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The 35 lb (16 kg) weight throw (men) and 20 lb (9.1 kg) weight throw (women) are not recognised by World Athletics. The Scottish Highland Games contain two weight throwing events. In the one event the weight, 28 lb (2 st; 13 kg) or 56 lb (4 st; 25 kg), is thrown in a similar manner to a discus.
The throws pentathlon also called the weight pentathlon is a combined event in track and field. Like all pentathlon events, it consists of five events; the four Olympic throwing events hammer throw , shot put , discus throw and javelin throw , plus the weight throw .
The weight throw has been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships annually since 1966. The women's competition began in 1996, 13 years after the start of the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships .
Weight throw: 24.64 m Michael Lihrman: Wisconsin United States 13 March 2015 2015 Championships: Fayetteville, Arkansas [15] Heptathlon: 6639 pts A: Kyle Garland: Georgia United States 10–11 March 2023 2023 Championships: Albuquerque, New Mexico [16]
The weight throw at the Summer Olympics was contested at the multi-sport event in 1904 and 1920. Part of the Olympic athletics programme , it was the fourth track and field throwing event to be contested at the Olympics, after the shot put , discus throw and hammer throw .
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The type of throw used is highly influenced by the properties of the projectile: small, heavy objects are held and pushed away from the body (e.g. shot put); [7] handled objects are swung and released with one or two hands (e.g. weight throw, keg toss); [8] [9] smaller, lighter objects such as balls and darts tend to use an extended overarm ...
The men's 56 pound weight throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event after the debut in 1904. The Intercalated Games in 1906 saw a stone throw event. The competition was held on Friday, August 20, 1920, and on Saturday, August 21, 1920.