# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The Women's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13. The event was won by Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus but when samples taken from her during those games were retested in 2013, they revealed she had been doping.
After revision, Olga Ryabinkina from Russia and Valerie Vili from New Zealand were promoted to gold and silver respectively. The bronze medal was awarded to Nadine Kleinert from Germany who originally finished fifth since all the results of the fourth-placer Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia between August 18, 2004, and August 17, 2006, were annulled in a separate doping case.
The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 3 cm at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olga Ryabinkina Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL) |
| Bronze | Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 12.08.2005 – 18:30h | 12.08.2005 – 17:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 13.08.2005 – 18:40h ||

## 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 2005 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 | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | X | 18.94 | — | 18.94 m | |
| 2 | Olga Ryabinkina (RUS) | 17.65 | 18.72 | — | 18.72 m | |
| 3 | Li Meiju (CHN) | 17.30 | 17.31 | 18.35 | 18.35 m | |
| 4 | Assunta Legnante (ITA) | 17.46 | 17.80 | 18.06 | 18.06 m | |
| 5 | Lieja Tunks (NED) | 17.75 | 17.62 | 17.87 | 17.87 m | |
| 6 | Olga Ivanova (RUS) | X | 17.21 | 17.80 | 17.80 m | |
| 7 | Petra Lammert (GER) | X | 17.72 | 17.56 | 17.72 m | |
| 8 | Kristin Heaston (USA) | 17.53 | X | X | 17.53 m | |
| 9 | Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) | X | 17.50 | 17.35 | 17.50 m | |
| 10 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 15.86 | 16.18 | 16.94 | 16.94 m | |
| 11 | Cristiana Checchi (ITA) | X | 16.35 | 16.67 | 16.67 m | |
| 12 | Ana Po'uhila (TGA) | X | 15.14 | X | 15.14 m | |
| | Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) | 19.65 | — | — | 19.65 m | DQ |

### Group B

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | Valerie Vili (NZL) | 19.87 | — | — | 19.87 m | AR |
| 2 | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 18.90 | — | — | 18.90 m | |
| 3 | Natallia Kharaneka (BLR) | 18.83 | — | — | 18.83 m | |
| 4 | Misleydis González (CUB) | 18.53 | — | — | 18.53 m | |
| 5 | Christina Schwanitz (GER) | 17.82 | 18.17 | 18.35 | 18.35 m | |
| 6 | Kimberly Barrett (JAM) | 17.14 | 17.85 | 17.34 | 17.85 m | |
| 7 | Chiara Rosa (ITA) | 17.32 | X | X | 17.32 m | |
| 8 | Cleopatra Borel-Brown (TRI) | 17.31 | X | 16.96 | 17.31 m | |
| 9 | Oksana Chibisova (RUS) | 16.67 | 16.30 | 16.41 | 16.67 m | |
| 10 | Lee Mi-Young (KOR) | 16.18 | X | 16.69 | 16.60 m | |
| 11 | Yoko Toyonaga (JPN) | 16.51 | 15.96 | 16.24 | 16.51 m | |
| 12 | Elizabeth Wanless (USA) | 16.50 | 15.98 | 15.73 | 16.50 m | |
| | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 19.28 | — | — | 19.28 m | DQ |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Olga Ryabinkina (RUS) | X | 19.34 | 19.64 | X | 19.06 | 18.76 | 19.64 m | |
| | Valerie Vili (NZL) | X | 18.23 | 19.62 | 19.33 | X | 19.62 | 19.62 m | |
| | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | X | 17.92 | 18.70 | 18.87 | 19.07 | X | 19.07 m | |
| 4 | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.37 | X | X | 18.57 | X | 18.64 | 18.64 m | |
| 5 | Li Meiju (CHN) | 17.51 | 18.20 | 18.35 | X | 18.10 | X | 18.35 m | |
| 6 | Natallia Khoroneko (BLR) | 16.91 | 17.85 | 18.25 | 18.02 | 18.34 | X | 18.34 m | |
| 7 | Christina Schwanitz (GER) | 17.55 | 18.02 | X | | | | 18.02 m | |
| 8 | Misleydis González (CUB) | 17.85 | 18.01 | 17.82 | | | | 18.01 m | |
| 9 | Lieja Tunks (NED) | 17.83 | 17.60 | X | | | | 17.83 m | |
| 10 | Assunta Legnante (ITA) | X | 16.99 | X | | | | 16.99 m | |
| | Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) | 20.30 | 20.13 | X | X | 20.23 | 20.51 | 20.51 m | |
| | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 17.35 | 18.47 | 19.16 | 18.59 | 19.10 | 18.94 | 19.16 m | |