In the shot put competition, the sport is to stand in the throwing circle and start throwing.

The periphery of the throwing ring is inlaid with iron, 6 mm thick, and the top is painted white. When throwing, athletes must not touch the top of the iron edge or the ground outside the throwing circle.

The diameter of the shot put throwing ring is 2. 1.35 meters. There is a wooden baffle with a length of1.21-1.23m in front of the shot put ring to prevent the athletes from slipping out of the ring.

Athletes can touch the inside of the board, but not the top of the board.

In the competition, the landing zone is a flat area composed of cinders, lawns or other substances that can leave traces.

Each sector is separated by a 5 cm wide white line. In the shot put competition, the sector angle of the landing zone was changed from 40 degrees to 34.92 degrees in 2003.

Sports specialty students, also known as the enrollment of high-level athletes, refer to the students who have sports specialties and meet the requirements of the annual enrollment work of colleges and universities from the students who take the national unified enrollment examination of ordinary colleges and universities according to the needs of the construction of high-level sports teams in schools approved by the Ministry of Education.

On March 2, 20181day, the Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Enrollment of Ordinary Colleges and Universities in 2065 438+08", completely canceling the project of adding points to the national college entrance examination for sports special students.