# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's Shot Put at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8 March 2014.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Valerie Adams New Zealand | Christina Schwanitz Germany | Gong Lijiao China |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 22.50 | Jablonec, Czechoslovakia | 19 February 1977 |
| Championship record | Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) | 20.85 | Doha, Qatar | 14 March 2010 |
| World Leading | Christina Schwanitz (GER) | 20.05 | Rochlitz, Germany | 2 February 2014 |
| African record | Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) | 18.13 | Flagstaff, United States | 4 February 2006 |
| Asian record | Sui Xinmei (CHN) | 21.10 | Beijing, China | 3 March 1990 |
| European record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 22.50 | Jablonec, Czechoslovakia | 19 February 1977 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jillian Camarena-Williams (USA) | 19.89 | Fayetteville, United States | 11 February 2012 |
| Oceanian Record | Valerie Vili (NZL) | 20.98 | Zürich, Germany | 28 August 2013 |
| South American record | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 18.33 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |
| Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships |||||
| World Leading | Valerie Adams (NZL) | 20.11 | Sopot, Poland | 8 March 2014 |
| World Leading | Valerie Adams (NZL) | 20.67 | Sopot, Poland | 8 March 2014 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 17.80 ||

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 8, 2014 | 10:15 | Qualification |
| March 8, 2014 | 18:50 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 18.70 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 20.11 | | | 20.11 | Q, WL |
| 2 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 18.58 | 19.73 | | 19.73 | Q |
| 3 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Belarus | 18.85 | | | 18.85 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Michelle Carter | United States | 18.79 | | | 18.79 | Q, SB |
| 5 | Anita Márton | Hungary | 17.69 | 18.37 | 18.63 | 18.63 | q, PB |
| 6 | Gong Lijiao | China | 18.55 | 18.59 | 18.60 | 18.60 | q, SB |
| DQ | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | 18.32 | x | x | 18.32 | q, Doping |
| 7 | Jeneva McCall | United States | x | 17.95 | 18.20 | 18.20 | q |
| 8 | Irina Tarasova | Russia | 18.11 | 17.81 | 18.07 | 18.11 | |
| 9 | Alena Kopets | Belarus | 17.73 | x | x | 17.73 | |
| DQ | Anca Heltne | Romania | x | 17.35 | x | 17.35 | |
| 10 | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 17.31 | x | 17.05 | 17.31 | |
| 11 | Natalia Ducó | Chile | 17.07 | 16.99 | 17.24 | 17.24 | NR |
| 12 | Úrsula Ruiz | Spain | 17.16 | 17.08 | x | 17.16 | |
| 13 | Josephine Terlecki | Germany | 16.76 | 16.94 | 17.11 | 17.11 | |
| 14 | Olha Holodna | Ukraine | 17.11 | x | x | 17.11 | |
| 15 | Halyna Obleshchuk | Ukraine | x | 16.74 | 16.36 | 16.74 | |
| 16 | Radoslava Mavrodieva | Bulgaria | x | 16.37 | 16.48 | 16.48 | |
| 17 | Lin Chia-ying | Chinese Taipei | 15.87 | x | 16.31 | 16.31 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 20.06 | 20.41 | x | 20.10 | 20.67 | 20.16 | 20.67 | WL |
| | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 19.69 | x | 19.54 | 19.36 | 19.94 | 19.51 | 19.94 | |
| | Gong Lijiao | China | 18.96 | 18.89 | 19.07 | 19.24 | 18.72 | 19.19 | 19.24 | SB |
| DQ | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Russia | x | 18.18 | 18.88 | 18.66 | x | 19.11 | 19.11 | SB, Doping |
| 4 | Michelle Carter | United States | x | 19.10 | x | 18.63 | 18.64 | x | 19.10 | SB |
| 5 | Anita Márton | Hungary | 18.17 | 17.73 | 18.06 | 17.99 | x | 18.05 | 18.17 | |
| 6 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Belarus | x | 18.02 | 18.16 | 17.98 | x | x | 18.16 | |
| 7 | Jeneva McCall | United States | 18.05 | 17.76 | 17.67 | 17.52 | 17.56 | x | 18.05 | |