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Shot put is a track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball, called a shot, as far as possible from a circular area. It's a competition that tests an athlete's strength and technique, and has been a part of major sporting events like the Olympics for over a century.
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The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (or 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 in 1896, and women's competition began in 1948. The shot put is part of the most common combined events, the decathlon, the women's and men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon.
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