Aruncarea greutății este o disciplină sportivă care aparține de atletism. Greutatea este o bilă de metal cu diametrul între 110 - 130 mm, care cântărește 7,26 kg la bărbați si 4 kg la femei. Tehnica este aruncarea bilei cu o mână de la umăr dintr-un cerc cu diametrul de 2,135 m. Disciplina sportivă este cunoscută din antichitate, fiind amintită în Iliada lui Homer. Probabil deja anterior a existat proba de aruncare a unei greutăți mai mari, ca o demonstrație a forței masculine. Mai târziu obiectul aruncat devine confecționat din metal. În anul 1860 bila aruncată cântărește 16 pfunzi (7,257 kg). Ea fiind aruncată dintr-un pătrat cu latura de 7 picioare (2,135 m). Din anul 1906 se va arunca dintr-un cerc cu același diametru de 2,135 m.
- 15,54 m, Ralph Rose (USA), 1909
- 16,04 m, Emil Hirschfeld (GER), 1928
- 17,40 m, Jack Torrance (USA), 1934
- 18,00 m, Parry O'Brien (USA), 1953
- 19,06 m, Parry O'Brien (USA), 1956
- 20,06 m, Bill Nieder (USA), 1960
- 21,52 m, Randy Matson (USA), 1965
- 22,00 m, Alexander Baryschnikow (URSS), 1976
- Ulf Timmermann (RDG), 1988
- 10,15 m, Violette Gouraud-Morris (FRA), 1924
- 11,32 m, Ruth Lange (GER), 1927
- 12,85 m, Grete Heublein (GER), 1929
- 13,70 m, Grete Heublein (GER), 1931
14,38 m, Gisela Mauermayer (GER), 1934
- 15,02 m, Anna Andrejewa (URSS), 1950
16,20 m, Galina Sybina (URSS), 1953
- 17,25 m, Tamara Press (URSS), 1959
- 18,55 m, Tamara Press (URSS), 1962
- 19,07 m, Margitta Gummel (RDG), 1968
- 20,09 m, Nadeșda Cișova (URSS), 1969
- 21,03 m, Nadeșda Cișova (URSS), 1972
- 22,32 m, Helena Fibingerová (CEH), 1977
Evoluția recordului mondial[modificare]
| Distanță |
Sportiv |
Țară |
Data |
Locul |
| 15,54 |
Ralph Rose |
USA |
21.08.1909 |
San Francisco |
| 15,79 |
Emil Hirschfeld |
GER |
06.05.1928 |
Breslau |
| 15,87 |
John Kuck |
USA |
29.06.1928 |
Amsterdam |
| 16,04 |
Emil Hirschfeld |
GER |
26.08.1928 |
Bochum |
| 16,04 |
Frantisek Douda |
TCH |
04.10.1931 |
Brno |
| 16,05 |
Zygmunt Heljasz |
POL |
29.06.1932 |
Poznan |
| 16,16 |
Leo Sexton |
USA |
27.08.1932 |
Freeport |
| 16,20 |
Frantisek Douda |
TCH |
24.09.1932 |
Prag |
| 16,48 |
John Lyman |
USA |
21.04.1934 |
Palo Alto |
| 16,80 |
Jack Torrance |
USA |
21.04.1934 |
Des Moines |
| 16,89 |
Jack Torrance |
USA |
30.06.1934 |
Milwaukee |
| 17,40 |
Jack Torrance |
USA |
05.08.1934 |
Oslo |
| 17,68 |
Charles Fonville |
USA |
17.04.1948 |
Lawrence |
| 17,79 |
James Fuchs |
USA |
28.07.1949 |
Oslo |
| 17,82 |
James Fuchs |
USA |
29.04.1950 |
Los Angeles |
| 17,90 |
James Fuchs |
USA |
20.08.1950 |
Visby |
| 17,95 |
James Fuchs |
USA |
22.08.1950 |
Eskilstuna |
| 18,00 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
09.05.1953 |
Fresno |
| 18,04 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
05.06.1953 |
Compton |
| 18,42 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
08.05.1954 |
Los Angeles |
| 18,43 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
11.06.1954 |
Los Angeles |
| 18,54 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
11.06.1954 |
Los Angeles |
| 18,62 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
05.05.1956 |
Salt Lake City |
| 18,69 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
15.06.1956 |
Los Angeles |
| 19,06 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
03.09.1956 |
Eugene |
| 19,25 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
01.11.1956 |
Los Angeles |
| 19,25 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
28.03.1959 |
Santa Barbara |
| 19,30 |
Parry O'Brien |
USA |
11.08.1959 |
Albuquerque |
| 19,38 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
05.03.1960 |
Los Angeles |
| 19,45 |
Bill Nieder |
USA |
19.03.1960 |
Palo Alto |
| 19,67 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
26.03.1960 |
Los Angeles |
| 19,99 |
Bill Nieder |
USA |
02.04.1960 |
Austin |
| 20,06 |
Bill Nieder |
USA |
12.08.1960 |
Walnut |
| 20,08 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
18.05.1962 |
Los Angeles |
| 20,10 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
04.04.1964 |
Los Angeles |
| 20,20 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
29.05.1964 |
Los Angeles |
| 20,68 |
Dallas Long |
USA |
25.07.1964 |
Los Angeles |
| 21,52 |
Randy Matson |
USA |
08.05.1965 |
College Station |
| 21,78 |
Randy Matson |
USA |
22.04.1967 |
College Station |
| 21,82 |
Al Feuerbach |
USA |
05.05.1973 |
San José |
| 21,85 |
Terry Albritton |
