1. If the number of athletes in the competition exceeds eight, the preliminary competition will be held first. In the preliminary competition, each athlete will have three opportunities to try throwing. After completing the preliminary competition, the eight athletes with the best performance will be selected to enter the final. If the eighth athlete's performance is the same twice or more, these athletes with the same performance will all advance to the final.
2. In the final, each athlete will have three more attempts.
3. When entering the finals, the order of athletes' trial throwing will be arranged according to their results when entering the finals. The best results will be tried at the end, and the latest results will be tried first.
4. If there are only eight athletes or less, each athlete can try throwing six times.
5. Among the six throws in the preliminary contest and the final contest, the one with the best score will become the final score of the athlete.
6. When throwing, the athlete's feet can touch the inside of the toe board, but not the top of the toe skin.
7. After throwing, athletes must leave the throwing area from the back semicircle.
8. Time limit for each trial push: 1 minute; It can be increased to 2 minutes in the final stage of the competition; There will be 5 minutes when there is only the last 1 person.
9. The measurement of performance starts with the ruler at the point where the shot landed closest to the throwing area and is pulled to the heart of the throwing area, but the reading is the number on the inside of the toe board.
Points for attention in shot put throwing
The first thing to pay attention to is safety. The shot put is a solid ball with a large mass, so we should pay special attention to safety during the throwing process. There have been accidental injuries to the shot put around me.
The second is to pay attention to the power sequence of shot put. When preparing for the throwing action, the center of gravity of the body should be on the right foot, and the shot put, knee and toe of the supporting foot should be in the same vertical line. The sequence of exertion is: kick, turn hip, straighten waist, look up and finger.