# 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 19.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Huang Zhihong PR China (CHN) |
| Silver | Svetlana Krivelyova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Kathrin Neimke Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 14.08.1993 – 18:00h | 14.08.1993 – 18:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 15.08.1993 – 19:20h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | June 7, 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Event Record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 21.24 m | September 5, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification

* Held on Saturday 1993-08-14
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.36 m |
| 2. | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 19.16 m |
| 3. | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 19.11 m |
| 4. | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 19.02 m |
| 5. | Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) | 18.84 m |
| 6. | Anna Romanova (RUS) | 18.12 m |
| 7. | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | 18.09 m |
| 8. | Vita Pavlysh (UKR) | 18.00 m |
| 9. | Jana Ciobanu (ROM) | 17.77 m |
| 10. | Danijela Čurović (IWP) | 16.91 m |
| 11. | Marika Tuliniemi (FIN) | 16.80 m |
| 12. | Elisangela Adriano (BRA) | 16.41 m |
| 13. | Nataša Erjavec (SLO) | 15.71 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 19.96 m |
| 2. | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.92 m |
| 3. | Sui Xinmei (CHN) | 19.67 m |
| 4. | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 19.38 m |
| 5. | Valentina Fedyushina (UKR) | 19.04 m |
| 6. | Cong Yuzhen (CHN) | 18.97 m |
| 7. | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 18.54 m |
| 8. | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | 18.62 m |
| 9. | Lisette Martínez (CUB) | 18.44 m |
| 10. | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 16.61 m |
| 11. | Myrtle Augee (GBR) | 16.06 m |
| 12. | Christy Barrett (USA) | 14.58 m |
| 13. | Aye Aye Nwe (MYA) | 13.88 m |
| 14. | Tea Ai Seng (BRU) | 12.23 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.75 | 20.31 | 20.19 | 20.57 | x | 20.46 | 20.57 m | |
| | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 19.97 | 19.57 | x | x | 19.56 | x | 19.97 m | |
| | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 19.71 | 19.36 | x | x | 19.25 | 19.19 | 19.71 m | |
| 4 | Sui Xinmei (CHN) | 19.46 | 19.61 | 19.49 | 19.46 | x | 19.51 | 19.61 m | |
| 5 | Cong Yuzhen (CHN) | 18.64 | 18.83 | 19.26 | 19.23 | 19.50 | 19.58 | 19.58 m | |
| 6 | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.42 | 18.99 | 19.02 | 19.32 | 19.33 | 19.15 | 19.42 m | |
| 7 | Valentina Fedyushina (UKR) | 18.71 | 19.18 | 19.27 | x | x | 18.69 | 19.27 m | |
| 8 | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.09 | 18.98 | 19.27 | 18.79 | x | - | 19.27 m | |
| 9 | Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) | | | | | | | 19.22 m | |
| 10 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | | | | | | | 18.91 m | |
| 11 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | | | | | | | 18.83 m | |
| 12 | Ramona Pagel (USA) | | | | | | | 17.77 m | |