Biomechanical Analysis of the Shot-Put Event at the

The stadium was Ancient Olympia. The site of the ancient Games of the Olympiad, 2,800 years ago. The site of the modern Games of the Olympiad; the shot put competition was held there. The Purpose of this study was to analyze the best Shot-put performances in the Athens Olympic Games, 2004. The Shot-Put event at the 2004 Olympics was conducted at the sacred Olympia location. The Biomechanical Analysis of the Shot Put event was sponsored by the International Track and Field Coaches Association. Multiple high speed digital video cameras were placed in specific location on the field at proper angles in order to capture the performance of the athletes in the preliminaries and finals. This was the only biomechanical analysis performed at the Athens Olympic Games where cameras were placed on the performance field. Two stationary cameras were placed at 45 degrees to each other. In addition 3 more cameras used by the NBC broadcasting were used to assist the other 2 cameras. Temporal and kinematics variables were calculated from the videos records and were analyzed yielding three-dimensional biomechanical results. Pattern of the segments movement were used rather then absolute values, to assist the athletes and the coaches. Because of limited space, Kinematics parameters presented in this study are for the best 3 final performers. However, analysis was perform for all participants and will be presented in the oral presentation