Shot Put has been contested in the Olympics since 1896 for men and 1948 for women.
At the World Masters Athletics Champs, the event only became available to women from 1977.
The weight of the shot varies by age and gender. Men start with 7.26kg. They drop to 6kg at age 50, 5kg at age 60, 4kg at age 70 and 3kg at age 80. Women start with 4kg, drop to 3kg at age 50 and 2kg at age 75.
| Wellington | North Island Champs | South Island Champs | NZMA Champs | NZ National | NZ Indoor | Oceania Champs | World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M35 7.26kg | 16.42 Richard Thomson (1998) | 12.02 Deon Wagner (2006) | 12.24 Mark O’Brien (2000) | 14.48 H Smith (1994) | 16.42 Richard Thomson (1998) | 9.36 Jacob Potgieter (2019) | 14.10 Soane Lakafia NCL (1996) | 22.19 Brian Oldfield USA (1984) | 21.04 Gheorge Guset ROU (2006) |
| M40 7.26kg | 11.05 Laurence Voight | 12.78 R Main (1989) | 13.01 K Mahuika (1989) | 13.80 M Mene (1987) | 14.66 Simon Poelman (2005) | 11.12 Tarres Chitar(2018) | 16.29 Stuart Gyngell AUS (2008) | 21.41 Brian Oldfield USA (1985) | 20.07 Brian Oldfield USA (1986) |
| M45 7.26kg | 13.02 Richard Harris | 13.07 Laini Inivale (2015) | 12.24 Mark Flaus (2005) | 13.18 Laini Inivale (2014) | 13.68 Laini Inivale (2015) | 12.52 Laini Inivale (2016) | 13.68 Laini Inivale NZL (2015) | 20.77 Ivan Ivancic YUG (1983) | 20.40 Ivan Ivancic YUG (1983) |
| M50 6.0kg | 14.39 Richard Harris (1985) | 13.90 Laini Inivale (2017) | 13.07 Simon Maole (2023*) *2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 14.27 Laini Inivale (2017) | 14.82 Laini Inivale (2018) | 14.24 Laini Inivale (2017) | 17.57 Stuart Gyngell AUS (2014) | 18.63 Stuart Gyngell AUS (2014) | 17.98 Yngve Wahlander SWE (2010) |
| M55 6.0kg | 13.41 Richard Harris (1990) | 11.85 Johan Van Zyl (2014) | 11.68 Mark Flaus (2014) | 13.38 Arthur Husband (1979) | 13.41 Richard Harris (1990) | 10.92 Bruce Solomon (2018) | 13.41 Richard Harris NZL (1990) | 17.50 Klaus Liedtke GER (1996) | 16.02 Patrick Chala FRA (2008) |
| M60 5.0kg | 13.51 Richard Harris (1994) | 12.57 Richard Harris (1998) | 12.50 Mark Flaus (2019) | 14.01 Arthur Husband (1984) | 14.01 Arthur Husband (1984) | 11.40 James Thomas (2019) | 13.51 Richard Harris NZL (1994) | 18.37 Klaus Liedtke GER (2001) | 16.80 Patrick Chala FRA (2009) |
| M65 5.0kg | 12.95 Richard Harris (1999) | 11.11 Dave Scratton (1986) | 11.36 Graeme Lawless (1995) | 11.73 Richard Harris (2001) | 12.95 Richard Harris (1999) | 10.75 Tuariki Delamere (2017) | 12.75 Charlie Rann AUS (1992) | 16.66 Quenton Torbert USA (2017) | 15.83 Quenton Torbert USA (2017) |
| M70 4.0kg | 11.40 Richard Harris | 11.50 Dave Scratton (1991) | 11.86 Graeme Lawless (2000) | 11.72 Peter Crawford (2017) | 12.10 Peter Crawford (2017) | 11.22 Peter Crawford (2016) | 12.72 Rudi Hochreiter AUS (1998) | 16.33 Quenton Torbert USA (2022) | 15.39 Gerald Vaugn USA (2006) |
