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Shot put

The shot put is an athletics (track and field)

Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
event involving "putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the throwing motion.

Competitions and rules
Competitors take their throw from inside a circle 7 feet (2.135 meters) in diameter, with a toe board approximately 10 cm (4") high at the front of the circle.

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Competitions and rules

Competitors take their throw from inside a circle 7 feet (2.135 meters) in diameter, with a toe board approximately 10 cm (4") high at the front of the circle. The distance thrown is measured from the inside of the circumference of the circle to where the shot lands at its nearest disturbance of the soil. In some games there are also big and cooler fields.

Rules

Upon calling the athlete's name, he/she has 60 seconds to begin the throwing movement.
Athlete can enter the ring from any side.
The athlete must rest the shot close to the neck and keep it tight to the neck while throwing.
Athlete is allowed to touch the inside edge of the circle but must not touch the outside of the circle.
Shot put must land in legal sector in the throwing area.
Athlete must exit, while in control from the rear half of the circle.

Foul throws occur when an athlete:

Does not exit from the rear half of the circle.
Touches the top of the toe board with either a body part or even a piece of material such as a shoelace, the top of the iron ring or outside the circle after having entered the circle, before the implement lands.
Throws a shot which falls outside the throwing sector.
Allows the shot to drop below his shoulder or outside the vertical plane of his shoulder during the put.
Does not pause or demonstrate control after entering/exiting the circle.
Does not begin the throwing movement within 60 seconds of having his name called.

Competition

Each competition has a set number of rounds of throws. Typically there are 3 rounds of preliminaries to determine seats for the final. The competitor with the farthest legal put is declared the winner. In men's competition, the shot weighs 7.26 kilogram

Kilogram

The kilogram or kilogrammeThe spelling kilogram is used by the International Committee for Weights and Measures and the U.S....
s (16 pounds). The women's shot weighs 4 kg (8.8 pounds). American high schools usually use 12 pound (5.44 kg) shots for boys and 4 kg shots for girls; these are sometimes used as practice shots as well. The weight of the ball differs depending on the age group. Men over the age of 50 or under 19 use a 6 kg shot (13.2 pounds) in international competition.

Shot put competitions have been held at the Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee....
since their inception, and is also included as an event in athletic world championships.

The shot put originates from Highland games 'stone put'

Highland games

Highland games are events held throughout the year in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands....
where Scottish people

Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
put a rounded cube, stone, or metal form of considerable weight from behind a given line.

Putting styles

Two putting styles are in current general use by shot put competitors: the glide and the spin.

The origin of the glide dates to 1951, when Parry O'Brien

Parry O'Brien

William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien was an United States shot put champion. Born in Santa Monica, California, he competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals and one silver medal ....
of the United States invented a technique that involves the putter facing backwards, rotating 180 degrees across the circle, and then tossing the shot. With this technique, a right-hand thrower begins facing the rear of the circle and kicks to the front with the left leg while pushing off forcefully with the right. The key is to move quickly across the circle with as little air under the feet as possible, hence the name "glide". As the thrower crosses the circle, the hips twist toward the front, followed by the shoulders and strikes in a putting motion with their arm.

The spin was invented in the United States in 1976. From this, in 1976, Brian Oldfield

Brian Oldfield

Brian Oldfield is a former American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s.A standout shot putter, Oldfield is credited with making the rotational technique popular....
popularized the spin technique which involves rotating like a discus

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disk ???itself called a discus???in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors....
thrower and using rotational momentum for power. Oldfield set the record of 75 feet (22.86 m) in 1975; it was unofficial, however, because he was a professional at a time when the IAAF

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international Sport governing body for the sport of athletics . It was founded in 1912 during a war, at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation....
had an amateur-only policy, but undisputed and over 3 feet better than the official world record at the time. Oldfield's record in the 33 years since has been bettered by only 10 1/4 inches. In the spin, a right-handed thrower faces the rear, and begins to spin on the ball of the left foot. The thrower comes around and faces the front of the circle and drives the right foot into the middle of the circle. Finally, the thrower reaches for the front of the circle with the left foot, twists his hips and shoulders like in the glide, and puts the shot.

