The first world record in the women's shot put was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1924. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. These women's distances were achieved with a shot put.

As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 50 world records in the event. , the official world record, set by Natalya Lisovskaya on 7 June 1987, stands at 22.63 m.

14 of the top 15 throwers of all time have set their personal best between 1976 and 1990. Since then, athletes have been subject to more rigorous drug testing, and marks like these are effectively unreachable today. The best throws by any women since Lisovskaya's record have been Larisa Peleshenko's 21.46 m, set in 2000, followed by Valerie Adams's 21.24 m from 2011.

World record progression

Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded

Indoor Only Fibingerova's 22.50 m in 1987 was ratified by the IAAF.

+ Women's shot put indoor world record progression Mark Athlete Date Location 9 March 1937 Warsaw 6 February 1938 Poznań 3 February 1940 Munich 1 February 1947 Moscow 1 February 1947 Leningrad 23 February 1948 Moscow 1 March 1953 Leningrad 31 October 1954 Leningrad 1 March 1958 Leningrad 9 March 1958 Leningrad 17 January 1960 Leningrad 19 March 1961 Leningrad 28 March 1963 Leningrad 9 February 1964 East Berlin 2 April 1964 Leningrad 26 March 1965 Leningrad 22 December 1967 Leningrad 28 January 1968 Leningrad 18 January 1970 Leningrad 1 February 1970 Moscow 15 March 1970 Vienna 16 January 1971 Leningrad 14 February 1971 East Berlin 20 February 1971 East Berlin 20 February 1971 East Berlin 20 February 1971 East Berlin 28 February 1971 East Berlin 13 March 1971 Sofia 16 February 1974 Sofia 2 March 1974 Moscow 9 March 1974 Gothenburg 15 February 1975 Jablonec nad Nisou 29 January 1977 Ostrava 2 February 1977 Budapest 2 February 1977 Budapest 19 February 1977 Jablonec nad Nisou

Outdoor MarkAthlete DateLocation 10.15 m 14 July 1924 Paris, France 11.57 m 16 August 1925 Leipzig, Germany 10.84 m 28 May 1927 Prague, Czechoslovakia 11.32 m 6 August 1927 Breslau, Germany 11.52 m 3 June 1928 Berlin, Germany 11.96 m 15 July 1928 12.85 m 21 July 1929 Frankfurt, Germany 12.88 m 28 June 1931 Paris, France 13.70 m 16 August 1931 Bielefeld, Germany 14.38 m 15 July 1934 Warsaw, Poland 14.59 m 4 August 1948 Moscow, Soviet Union 14.86 m 30 October 1949 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 15.02 m 9 November 1950 Ploiești, Romania 15.28 m 26 July 1952 Helsinki, Finland 15.37 m 20 September 1952 Frunze, Soviet Union 15.42 m 1 October 1952 16.20 m 9 October 1953 Malmö, Sweden 16.28 m 14 September 1954 Kyiv, Soviet Union 16.28 m 5 September 1955 Leningrad, Soviet Union 16.67 m 15 November 1955 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 16.76 m 13 October 1956 Tashkent, Soviet Union 17.25 m 26 April 1959 Nalchik, Soviet Union 17.42 m 16 July 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union 17.78 m 13 August 1960 18.55 m 10 June 1962 Leipzig, East Germany 18.55 m 12 September 1962 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 18.59 m 19 September 1965 Kassel, West Germany 18.67 m 28 April 1968 Sochi, Soviet Union 18.87 m 22 September 1968 Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany 19.07 m 20 October 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 19.61 m 19.72 m 30 May 1969 Moscow, Soviet Union 20.09 m 13 July 1969 Chorzów, Poland 20.10 m 11 September 1969 East Berlin, East Germany 20.10 m 16 September 1969 Athens, Greece 20.43 m 20.43 m 29 August 1971 Moscow, Soviet Union 20.63 m 19 May 1972 Sochi, Soviet Union 21.03 m 7 September 1972 Munich, West Germany 21.20 m 28 August 1973 Lviv, Soviet Union 21.60 m 6 August 1975 East Berlin, East Germany 21.67 m 30 May 1976 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 21.87 m 3 July 1976 Belmeken, Bulgaria 21.89 m 4 July 1976 21.99 m 26 September 1976 Opava, Czechoslovakia 22.32 m 20 August 1977 Nitra, Czechoslovakia 22.36 m 2 May 1980 Celje, Yugoslavia 22.45 m 11 May 1980 Potsdam, East Germany 22.53 m 27 May 1984 Sochi, Soviet Union 22.60 m 7 June 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union 22.63 m

See also Men's shot put world record progression

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