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The men's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the discus). The women's event was added to the programme at the 1948 Olympics just over fifty years later.
For the women's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 18.80 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
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 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]
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 .
Raven Saunders of Team USA competes with a mask in the Women's Shot Put qualification on day 13 of the Paris Summer Olympics at Stade de France on Aug. 8, 2024. Credit - Patrick Smith–Getty Images
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).