With all putting styles, the goal is to release the shot with maximum forward velocity at an angle of approximately forty degrees. Currently, most top male shot putters use the spin, but the glide remains popular, especially at the amateur level and among women, since the technique breeds higher consistency for the athlete as opposed to the rotational technique. It is worth noting that the world record by a male putter (Randy Barnes

Randy Barnes

Eric Randolph Barnes is an United States shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
75' 10 1/4" 23.12m) was completed with the spin technique, while the close second-best all-time distance (Ulf Timmermann

Ulf Timmermann

Ulf Timmermann is a Germany shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres ....
75' 8" 23.06m) was completed with the glide technique. Measuring which technique can provide the most potential is difficult, as many of the best throws recorded with each technique come from athletes under a thick cloud of doping suspicion and violations. In some opinions the decision to glide or spin should be based on the thrower's size and power, with short throwers benefiting from the spin and taller throwers benefiting from the glide, but for many throwers selecting the right technique differs on an individual basis, with almost all throwers first developing the glide technique.

World records

The current world record

World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
holders are:

Type	Athlete	Venue	Date
Men
Outdoor	Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is an United States shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics....	Westwood, California Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, California, United States. The population was 1,998 at the 2000 United States Census.... , USA	20 May 1990
Indoor	Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is an United States shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics....	Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California.... , USA	20 January 1989
Women
Outdoor	Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya is a former Soviet Union athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal....	Moscow, USSR	7 June 1987
Indoor	Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerov? is a Czech Republic shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records. She was born in V?cemerice....	Jablonec Jablonec Jablonec can refer to several towns in central Europe:Jablonec nad Nisou, a town in Liberec Region, Czech Republic*FK Jablonec 97, a football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou... , CZE	February 19, 1977

Top Ten Performers

Accurate as October 3, 2008

Men

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Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
23.12	Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is an United States shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics and gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics....	LA, California	May 20, 1990
23.06	Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann is a Germany shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres ....	Khania	May 22, 1988
22.91	Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei is a former Italy shot putter. He was born in Florence.He won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California....	Viareggio Viareggio Viareggio is a city located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 63,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca....	August 12, 1987
22.86	Brian Oldfield Brian Oldfield Brian Oldfield is a former American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s.A standout shot putter, Oldfield is credited with making the rotational technique popular....	El Paso El Paso, Texas El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, Texas, United States, and part of the . According to the United States Census Bureau 2006 population estimates, the city had a population of 606,913....	May 10, 1975
22.75	Werner Günthör Werner Günthör Werner G?nth?r is a former Switzerland track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.G?nth?r won three straight World Championships, 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1991 World Championships in Athletics, and 1993 World Championships in Athletics, as well as one European Championship in...	Bern	August 23, 1988
22.67	Kevin Toth Kevin Toth Kevin Toth is a former United States shot put athlete.His personal best throw is 22.67 meters, which places him 7th on the all-time performers list....	Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the 6th largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Douglas County....	April 19, 2003
22.64	Udo Beyer Udo Beyer Udo Beyer is a former East Germany track and field athlete who competed in the shot put....	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....	August 20, 1986
22.54	Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell is a World Champion United States shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 lbs.Cantwell's personal best throw is 22.54 meters, or 73 ft 11? in, set in Gresham, Oregon on June 5, 2004....	Gresham Gresham, Oregon Gresham is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, Oregon, United States immediately east of Portland, Oregon. It was named for the American Civil War general, and United States Postmaster General, Walter Quinton Gresham....	June 5, 2004
22.52	John Brenner John Brenner (athlete) John Brenner is a retired shot putter from the United States. While a student at UCLA, Brenner was the 1984 NCAA champion in both the shot put and the discus throw....	Walnut Walnut, California Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population is 30,004 and its current mayor is Joaquin Lim....	April 26, 1987
22.51	Adam Nelson Adam Nelson Adam Nelson is an elite United States shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games....	Gresham Gresham, Oregon Gresham is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, Oregon, United States immediately east of Portland, Oregon. It was named for the American Civil War general, and United States Postmaster General, Walter Quinton Gresham....	May 18, 2002