| M75 4.0kg | 8.89 Peter Hanson (2013) | 10.87 Dave Scratton (1994) | 10.04 Graeme Lawless (2005) | 10.46 Dave Scratton (1996) | 10.87 Dave Scratton (1994) | 9.68 Peter Crawford (2019) | 11.42 Jim Peridis AUS (2002) | 14.24 Karl-Heinz Marg GER (2013) | 14.48 Karl-Heinz Marg GER (2014) |
| M80 3.0kg | 8.95 Peter Hanson (2019) | 9.72 Ron Johnson (2012) | 9.95 Brian Senior(2023*) *2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 11.97 Bill Stannius (2009) | 11.97 Bill Stannius (2009) | 7.80 Jim Blair (2016) | 10.09 Feliks Jekabsons AUS (2006) | 13.98 Leo Saarinen FIN (2009) | 13.68 Leo Saarinen FIN (2010) |
| M85 3.0kg | 8.36 Peter Hanson (2022) | 8.04 Peter Hanson (2023*) *2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 6.72 Norman Hawke (1996) Jim Blair (2020) | 8.30 Ron Johnson (2018) | 8.97 Ron Johnson (2018) | 8.89 Jim Blair (2017) | 8.05 Ron Johnson NZL (2018) | 11.94 Carl Karlsson SWE (2019) | 12.50 Osten Edlund SWE (2020) |
| M90 3.0kg | 6.26 Peter Tearle (2018) | 5.60 Peter Tearle (2017) | 6.27 Jim Blair (2021) | 6.21 Jim Blair (2022) | 7.38 Jim Blair (2021) | no record | 6.26 Peter Tearle NZL (2018) | 9.89 Leo Saarinen FIN (2019) | 9.68 Toimi Ahvenjarvi FIN (2012) |
| M95 3.0kg | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 8.21 Donald Pellmann USA (2011) | 6.90 Leland McPhie USA (2009) |
| M100 3.0kg | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 6.56 Donald Pellmann USA (2015) | 4.43 Giuseppe Ottaviani ITA (2017) |
| M105 3.0kg | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 3.25 Hidekichi Miyazaki JPN (2015) | no record |
| Wellington | North Island Champs | South Island Champs | NZMA Champs | NZ National | NZ Indoor | Oceania Champs | World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W35 4.0kg | 9.89 Nicole Macquet (2013) | 12.84 Chris McCahill (1999) | 12.11 Raylene Bates (2002) | 13.34 Chris McCahill (2002) | 19.75 Valerie Adams (2021) | 8.50 Veruschka Drotsky (2016) | 14.12 Chris Schultz AUS (1986) | 21.46 Larisa Peleshenko RUS (2000) | 21.47 Helena Fibingerova CZE (1985) |
| W40 4.0kg | 9.62 Nicole Macquet (2017) | 11.36 Chris McCahill (2008) | 11.08 Raylene Bates (2008) | 12.33 Chris McCahill (2009) | 13.31 Val Young (1981) | 9.24 Vavae Nuia (2018) | 13.25 Chris Schultz AUS (1994) | 19.05 Antonina Ivanova URS (1973) | 19.16 Antonina Ivanova URS (1974) |
| W45 4.0kg | 9.34 Michelle Scriven (2015) | 10.27 Chris McCahill (2010) | 10.12 Janice Maxwell (2004) | 10.73 Chris McCahill (2010) | 11.82 Chris McCahill (2011) | 10.04 Brenda Davis(2018) | 13.17 Chris Schultz AUS (1998) | 16.95 Denka Silhava CZE (1999) | 16.49 Zdenka Silhava CZE (2000) |
