Weight throw

Below is a list of additional performances (excluding ancillary throws) equal or superior to 24.48 m: Below is a list of additional (indoor) performances (excluding ancillary throws) equal or superior to 24.20 m: Note that Gwen Berry threw 24.35 m in 2016 but the performance was annulled due to violation of anti-doping procedures[25] The event, held outdoors and indoors, is a World Championship and world record event in World Masters Athletics.

The technique in wide use is to start in a throwing circle with the thrower's back to the landing area.

Because of the demands of the landing area, USATF rules allow for the event as part of an indoor meet to be held outdoors.

For women, who throw a weight of 20 lb, the world best is 24.57 m (80'07½") (outdoor) set by Brittany Riley of Southern Illinois University on 27 January 2007 and 25.60 m (indoor), by Gwen Berry, on 4 March 2017.

[30][31] Though no longer officially sanctioned by World Athletics, it still is contested as a novelty event at various competitions, including the USATF Master's Indoor Championship.

In both cases, the implement consists of a steel or lead weight (usually spherical or cylindrical) attached by a short chain to a metal handle.

The techniques vary, but usually involve a turning or spinning motion to increase momentum before the release.

Weight over bar, or weight throw for height (Scottish Gaelic: cuideam thairis air a 'bhàr, tilgeil cuideam air son àirde), is contested at highland games in Scotland and elsewhere, and at track and field events in Ireland.

The alternate technique (which is not allowed in some games) involves a spinning motion, with the athlete throwing from the side.

[33] It is mainly a men's event, though women's weight throw for distance is contested at university level.

[33] The height event proceeds in a manner similar to the high jump and pole vault, with throwers required to clear a bar progressively raised.