The first

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in the women's

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was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1924. The FSFI was absorbed by the

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in 1936. These women's distances were achieved with a shot put. As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 50 world records in the event. , the official world record, set by

Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Venediktovna Lisovskaya (; born 16 July 1962) is a Russian former athlete who competed mainly in shot put for the Soviet Union. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak (sports society), Spartak in Moscow. Career Born in Alegazy, Lisovskaya compet ...

on 7 June 1987, stands at 22.63 m. 14 of the top 15 throwers of all time have set their personal best between 1976 and 1990. Since then, athletes have been subject to more rigorous

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, and marks like these are effectively unreachable today. The best throws by any women since Lisovskaya's record have been Larisa Peleshenko's 21.46 m, set in 2000, followed by

Valerie Adams Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IA ...

's 21.24 m from 2011.

World record progression

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{{Athletics record progressions Shot put, women Shot put, women Shot put

World record progression

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