USA |
21.02.1976 |
Honolulu |
| 22,00 |
Alexander Baryschnikow |
URS |
10.06.1976 |
Paris |
| 22,15 |
Udo Beyer |
GDR |
06.07.1978 |
Göteborg |
| 22,22 |
Udo Beyer |
GDR |
25.06.1983 |
Los Angeles |
| 22,62 |
Ulf Timmermann |
GDR |
22.09.1985 |
Berlin |
| 22,64 |
Udo Beyer |
GDR |
20.08.1986 |
Berlin |
| 22,72 |
Alessandro Andrei |
ITA |
12.08.1987 |
Viareggio |
| 22,84 |
Alessandro Andrei |
ITA |
12.08.1987 |
Viareggio |
| 22,91 |
Alessandro Andrei |
ITA |
12.08.1987 |
Viareggio |
| 23,06 |
Ulf Timmermann |
GDR |
22.05.1988 |
Chania |
| 23,12 |
Randy Barnes |
USA |
20.05.1990 |
Westwood |
| Distanță |
Sportiv |
Țară |
Data |
Locul |
| 10,15 * |
Violette Gouraud-Morris |
FRA |
14.07.1924 |
Paris |
| 10,84 * |
Ruth Lange |
GER |
28.05.1927 |
Praga |
| 11,32 * |
Ruth Lange |
GER |
06.08.1927 |
Breslau |
| 11,52 * |
Ruth Lange |
GER |
03.06.1928 |
Berlin |
| 11,96 * |
Grete Heublein |
GER |
15.07.1928 |
Berlin |
| 12,85 * |
Grete Heublein |
GER |
21.07.1929 |
Frankfurt am Main |
| 12,88 * |
Grete Heublein |
GER |
28.06.1931 |
Paris |
| 13,70 * |
Grete Heublein |
GER |
16.08.1931 |
Bielefeld |
| 14,38 |
Gisela Mauermayer |
GER |
15.07.1934 |
Varșovia |
| 14,59 |
Tatjana Sewrjukowa |
URS |
04.08.1948 |
Moscova |
| 14,86 |
Klawdija Totschonowa |
URS |
30.10.1949 |
Tiflis |
| 15,02 |
Anna Andrejewa |
URS |
09.11.1950 |
Ploiești |
| 15,28 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
26.07.1952 |
Helsinki |
| 15,37 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
20.09.1952 |
Frunze |
| 15,42 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
01.10.1952 |
Frunze |
| 16,20 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
09.10.1953 |
Malmö |
| 16,28 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
14.09.1954 |
Kiev |
| 16,29 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
05.09.1955 |
Leningrad |
| 16,67 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
15.11.1955 |
Tiflis |
| 16,76 |
Galina Sybina |
URS |
13.10.1956 |
Tașkent |
| 17,25 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
26.04.1959 |
Nalcik |
| 17,42 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
16.07.1960 |
Moscova |
| 17,78 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
13.08.1960 |
Moscova |
| 18,55 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
10.06.1962 |
Leipzig |
| 18,55 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
12.09.1962 |
Belgrad |
| 18,59 |
Tamara Press |
URS |
19.09.1965 |
Kassel |
| 18,67 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
28.04.1968 |
Soci |
| 18,87 |
Margitta Gummel |
GDR |
22.09.1968 |
Frankfurt (Oder) |
| 19,07 |
Margitta Gummel |
GDR |
20.10.1968 |
Ciudad de México |
| 19,61 |
Margitta Gummel |
GDR |
20.10.1968 |
Ciudad de México |
| 19,72 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
30.05.1969 |
Moscova |
| 20,09 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
13.07.1969 |
Chorzów |
| 20,10 |
Margitta Gummel |
GDR |
11.09.1969 |
Berlin |
| 20,10 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
16.09.1969 |
Athen |
| 20,43 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
16.09.1969 |
Athen |
| 20,43 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
29.08.1971 |
Moscova |
| 20,63 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
19.05.1972 |
Soci |
| 21,03 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
07.09.1972 |
München |
| 21,20 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
28.08.1973 |
Lwiw |
| 21,45 |
Nadeschda Tschischowa |
URS |
29.09.1973 |
Varna |
| 21,57 |
Helena Fibingerová |
TCH |
21.09.1974 |
Gottwaldov |
| 21,60 |
Marianne Adam |
GDR |
06.08.1975 |
Berlin |
| 21,67 |
Marianne Adam |
GDR |
30.05.1976 |
Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| 21,87 |
Iwanka Christowa |
BUL |
03.07.1976 |
Belmeken |
| 21,89 |
Iwanka Christowa |
BUL |
05.07.1976 |
Belmeken |
| 21,99 |
Helena Fibingerová |
TCH |
26.07.1976 |
Opava |
| 22,32 |
Helena Fibingerová |
TCH |
20.08.1977 |
Nitra |
| 22,36 |
Ilona Slupianek |
GDR |
02.05.1980 |
Celje |
| 22,45 |
Ilona Slupianek |
GDR |
10.05.1980 |
Potsdam |
| 22,53 |
Natalja Lissowskaja |
URS |
27.05.1984 |
Soci |
| 22,60 |
Natalja Lissowskaja |
URS |
07.06.1987 |
Moscova |
| 22,63 |
Natalja Lissowskaja |
URS |
07.06.1987 |
Moscova |
- Ralf Meier și Dr. Dieter Zittlau: Lexikon des Kraftsports. Zenon-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-925790-19-5