| W50 3.0kg | 9.21 Michelle Scriven (2021) | 10.87 Tina Ryan (2014) | 10.07 Winifred Harding (2005) | 14.61 Val Young (1988) | 14.85 Val Young (1987) | 11.23 Tania Hodges (2018) | 13.19 Chris Schultz AUS (2002) | 15.15 Alexandra Marghieva MDA (2009) | 15.17 Alexandra Marghieva MDA (2011) |
| W55 3.0kg | 8.51 P Scholes | 9.78 Bev Savage (2001) | 10.78 Raylene Bates (2021) | 10.10 Tania Hodges (2021) | 10.78 Raylene Bates (2021) | 8.79 Anne Goulter (2019) | 12.89 Mary Thomas AUS (2000) | 14.47 Sigrin Kofink GER (1991) | 14.53 Mihaela Loghin ROU (2011) |
| W60 3.0kg | 8.38 Heather May | 9.18 Barbara Austin (2005) | 8.17 Winifred Harding (2015) | 9.62 Miriam Stanley (1994) | 9.85 Miriam Stanley (1994) | 8.82 Aggie Boxall (2019) | 12.31 Helen Searle AUS (2000) | 13.68 Loghlin Mihaela ROU (2012) | 13.70 Mihaela Loghin ROU (2015) |
| W65 3.0kg | 8.27 Heather May | 8.75 Bev Savage (2013) | 7.91 Noni Callander (2013) | 8.44 J Evans (2017) | 8.78 Bev Savage (2013) | 7.63 Noni Callander (2016) | 11.58 Helen Searle AUS (2004) | 13.36 Loghlin Mihaela ROU (2017) | 12.18 Mihaela Loghin ROU (2019) |
| W70 3.0kg | 7.27 Heather May | 8.05 Barbara Austin (2015) | 7.47 Noni Callander (2019) | 8.39 Barbara Austin (2015) | 8.39 Barbara Austin (2015) | 7.98 Anne Deleiros (2018) | 9.16 Helen Searle AUS (2012) | 11.02 Rosemary Chrimes GBR (2003) | 10.82 Evaun Williams GBR (2008) |
| W75 2.0kg | 6.66 Judy Hammond (2013) | 7.30 Jean Hulls (2013) | 7.64 Glen Watts (2016) | 8.26 Bev Savage (2021) | 8.40 Bev Savage (2021) | 7.60 Justine Whitaker (2018) | 8.82 Mary Thomas AUS (2019) | 12.12 Marianne Maier AUT (2018) | 11.39 Anne C. Rulow GER (2012) |
| W80 2.0kg | 5.82 Judy Hammond (2017) | 6.07 Wini Pepene (2011) | 6.95 Glen Watts (2023*) *2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 6.88 Glen Watts (2021) | 6.95 Glen Watts (2023) | 5.81 Judy Hammond (2017) | 7.44 Heather Doherty AUS (2014) | 10.07 Evaun Williams GBR (2018) | 10.44 Susanne Wissinger GER (2014) |
| W85 2.0kg | no record | 4.10 Pam Spiers (2012) | 4.03 R Smith (2004) | 5.22 Clasina van der Veeken (2018) | 5.22 Clasina van der Veeken (2018) | no record | 5.42 Ruth Frith AUS (1996) | 7.97 Rachel Hanssens BEL (2014) | 7.40 Rachel Hanssens BEL (2015) |
| W90 2.0kg | no record | 4.12 Pauline Purser (2012) | no record | 3.79 Pauline Purser (2014) | 3.80 Pauline Purser (2014) | no record | 5.21 Ruth Frith AUS (2002) | 6.25 Rosa Pedersen DEN (2020) | 5.87 Rosa Pedersen DEN (2022) |
| W95 2.0kg | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 4.72 Ruth Frith AUS (2004) | 5.32 Gabre Gabric ITA (2010) | 4.73 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014) |
| W100 2.0kg | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 4.10 Ruth Frith AUS (2010) | 2.77 Julia Hawkins USA (2018) |