Shot Put - Continental Records

Continental Records

The current records held on each continent are:

Area Men's Women's
Distance Athlete Nation Distance Athlete Nation
Africa 21.97 m (72 ft 0¾ in) Janus Robberts South Africa 18.35 m (60 ft 2¼ in) Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria
Asia 21.13 m (69 ft 3¾ in) Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi Saudi Arabia 21.76 m (71 ft 4½ in) Meisu Li China
Europe 23.06 m (75 ft 7¾ in) Ulf Timmermann East Germany 22.63 m (74 ft 2¾ in) WR Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union
North and Central
America, and Caribbean		 23.12 m (75 ft 10 in) WR Randy Barnes United States 20.96 m (68 ft 9 in) Belsy Laza Cuba
Oceania 21.26 m (69 ft 9 in) Scott Martin Australia 21.24 m (69 ft 8 in) Valerie Adams New Zealand
South America 21.13 m (69 ft 3¾ in) Marco Antonio Verni Chile 19.30 m (63 ft 3¾ in) Elisângela Adriano Brazil

Note: A Represents a distance set at a high altitude.

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