Women

Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
22.63	Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya is a former Soviet Union athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal....	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....	June 7, 1987
22.45	Ilona Briesenick	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....	May 11, 1980
22.32	Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerov? is a Czech Republic shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records. She was born in V?cemerice....	Nitra Nitra Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley. With a population of 85,000, it is the fourth largest city in Slovakia....	August 20, 1977
22.19	Claudia Losch Claudia Losch Claudia Losch is a Germany track and field athlete.Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989....	Hainfeld Hainfeld Hainfeld is a town in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....	August 23, 1987
21.89	Ivanka Khristova	Belmeken	July 4, 1976
21.86	Marianne Adam Marianne Adam Marianne Adam is a retired shot putter who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. She was born in Luckenwalde. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin....	Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig is, with a population of over 511,252, the largest city in the States of Germany of Saxony, Germany....	June 23, 1979
21.76	Li Meisu Li Meisu Li Meisu is a retired PR China shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.She also won the Asian Games in 1982 Asian Games and 1998 Asian Games, the Asian Championships in 1998 and the East Asian Games in 1997....	Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is a prefecture-level city and the Capital of Hebei Province of China, China. It is about 320 km south of Beijing.Shijiazhuang is a newly industrialized city....	April 23, 1988
21.73	Natalya Akhrimenko	Leselidze	May 21, 1988
21.69	Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former Athletics who specialised in the shot put.Pavlysh was stripped of her 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after she had tested positive for anabolic steroid stanozolol at the event in Maebashi, Japan....	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....	August 15, 1998
21.66	Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei is a PR China shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She also won the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the Asian Games in 1990 Asian Games and 1994 Asian Games and the Asian Championships in 1995....	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....	June 9, 1990

Best Year Performance

Men's Season's Best

YEAR	DISTANCE	PLACE
1964	20.68	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
1965	21.52	College Station
1966	21.09	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
1967	21.78	College Station
1968	21.30	Walnut Walnut, California Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population is 30,004 and its current mayor is Joaquin Lim....
1969	20.64	Eugene Eugene, Oregon The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast.... Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
1970	21.75	Berkeley Berkeley, California Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
1971	21.12	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1972	21.54	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
1973	21.82	San Jose San Jose, California San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
1974	21.70	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1975	22.86	El Paso El Paso El Paso is a common Spanish placename meaning "the pass". It may also refer to:...
1976	22.45	El Paso El Paso El Paso is a common Spanish placename meaning "the pass". It may also refer to:...
1977	21.74	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
1978	22.15	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
1979	21.74	Linz Linz Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the States of Austria of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech Republic border, on both sides of the river Danube....
1980 1980 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics ....	21.98	Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
1981 1981 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics ....	22.02	Modesto
1982 1982 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics ....	22.02	Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle River, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated....
1983 1983 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics ....	22.22	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
1984 1984 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics ....	22.19	San Jose San Jose, California San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
1985 1985 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in athletics ....	22.62	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1986 1986 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics ....	22.64	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1987 1987 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics ....	22.91	Viareggio Viareggio Viareggio is a city located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 63,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca....
1988 1988 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics ....	23.06	Hania
1989 1989 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics ....	22.19	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1990 1990 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics ....	23.12	Westwood Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, California, United States. The population was 1,998 at the 2000 United States Census....
1991 1991 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics ....	22.03	Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
1992 1992 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....	21.98	Los Gatos
1993 1993 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics ....	21.98	Linz Linz Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the States of Austria of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech Republic border, on both sides of the river Danube....
1994 1994 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics ....	21.09	New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
1995	22.00	Knoxville
1996	22.40	Rüdlingen Rüdlingen R?dlingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the Cantons of Switzerland of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.With Buchberg, R?dlingen forms an exclave of the Canton of Schaffhausen on the Rhine, bordered by the Canton of Z?rich and Baden-W?rttemberg....
1997	22.03	Indianapolis
1998 1998 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1998 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	21.78	Walnut Walnut, California Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population is 30,004 and its current mayor is Joaquin Lim....
1999 1999 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1999 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.02	Eugene Eugene, Oregon The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast....
2000 2000 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.12	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
2001 2001 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2001 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	21.97	Eugene Eugene, Oregon The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast....
2002 2002 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2002 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.51	Gresham Gresham Gresham may refer to:Gresham's LawPlacesGresham, NorfolkGresham Park, GeorgiaGresham, Illinois* Gresham , listed on the NRHP in Anne Arundel County, Maryland...
2003 2003 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2003 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.67	Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the 6th largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Douglas County....
2004 2004 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2004 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.54	Gresham Gresham Gresham may refer to:Gresham's LawPlacesGresham, NorfolkGresham Park, GeorgiaGresham, Illinois* Gresham , listed on the NRHP in Anne Arundel County, Maryland...
2005 2005 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2005 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	22.20	Carson The Home Depot Center The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
2006 2006 in athletics (track and field) The following events in athletics took place in 2006 in sports:...	22.45	Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, England, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre are very close to one another, and together they form the urban core of Tyneside....
2007 2007 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2007 in athletics ....	22.43	London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
2008 2008 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics ....	22.12	Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...

