An examination of the all-time list for the women’s shot put reveals the following (this is from a list maintained by Peter Larsson with 531 entries going down to 20.75m/68’-3/4” and excludes indoor marks and 2nd/3rd etc. best marks from the same series):
The women’s world record at the present time is 22.63m/74’7-3/4” by Natalya Lisovskaya (RUS) set in 1987 (21 years ago). The American record is 20.18m/66’2.5” by Ramona Pagel set in 1988.
There have been only 10 additions to the top 337 on the list since 1990.
You have to go down the list to #331 to find a mark from 2008 (21.98m/68’9.5”).
Only one other 2008 put (20.90m/68’6”) even makes the top 531 at #397.
There are only 4 throws since 1990 which rank in the top 240 of all time.
There have been only 25 marks since 1990 which rank in the top 531 of all time, and 9 of those were by Chinese women throwing in China.
Except for Germany and 1 Cuban, there are no non-Asians in the top 531 marks of all time.
The 2008 Olympics were won with a put of 20.56m {67’5.25”), a throw more than 6’ under the world record and which would rank somewhere around 800th to 900th on the all-time list.
91% of the entries on the list are either from USSR, (including its satellites), Germany (including GDR) or Czechoslovakia. Of the remainder, most are from Bulgaria.
My solution - Increase the weight of the shot 10g and start over!
The women’s world record at the present time is 22.63m/74’7-3/4” by Natalya Lisovskaya (RUS) set in 1987 (21 years ago). The American record is 20.18m/66’2.5” by Ramona Pagel set in 1988.
There have been only 10 additions to the top 337 on the list since 1990.
You have to go down the list to #331 to find a mark from 2008 (21.98m/68’9.5”).
Only one other 2008 put (20.90m/68’6”) even makes the top 531 at #397.
There are only 4 throws since 1990 which rank in the top 240 of all time.
There have been only 25 marks since 1990 which rank in the top 531 of all time, and 9 of those were by Chinese women throwing in China.
Except for Germany and 1 Cuban, there are no non-Asians in the top 531 marks of all time.
The 2008 Olympics were won with a put of 20.56m {67’5.25”), a throw more than 6’ under the world record and which would rank somewhere around 800th to 900th on the all-time list.
91% of the entries on the list are either from USSR, (including its satellites), Germany (including GDR) or Czechoslovakia. Of the remainder, most are from Bulgaria.
My solution - Increase the weight of the shot 10g and start over!
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