Weight Throw Record Tables

Weight Throw Records

The Weight Throw is not an event officially recognised by the IAAF, although a 56lb superweight was contested in the 1904 and 1920 Olympics and is featured in the Scottish Highland games.

The men start with a weight of 15.88kg. At age 50, the weight reduces to 11.34kg, then 9.08kg at age 60, 7.26kg at age 70 and 5.45kg at age 80. The women start with 9.08kg, go down to 7.26kg at age 50, 5.45kg at age 60 and 4kg at age 75.

The Weight Throw was introduced to World Masters as a separate event in 2005. Prior to that, it was only competed in as part of the throws pentathlon.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
M35 15.88kg	21.01 Phil Jensen (2004)	13.79 D Wagner (2006)	12.05 Michael Scholten (2013)	14.47 Mark Cumming (2002)	21.01 Phil Jensen (2004)	no record	18.59 Ricard Meiring AUS (2014)	25.17 Juriy Tamm EST (1992)	24.21 Lance Deal USA (1998)
M40 15.88kg	18.23 Phil Jensen (2009)	14.67 Mark Cumming (2006)	11.79 Mark Flaus (1999)	15.56 Mark Cumming (2006)	18.23 Phil Jensen (2009)	no record	13.78 Stuart Gyngell AUS (2008)	21.66 Christian Harmse RSA (2017)	22.52 Edward Burke USA (1984
M45 15.88kg	17.44 Phil Jensen (2014)	15.56 Arno van der Westhuizen (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	12.15 Mark Flaus (2008)	15.30 Mark Cumming (2008)	17.44 Phil Jensen (2014)	no record	14.60 Mark Cumming NZL (2012)	20.79 Oleksandr Drygol UKR (2011)	19.58 Harold Connolly USA (1977)
M50 11.34kg	15.14 Adrian Stockill (2019)	19.21 Mark Cumming (2013)	15.15 Simon Maole (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	20.00 Mark Cumming (2013)	20.11 Mark Cumming (2012)	13.95 Laini Inivale (2017)	18.05 Stuart Gyngell AUS (2014)	24.24 Jud Logan USA (2009)	23.75 Mariusz Walczak POL (2021)
M55 11.34kg	19.59 Phil Jensen (2023)	16.47 Mark Cumming (2019)	14.31 Richard Davison (2006)	17.81 Mark Cumming (2018)	19.55 Mark Cumming (2017)	no record	18.51 Mark Cumming NZL (2018)	21.73 Jud Logan USA (2014)	19.79 Jim Wetenhall USA (2010)
M60 9.08kg	12.50 Vic Marks	16.54 Kevin Bradley (2008)	15.72 Richard Davison (2013)	16.48 Kevin Bradley (2005)	17.45 Kevin Bradley (2006)	no record	17.45 Ray Green AUS (2006) Kevin Bradley NZL (2006)	24.20 Arild Busterud NOR (2008)	22.82 Tom Gage USA (2004)
M65 9.08kg	11.40 Vic Marks	16.37 Laurie Devlin (2004)	14.46 Richard Davison (2014)	17.09 Laurie Devlin (2002)	17.09 Laurie Devlin (2002)	no record	17.43 Laurie Devlin NZL (2004)	22.10 Arild Busterud NOR (2015)	19.33 George Mathews USA (2009)
M70 7.26kg	9.68 Graham Cook (2018)	13.38 Laurie Malcolmson (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	15.56 Graeme Lawless (2000)	17.19 Laurie Devlin (2006)	18.06 Laurie Devlin (2006)	no record	18.06 Laurie Devlin NZL (2006)	23.15 Arild Busterud NOR(2015)	21.08 Lawrence Hart USA (2017)
M75 7.26kg	10.04 P Popa	11.87 Max Carr (2000)	13.52 Brian Senior (2015)	13.43 Brian Senior (2017)	14.80 Max Carr (1997)	7.12 Roy Skuse (2019)	14.59 Ken Priestley AUS (2014)	20.06 Klaus Albers GER (2015)	19.38 Edward Burke USA (2016)
M80 5.45kg	11.34 Stanley Hogg	11.63 Ron Johnson (2013)	13.66 Brian Senior(2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	14.66 Bill Stannius (2009)	14.96 Brian Senior (2021)	no record	12.19 Norm Windred AUS (2008)	19.91 Rado Carmelo ITA (2013)	17.51 Osten Edlund SWE (2014)
M85 5.45kg	9.32 Jim Blair (2019)	10.22 Dave Scratton (2004)	8.47 David Leech (2013)	10.46 Ron Johnson (2020)	10.99 Dave Scratton (2004)	8.91 Jim Blair (2017)	10.99 Dave Scratton NZL (2004)	16.65 Rado Carmelo ITA (2018)	15.75 Osten Edlund SWE (2020)
M90 5.45kg	7.27 Peter Tearle (2018)	6.00 Peter Tearle (2018)	8.31 Jim Blair (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	8.48 Jim Blair (2022)	8.61 Jim Blair (2022)	no record	no record	10.59 Torgeir Brandvold NOR (2004)	10.98 Howard West CAN (2003)
