Stone throwing

Throwing a stone during the 2014 Sitka Highland Games

Lithograph by Joseph Brodtmann after, Jacob Schwegler

Stone throwing or stone throwing is an old Germanic sport, which nowadays z. B. is still practiced at the highland games or the Otterndorfer Germanic pentathlon . The aim is to throw a standardized stone as far as possible.

Stone's throw was carried out as an Olympic discipline in 1906. In senior athletics, stone throwing is still a discipline at world championships and is the fifth discipline in addition to the shot put , discus throw , hammer throw and javelin throw in throwing pentathlon (sometimes also referred to as throwing all-around or similar). The weight of the stone decreases with the age of the thrower.

Weights

Valid for German German Championships of the DLV :

Men

• Age group 30-49: 15.88 kg
• Age group 50-59: 11.43 kg
• Age group 60-69: 9.08 kg
• from age group 70: 7.26 kg

Women

• Age group 30-49: 9.08 kg
• Age group 50-59: 7.26 kg
• from age group 60: 5.45 kg

See also

• Unspunnenstein
• Shot put
• Bat ball
• Trajectory
• Jumping stones

Web links

Commons : Throws of stones  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.germanenfest.de
• http://www.flvw.de/leichta/php/db/info.php?id=2758 - detailed information on the German Championships senior throwing all-around 2007 in Bad Oeynhausen with announcement, weights of throwing devices, participants etc.