# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday, August 7, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 19.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Vita Pavlysh Ukraine (UKR) |
| Bronze | Stephanie Storp Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 05.08.1997 – 19:45h | 05.08.1997 – 19:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 07.08.1997 – 18:30h ||

## 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 1997 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
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | 18.00 | 18.35 | X | 18.35 m | |
| 2 | 6 | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 16.89 | 17.87 | 18.26 | 18.26 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 18.12 | X | X | 18.12 m | |
| 4 | 12 | Valeyta Althouse (USA) | 17.89 | 17.03 | 17.36 | 17.89 m | |
| 5 | 13 | Mara Rosolen (ITA) | 16.49 | 16.84 | 17.87 | 17.87 m | |
| 6 | 15 | Zhang Liuhong (CHN) | 17.82 | 17.68 | 17.67 | 17.82 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) | X | X | 17.80 | 17.80 m | |
| 8 | 19 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | X | 17.38 | 17.71 | 17.71 m | |
| 9 | 20 | Valentina Fedyushina (UKR) | 17.31 | X | 17.19 | 17.31 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Laurence Manfredi (FRA) | X | 16.92 | 17.02 | 17.02 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Lee Myung-Sun (KOR) | 16.38 | 16.39 | X | 16.39 m | |
| — | — | Kalliopi Ouzouni (GRE) | X | X | X | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 20.69 | — | — | 20.69 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Vita Pavlysh (UKR) | 20.48 | — | — | 20.48 m | |
| 3 | 3 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.05 | — | — | 19.05 m | |
| 4 | 4 | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | X | 18.41 | X | 18.41 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 17.60 | 18.07 | 18.04 | 18.07 m | |
| 6 | 9 | Tressa Thompson (USA) | 16.37 | 18.07 | X | 18.07 m | |
| 7 | 10 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | X | X | 18.05 | 18.05 m | |
| 8 | 11 | Li Meisu (CHN) | 17.72 | X | 17.99 | 17.99 m | |
| 9 | 14 | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 17.78 | X | 17.84 | 17.84 m | |
| 10 | 17 | Anna Romanova (RUS) | 17.79 | 17.79 | X | 17.79 m | |
| 11 | 18 | Yanina Korolchik (BLR) | 17.44 | 17.42 | 17.75 | 17.75 m | |
| 12 | 22 | Eleni Tsentemeidou (GRE) | 16.62 | X | X | 16.62 m | |
| 13 | 24 | Nada Kawar (JOR) | 15.76 | 15.45 | 15.14 | 15.76 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 20.59 | 20.71 | 20.52 | 20.24 | X | 20.70 | 20.71 m | |
| | Vita Pavlysh (UKR) | X | 20.57 | X | 20.51 | 20.36 | 20.66 | 20.66 m | |
| | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 19.22 | 18.84 | X | 18.67 | X | 18.92 | 19.22 m | |
| 4 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 18.63 | 18.64 | 18.72 | 19.15 | X | 19.07 | 19.15 m | |
| 5 | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | 19.00 | 18.17 | 18.64 | X | 18.53 | X | 19.00 m | |
| 6 | Li Meisu (CHN) | 17.30 | 18.62 | 18.21 | 18.58 | 18.10 | 18.50 | 18.62 m | |
| 7 | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 18.33 | 18.42 | X | 17.91 | 18.22 | X | 18.42 m | |
| 8 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | X | X | 17.83 | X | 17.55 | X | 17.83 m | |
| 9 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 17.75 | 17.51 | 17.62 | | | | 17.75 m | |
| 10 | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | X | 17.08 | 17.38 | | | | 17.38 m | |
| 11 | Valeyta Althouse (USA) | 16.92 | X | 16.78 | | | | 16.92 m | |
| 12 | Tressa Thompson (USA) | X | 16.48 | X | | | | 16.48 m | |