M95 5.45kg	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	7.61 Lauri Helle FIN (2020)	7.11 Trent Lane USA (2007)
M100 5.45kg	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	4.21 Ottaviani Giuseppe ITA (2017)	5.10 Everett Hosack USA (2002)
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
W35 9.08kg	9.04 Nicole Macquet (2015)	13.00 Chris McCahill (2001)	12.99 Anna Lynch(2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	16.67 Chris McCahill (2002)	16.67 Chris McCahill (2002)	no record	10.81 Fionnula Connors AUS (2018)	19.27 Silva Vania POR (2018)	17.79 Anna Soderberg SWE (2010)
W40 9.08kg	10.70 Michelle Ward (2012)	14.51 Chris McCahill (2008)	11.93 Debbie McCaw (2021)	14.82 Chris McCahill (2006)	15.19 Chris McCahill (2006)	no record	15.03 Chris McCahill NZL (2008)	19.09 Oneithea Lewis USA (2002)	17.12 Oneithea Lewis USA (2003)
W45 9.08kg	10.18 Michelle Scriven (2017)	14.33 Chris McCahill (2010)	8.89 Jackie Knowles(2018)	14.40 Chris McCahill (2010 & 2011)	14.40 Chris McCahill (2010 & 2011)	no record	12.84 Althea Mackie AUS (2015)	17.88 Oneithea Lewis USA (2005)	16.28 Oneithea Lewis USA (2008)
W50 7.26kg	10.86 Michelle Scriven (2021)	13.35 Brenda Davis (2019)	12.67 Winifred Harding (2007)	14.42 Brenda Davis (2022)	14.43 Brenda Davis (2021)	no record	13.64 Jayne Hardy AUS (2015)	18.76 Oneithea Lewis USA (2011)	17.19 Gonny Mik NED (2016)
W55 7.26kg	10.36 Veronica Gould	12.29 Tania Hodges (2019)	11.74 Winifred Harding (2010)	12.59 Tania Hodges (2020)	12.59 Tania Hodges (2020)	no record	12.73 Jayne Hardy AUS (2019)	17.50 Gonny Mik NED (2020)	16.22 Mirja Kokko FIN (2018)
W60 5.45kg	9.46 Colleena Blair	12.97 Bev Savage (2008)	12.02 Val Hood (1999)	11.71 Barbara Austin (2006)	13.34 Bev Savage (2008)	no record	17.36 Dorn Jenkins AUS (2015)	18.90 Mirja Kokko FIN (2022)	16.70 Inge Faldager DEN (2008)
W65 5.45kg	9.62 Colleena Blair	11.99 Bev Savage (2013)	11.14 Winifred Harding (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	11.91 Bev Savage (2015)	12.38 Bev Savage (2011)	no record	16.44 Helen Searle AUS (2004)	17.34 Annie van Anholt NED (2014)	16.91 Myrle Mensey USA (2014)
W70 5.45kg	10.03 Colleena Blair (2004)	10.77 Gillian Evans (2019)	10.55 Patricia Drayton (2006)	11.03 Gilian Evans (2021)	11.46 Bev Savage (2016)	7.38 Noni Callander (2019)	12.41 Jan Banens AUS (2012)	15.09 Myrle Mensey USA (2019)	15.47 Myrle Mensey USA (2019)
W75 4.0kg	7.80 Colleena Blair (2009)	10.25 Annette Parlane (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	10.73 Justine Whitaker (2018)	11.17 Bev Savage (2021)	12.50 Bev Savage (2021)	no record	11.71 Glen Watts NZL (2015)	14.74 Evaun Williams GBR (2013)	14.34 Gudrun Mellmann GER (2017)
W80 4.0kg	8.43 Colleena Blair (2011)	9.20 Colleen Brunker (2012)	9.70 Glen Watts (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	9.86 Colleen Brunker (2012)	9.86 Colleen Brunker (2012)	no record	9.63 Heather Doherty AUS (2014)	12.68 Evaun Williams GBR (2018)	12.75 Evaun Williams GBR (2019)
W85 4.0kg	no record	5.54 Pam Spiers (2012)	5.08 R Smith (2006)	7.33 Marcia Petley (2015)	7.33 Marcia Petley (2015)	no record	6.82 Heather Doherty AUS (2019)	9.87 Myrtle Acton CAN (2020)	8.72 Hilja Bakhoff EST (2012)
W90 4.0kg	no record	4.69 Pauline Purser (2012)	no record	4.60 Pauline Purser (2013)	4.60 Pauline Purser (2013)	5.69 Marcia Petley (2019)	no record	8.57 Rosa Pedersen DEN (2022)	7.51 Olga Kotelko CAN (2011)
W95 4.0kg	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	5.16 Ruth Frith AUS (2006)	6.72 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014)	6.97 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014)
W100 4.0kg	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	4.68 Ruth Frith AUS (2011 )	no record
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.