The world record holder for shot put in 2012 is Litia Pitt from Russia. She threw the shot put 12.29 metres... Sadly not world record. Posted by Jacque Goodwin.
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Male- Randy Barnes(USA) 23.12mFemale-Natalya Lisovskaya(Soviet Union) 22.63
The men's world record in the shot put is held by Randy Barnes of the United States who threw the shot 23.12 meters in 1990. The women's world record in the shot put is held by Natalya Lisovskaya of Russian who threw the shot 22.63 meters in 1987.
Name: Stephanie HarmonSchool: LaGrange High SchoolDistance: 44' 3 1/4"Year: 2000
Ryan Crouser holds the shot put record for Texas. He set the record in 2014 while competing for the University of Texas at Austin.
Outdoor: 22.63 m - Natalya Lisovskaya (1987) Indoor: 22.50 m - Helena Fibingerova (1977)
Grab a 16 pound metal ball, stand inside a 7 foot circle, rest the ball between your neck and shoulder and push your arm straight out with the thumb pointing down, don't forget to let go of the ball or as the pros call it, the shot. Now if your name was Randy Barnes and you were from the USA and you were in Westwood, California on May 20, 1990 and you followed the instructions above, then your shot would have flown exactly 23.12 meters, which would have been enough to give you the record for the world's longest shot put. The world's longest shot put for a female was set by Helena Fibingerová of Czechoslovakia on February 19, 1977 at 22.50 meters, but we must add that the women's shot weighs only 8.8 pounds.
The current distance record for 6 lb shot put is 21.62 meters, set by Jacko Gill of New Zealand in 2011.
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