and the shot put

Comparison of four different Olympic hurling objects: the hammer, the javelin, the...

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Learn from a side view of an athlete's track-and-field shot put technique

Learn from a side view of an athlete's track-and-field shot put technique

Shot put, side view.

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Study the shot-put technique of a track-and-field athlete spinning and heaving a metal ball from the shoulder

Study the shot-put technique of a track-and-field athlete spinning and heaving a metal ball from the shoulder

Shot put, top view.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Valerie Adams of New Zealand prepares to throw the shot put in an empty Olympic Stadium during the Women's Shot Put Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Valerie Adams at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

New Zealand shot-putter Valerie Adams competing in the women's final at the 2020...

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Rafer Johnson wearing a USA jersey prepares to throw the shot put during the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.

Rafer Johnson, putting the shot in the Olympic decathlon, 1960

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Randy Matson putting the shot in 1965.

Randy Matson putting the shot in 1965.

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Parry O'Brien training for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Fin., where he won a gold medal in the shot put

Parry O'Brien training for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Fin., where he won...

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Dimensions of (left) shot for women and men, (centre) shot-putting circle, and (right) shot-putting sector.

Dimensions of (left) shot for women and men, (centre) shot-putting circle, and (right)...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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