# Women's shot put world record progression

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 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) shot put.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 50 world records in the event.

## World record progression

* Ratified
* Not ratified
* Ratified but later rescinded
| Mark | Athlete | Date | Location |
| 10.15 m | Violette Gouraud-Morris (FRA) | 14 July 1924 | Paris, France |
| 11.57 m | Lilli Henoch (GER) | 16 August 1925 | Leipzig, Germany |
| 10.84 m | Ruth Lange (GER) | 28 May 1927 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 11.32 m | Ruth Lange (GER) | 6 August 1927 | Breslau, Germany |
| 11.52 m | Ruth Lange (GER) | 3 June 1928 | Berlin, Germany |
| 11.96 m | Grete Heublein (GER) | 15 July 1928 | Berlin, Germany |
| 12.85 m | Grete Heublein (GER) | 21 July 1929 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 12.88 m | Grete Heublein (GER) | 28 June 1931 | Paris, France |
| 13.70 m | Grete Heublein (GER) | 16 August 1931 | Bielefeld, Germany |
| 14.38 m | Gisela Mauermayer (GER) | 15 July 1934 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 14.59 m | Tatyana Sevryukova (URS) | 4 August 1948 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 14.86 m | Klavdia Tochonova (URS) | 30 October 1949 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union |
| 15.02 m | Anna Andreyeva (URS) | 9 November 1950 | Ploiești, Romania |
| 15.28 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 26 July 1952 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 15.37 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 20 September 1952 | Frunze, Soviet Union |
| 15.42 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 1 October 1952 | Frunze, Soviet Union |
| 16.20 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 9 October 1953 | Malmö, Sweden |
| 16.28 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 14 September 1954 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| 16.28 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 5 September 1955 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| 16.67 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 15 November 1955 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union |
| 16.76 m | Galina Zybina (URS) | 13 October 1956 | Tashkent, Soviet Union |
| 17.25 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 26 April 1959 | Nalchik, Soviet Union |
| 17.42 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 16 July 1960 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 17.78 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 13 August 1960 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 18.55 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 10 June 1962 | Leipzig, East Germany |
| 18.55 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 12 September 1962 | Beograd, Yugoslavia |
| 18.59 m | Tamara Press (URS) | 19 September 1965 | Kassel, West Germany |
| 18.67 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 28 April 1968 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
| 18.87 m | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | 22 September 1968 | Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany |
| 19.07 m | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | 20 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 19.61 m | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | 20 October 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 19.72 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 30 May 1969 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 20.09 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 13 July 1969 | Chorzów, Poland |
| 20.10 m | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | 11 September 1969 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 20.10 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 16 September 1969 | Athens, Greece |
| 20.43 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 16 September 1969 | Athens, Greece |
| 20.43 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 29 August 1971 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 20.63 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 19 May 1972 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
| 21.03 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 7 September 1972 | Munich, West Germany |
| 21.20 m | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 28 August 1973 | Lvov, Soviet Union |
| 21.60 m | Marianne Adam (GDR) | 6 August 1975 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 21.67 m | Marianne Adam (GDR) | 30 May 1976 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany |
| 21.87 m | Ivanka Khristova (BUL) | 3 July 1976 | Belmeken, Bulgaria |
| 21.89 m | Ivanka Khristova (BUL) | 4 July 1976 | Belmeken, Bulgaria |
| 21.99 m | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 26 September 1976 | Opava, Czechoslovakia |
| 22.32 m | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20 August 1977 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| 22.36 m | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 2 May 1980 | Celje, Yugoslavia |
| 22.45 m | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 11 May 1980 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| 22.53 m | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 27 May 1984 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
| 22.60 m | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 7 June 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 22.63 m | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 7 June 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |