shot put

Summary

shot put is a sports discipline^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of sports_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,018 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• shot put's instance of is recorded as sports discipline^[3].
• shot put is a type of weight throwing^[4].
• shot put's Commons category is recorded as Shot put^[5].
• shot put's country of origin is recorded as Scotland^[6].
• shot put's sport is recorded as athletics^[7].
• shot put's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shot put^[8].
• shot put's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as athletics=shot_put^[9].
• shot put's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10].
• shot put's uses is recorded as shot^[11].
• shot put's record or record progression is recorded as Q143267^[12].
• shot put's record or record progression is recorded as women's shot put world record progression^[13].
• shot put's practiced by is recorded as shot putter^[14].
• shot put's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

shot put's instance of is recorded as sports discipline^[3]. It is a type of weight throwing^[4].

Why It Matters

shot put ranks in the top 5% of sports_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,018 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]