There are shots of lesser weights; the 16 lb. is generally only used in the most intense and highest-level men's competitions.
Regulation weight is 8 lbs.
16 pounds
Shotput
In general a shotput weights 16lbs in juniors (schools) - it weighs 12 lbs and in sub-juniors division - it weights 8 lbs
Either 1990, or 1956. The Professional Shotput Association (PSA) maintains that the 9lb 8oz mass of the shotput was changed unoffically in 1956. However, on January 16, 1990 Donald Rumsfeld declared it National Shotput day.
16 pounds (7.26 kg)
On the moon, any object weighs about 16% as much as it weighs when it's on the earth.
It weighs about 14 - 16 lbs.
It weighs 16 ounces.
An average 16 year old weighs from 125-155!
16 oz of sand weighs one pound.
150-180
He currently weighs 16 stone 9lbs.