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The women's event was added to the programme at the 1948 Olympics just over fifty years later. The Olympic record for the women's event was set by the East German Ilona Slupianek with a put of 22.41 m (73 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in 1980, and the record for the men's event of 23.30 m (76 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by the American Ryan Crouser in 2021.
Chase Foster Jackson (née Ealey; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw.She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in women's shot put, [2] [3] which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships.
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the shot—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948 .
The first world record in the women's shot put was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1924. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. These women's distances were achieved with a 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) shot put.
Michelle Denee Carter (born October 12, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in shot put.She won a gold medal in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first American woman to win Olympic gold in shot put and only the second to win a medal of any color. [3]
In 2018, Gong won the gold medal in women's shot put during the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. [ 7 ] In 2021, she won the gold medal in women's shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics In Tokyo with her personal best of 20.58 m, [ 8 ] thereby becoming the first Chinese athlete to be crowned the Olympic champion in any field event and the ...
The women's shot put competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 August. [2] Summary ... Olympic record
The women's shot put event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes are expected to compete; the exact number will depend on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (2 universality places were used in 2016).