This document provides information about the shot put event in track and field athletics. It defines the shot put as propelling a steel ball through the air to achieve the greatest distance. For men, the ball weighs 7.260 kg and for women it weighs 4 kg. The launching area is a circle of cement with a wooden front edge that delimits the allowed space. The document lists the current men's and women's world records and Olympic records for shot put, including the record holders' names, dates of birth, and brief backgrounds. It concludes by thanking the reader for their attention.

2. INDEX
 What is the shot put?
 Launching area.
 Records
 Men´s records
 Woman´s records

3. What is the shot put?
 The shot put is a test of modern athletics
which consists of propel a solid steel ball
through the air to the maximum possible
distance.
 The ball weight is 7,260 kg in men and 4 kg in
women.

4. Launching area
 The launching area is confined to a circle of 2,137 m (7
ft) diameter, usually cement, and its front part has a
wooden edge delimits.

5. RECORDS

6. Men´s records
 WORLD:Eric Randolph ("Randy") Barnes (born June 16,
1966) is a former American shot putter who holds both the
current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event.
He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996
Olympics.

7.  OLYMPIC:Ulf Timmermann (born 1 November 1962
in East Berlin) is a German 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 (along with Randy Barnes).

8. Woman´s records
 WORLD: Natalya Lisovskaya born 16 July 1962
in Alegazy, Bashkir ASSR) is a former Soviet athlete
who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya
trained at Spartak in Moscow.

9. Thanks for your attention
By Alfonso Reguillo Palacios