Women's Season's Best

YEAR	DISTANCE	PLACE
1968	19.61	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
1969	20.43	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
1970	19.69	Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
1971	20.43	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1972	21.03	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
1973	21.45	Varna Varna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in Northern Bulgaria, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, and Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, with a population of 352,211....
1974	21.57	Gottwaldov
1975	21.60	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1976	21.99	Opava Opava Opava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the Opava River, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1 2005....
1977	22.32	Nitra Nitra Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley. With a population of 85,000, it is the fourth largest city in Slovakia....
1978	22.06	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1979	22.04	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
1980 1980 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics ....	22.45	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
1981 1981 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics ....	21.61	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
1982 1982 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics ....	21.80	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
1983 1983 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics ....	22.40	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1984 1984 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics ....	22.53	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
1985 1985 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in athletics ....	21.73	Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
1986 1986 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics ....	21.70	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Estonia and of Harju County. It occupies a surface of 159.2 km? in which 397,617 inhabitants live....
1987 1987 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics ....	22.63	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1988 1988 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics ....	22.55	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Estonia and of Harju County. It occupies a surface of 159.2 km? in which 397,617 inhabitants live....
1989 1989 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics ....	20.82	Prague Prague Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
1990 1990 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics ....	21.66	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
1991 1991 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics ....	21.12	Frankfurt Frankfurt is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
1992 1992 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....	21.06	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
1993 1993 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics ....	20.84	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
1994 1994 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics ....	20.54	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
1995	21.22	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg ) is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the fifth largest amongst the Nordic countries. The city is located on the south west-coast....
1996	20.97	Duisburg Duisburg Duisburg is a Germany city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within D?sseldorf ....
1997	21.22	Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
1998 1998 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1998 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	21.69	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
1999 1999 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1999 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	20.26	Tula Tula Tula may refer to:In geography:Tula, Hidalgo, a town in MexicoTula, Tamaulipas, a place in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico*Tula River in central Mexico...
2000 2000 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	21.46	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
2001 2001 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2001 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	20.79	Tula Tula Tula may refer to:In geography:Tula, Hidalgo, a town in MexicoTula, Tamaulipas, a place in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico*Tula River in central Mexico...
2002 2002 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2002 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	20.64	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
2003 2003 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2003 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	20.77	Tula Tula Tula may refer to:In geography:Tula, Hidalgo, a town in MexicoTula, Tamaulipas, a place in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico*Tula River in central Mexico...
2004 2004 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2004 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	20.79	Tula Tula Tula may refer to:In geography:Tula, Hidalgo, a town in MexicoTula, Tamaulipas, a place in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico*Tula River in central Mexico...
2005 2005 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2005 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	21.09	Minsk Minsk Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
2006 2006 in athletics (track and field) The following events in athletics took place in 2006 in sports:...	20.56	Minsk Minsk Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
2007 2007 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2007 in athletics ....	20.54	Osaka Osaka is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
2008 2008 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics ....	20.98	Minsk Minsk Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....

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