The women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeVita PavlyshAstrid KumbernußIrina Korzhanenko

Results

Qualification Qualification: 18.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Vita Pavlysh 20.22 20.22 Q 2 B Astrid Kumbernuß 18.80 18.80 Q 3 B Irina Korzhanenko 18.71 18.71 Q 4 B Krystyna Zabawska 17.63 18.54 18.54 Q 5 A Stephanie Storp 18.49 18.49 Q 6 B Judy Oakes x 17.86 18.31 18.31 Q, SB 7 A Elisângela Adriano 17.20 x 18.31 18.31 Q 8 B Huang Zhihong 18.23 18.23 Q 9 A Connie Price-Smith 17.71 x 17.85 17.85 q 10 A Corrie de Bruin 17.59 x 17.70 17.70 q 11 B Mara Rosolen 17.60 x 17.17 17.60 q 12 A Zhang Liuhong 17.36 17.21 17.27 17.36 q 13 B Margarita Ramos 16.88 x x 16.88 14 A Katarzyna Żakowicz 16.68 x 15.92 16.68 15 B Valeyta Althouse x 16.63 x 16.63 16 A Kalliopi Ouzouni 16.45 x 16.59 16.59 A Svetlana Krivelyova

Final Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Vita Pavlysh 19.08 20.00 19.99 – 19.72 20.00 20.00 Astrid Kumbernuß 19.51 19.62 19.44 19.72 19.92 19.71 19.92 Irina Korzhanenko 19.40 – 19.49 – 19.45 – 19.49 PB Stephanie Storp 18.62 – – 18.80 – – 18.80 SB Huang Zhihong 18.46 18.33 18.56 18.19 18.67 18.40 18.67 Connie Price-Smith 17.87 – 18.38 – 18.15 – 18.38 Mara Rosolen 18.37 – 17.98 – 17.79 – 18.38 Zhang Liuhong 18.29 – – – – – 18.29 Krystyna Zabawska – 18.18 17.71 18.18 10 Judy Oakes 17.51 – – 17.51 11 Elisângela Adriano 17.45 – – 17.45 12 Corrie de Bruin 17.28 17.36 – 17.36

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