# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

## Medallists

| Gold | Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL) |
| Silver | Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Li Ling China (CHN) |

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 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

| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valerie Vili | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.45 | | | 19.45 | Q |
| 2 | Li Meiju | China (CHN) | 19.05 | | | 19.05 | Q |
| 3 | Chiara Rosa | Italy (ITA) | 18.77 | | | 18.77 | Q |
| 4 | Li Ling | China (CHN) | 18.76 | | | 18.76 | Q |
| 5 | Petra Lammert | Germany (GER) | 18.72 | | | 18.72 | Q |
| 6 | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 17.34 | 18.52 | | 18.52 | Q |
| 7 | Yumileidi Cumbá | Cuba (CUB) | 18.17 | 18.22 | 18.29 | 18.29 | q |
| 8 | Anna Avdeyeva | Russia (RUS) | 17.52 | 17.42 | 18.19 | 18.19 | |
| 9 | Helena Engman | Sweden (SWE) | X | 15.27 | 17.50 | 17.50 | |
| 10 | Kristin Heaston | United States (USA) | 17.14 | X | 17.40 | 17.40 | |
| 11 | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil (BRA) | 16.92 | X | 17.07 | 17.07 | |
| 12 | Sarah Stevens | United States (USA) | 16.87 | X | 16.26 | 16.87 | |
| 13 | Ana Pouhila | Tonga (TGA) | 16.41 | 16.61 | 16.62 | 16.62 | |
| 14 | Lin Chia-Ying | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 16.05 | 16.20 | 16.41 | 16.41 | |

### Group B

| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nadine Kleinert | Germany (GER) | 19.17 | | | 19.17 | Q |
| 2 | Anna Omarova | Russia (RUS) | 18.85 | | | 18.85 | Q |
| 3 | Gong Lijiao | China (CHN) | X | 18.20 | 18.38 | 18.38 | Q |
| 4 | Misleydis González | Cuba (CUB) | 18.28 | 18.17 | 18.05 | 18.28 | q |
| 5 | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Belarus (BLR) | 18.23 | X | 18.11 | 18.23 | q |
| 6 | Assunta Legnante | Italy (ITA) | 17.26 | 17.86 | 18.19 | 18.19 | |
| 7 | Oksana Gaus | Russia (RUS) | 17.58 | 17.65 | 17.20 | 17.65 | |
| 8 | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 16.76 | 17.29 | X | 17.29 | |
| 9 | Yoko Toyonaga | Japan (JPN) | 16.34 | 16.52 | 17.02 | 17.02 | SB |
| 10 | Jillian Camarena | United States (USA) | 16.95 | X | 16.89 | 16.95 | |
| 11 | Irache Quintanal | Spain (ESP) | 16.53 | X | 16.32 | 16.53 | |
| 12 | Anca Heltne | Romania (ROM) | 16.19 | 16.27 | X | 16.27 | |
| 13 | Iolanta Ulyeva | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 15.49 | 15.52 | 15.01 | 15.52 | |
| — | Vivian Chukwuemeka | Nigeria (NGR) | X | X | X | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Valerie Vili | New Zealand (NZL) | 19.89 | 19.74 | 19.80 | X | 19.95 | 20.54 | 20.54 m | WL |
| | Nadine Kleinert | Germany (GER) | 18.75 | 19.45 | 19.04 | X | 19.77 | 19.72 | 19.77 m | SB |
| | Li Ling | China (CHN) | 18.21 | 18.88 | X | 18.92 | X | 19.38 | 19.38 m | PB |
| 4 | Petra Lammert | Germany (GER) | 19.33 | X | 19.27 | 18.86 | 18.92 | X | 19.33 m | |
| 5 | Li Meiju | China (CHN) | 17.29 | 18.79 | 18.83 | 18.32 | 18.77 | 18.62 | 18.83 m | |
| 6 | Gong Lijiao | China (CHN) | 17.82 | 18.66 | X | 18.34 | X | X | 18.66 m | |
| 7 | Chiara Rosa | Italy (ITA) | X | 18.35 | 18.17 | 18.39 | X | X | 18.39 m | |
| 8 | Anna Omarova | Russia (RUS) | 18.20 | X | X | | | | 18.20 m | |
| 9 | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | Belarus (BLR) | X | 18.17 | X | | | | 18.17 m | |
| 10 | Misleydis González | Cuba (CUB) | 17.36 | 18.14 | 17.87 | | | | 18.14 m | |
| 11 | Yumileidi Cumbá | Cuba (CUB) | X | 17.93 | 17.83 | | | | 17.93 m | |
| — | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | Belarus (BLR) | 20.04 | X | 19.17 | X | X | 20.48 | 20.48 m | DQ |