▁with ▁places ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁best ▁throw . ▁ ▁We ight ▁Th row ▁Record ▁( 2 8 ▁lb ): ▁Greg or ▁Edmund s , ▁ 9 5 ' ▁ 1 0 " ▁Mark inch , ▁Scotland , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁We ight ▁throw ▁for ▁height ▁ ▁The ▁weight ▁over ▁the ▁bar , ▁or ▁weight ▁throw ▁for ▁height , ▁is ▁cont ested ▁at ▁high land ▁games ▁in ▁Scotland ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁and ▁at ▁track ▁and ▁field ▁events ▁in ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁The ▁weight ▁is ▁thrown ▁one - hand ed ▁over ▁a ▁bar ▁set ▁at ▁increasing ▁height s ▁above ▁the ▁thro wer . ▁Similar ▁to ▁the ▁high ▁jump ▁or ▁pole ▁v ault , ▁the ▁thro wer ▁has ▁three ▁attempts ▁for ▁each ▁success ive ▁height . ▁Places ▁are ▁determined ▁by ▁maximum ▁height ▁reached ▁with ▁the ▁few est ▁miss es . ▁ ▁The ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁weight ▁var ies ▁with ▁the ▁competition ▁class . ▁Advanced ▁male ▁athlet es ▁throw ▁a ▁ 2 5   kg ▁( 5 6   lb . ▁or ▁four ▁stone ) ▁weight , ▁female ▁athlet es ▁throw ▁a ▁ 1 2   kg ▁( 2 8   lb .) ▁weight ▁and ▁male ▁master ▁class ▁or ▁senior ▁athlet es ▁throw ▁a ▁ 1 9   kg ▁( 4 2   lb ). ▁weight . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁techniques ▁for ▁this ▁event . ▁The ▁classic ▁technique ▁sw ings ▁the ▁weight ▁between ▁the ▁legs ▁before ▁pulling ▁the ▁weight ▁up ▁and ▁directly ▁overhead . ▁The ▁alternate ▁technique ▁( which ▁is ▁not ▁allowed