# Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 18.35 m (60 ft 2 in) (A standard) and 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in) (B standard).
The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres.
In 2016 it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in doping violations by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics).

## Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 16 August 2008 | 09:10 21:10 | Qualifications Finals |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 |
| Olympic record | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 22.41 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Valerie Vili | New Zealand | 19.73 | | | 19.73 | Q |
| 2 | B | Gong Lijiao | China | 19.46 | | | 19.46 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Li Meiju | China | 19.18 | | | 19.18 | Q, PB |
| DSQ | A | Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus | 19.11 | | | 19.11 | Q |
| 5 | A | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | x | 17.97 | 19.09 | 19.09 | Q |
| DSQ | B | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Belarus | 19.08 | | | 19.08 | Q |
| 7 | A | Misleydis González | Cuba | 18.42 | 18.91 | | 18.91 | Q |
| 8 | B | Anna Omarova | Russia | 18.26 | x | 18.74 | 18.74 | Q |
| 9 | A | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 18.74 | | | 18.74 | Q, SB |
| 10 | B | Li Ling | China | 18.60 | | | 18.60 | Q |
| 11 | B | Nadine Kleinert | Germany | 18.52 | | | 18.52 | Q |
| 12 | A | Jillian Camarena | United States | 18.15 | 18.32 | 18.51 | 18.51 | Q, SB |
| 13 | B | Michelle Carter | United States | 18.49 | | | 18.49 | Q |
| 14 | A | Mailín Vargas | Cuba | 18.47 | | | 18.47 | Q |
| 15 | A | Olga Ivanova | Russia | 17.69 | 18.27 | 18.46 | 18.46 | Q |
| 16 | A | Denise Hinrichs | Germany | 18.36 | 18.27 | x | 18.36 | |
| 17 | B | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.96 | 17.32 | 17.57 | 17.96 | |
| 18 | A | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | Belarus | 17.44 | 17.77 | 17.79 | 17.79 | |
| 19 | B | Assunta Legnante | Italy | 16.93 | 17.76 | x | 17.76 | |
| 20 | B | Yumileidi Cumbá | Cuba | x | 17.60 | x | 17.60 | |
| 21 | A | Anca Heltne | Romania | 17.48 | x | 17.40 | 17.48 | |
| 22 | A | Natalia Duco | Chile | 17.24 | x | 17.40 | 17.40 | |
| 23 | A | Kristin Heaston | United States | x | 17.34 | 17.34 | 17.34 | |
| 24 | B | Vivian Chukwuemeka | Nigeria | 17.15 | 17.05 | x | 17.15 | |
| 25 | B | Irina Khudoroshkina | Russia | 16.46 | 16.84 | 16.78 | 16.84 | |
| 26 | A | Irini Terzoglou | Greece | 16.08 | 16.14 | 16.50 | 16.50 | |
| 27 | B | Ana Po'uhila | Tonga | 16.21 | 16.42 | 16.35 | 16.42 | |
| 28 | B | Lin Chia-Ying | Chinese Taipei | 16.24 | x | 16.32 | 16.32 | |
| 29 | B | Zhang Guirong | Singapore | x | 16.23 | 16.08 | 16.23 | |
| 30 | B | Mariam Kevkhishvili | Georgia | x | 15.99 | x | 15.99 | |
| 31 | B | Zara Northover | Jamaica | 15.73 | 15.85 | 15.64 | 15.85 | |
| 32 | A | Iolanta Ulyeva | Kazakhstan | 15.49 | x | 15.06 | 15.49 | |
| 33 | A | Lee Mi-Young | South Korea | 14.76 | x | 15.10 | 15.10 | |
| | A | Irache Quintanal | Spain | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Krystyna Zabawska | Poland | x | x | x | NM | |
* AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
* DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Valerie Vili | New Zealand | 20.56 | 20.40 | 20.26 | 20.01 | 20.52 | - | 20.56 | AR |
| DSQ | Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus | 19.16 | 20.28 | 19.87 | 19.82 | 19.94 | 20.10 | 20.28 | |
| DSQ | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Belarus | x | 18.69 | 18.36 | x | 19.86 | 19.36 | 19.86 | |
| | Misleydis González | Cuba | 19.30 | x | 19.01 | 19.23 | 19.50 | x | 19.50 | PB |
| | Gong Lijiao | China | 18.45 | 18.75 | 18.90 | 18.92 | 19.04 | 19.20 | 19.20 | |
| 4 | Anna Omarova | Russia | 19.08 | 18.21 | x | x | x | 18.76 | 19.08 | |
| 5 | Nadine Kleinert | Germany | 18.30 | 18.68 | 19.01 | 18.99 | x | 18.81 | 19.01 | |
| 6 | Li Meiju | China | 18.68 | 18.99 | 18.74 | x | 18.85 | 19.00 | 19.00 | |
| 7 | Olga Ivanova | Russia | 17.96 | x | 18.44 | | | | 18.44 | |
| 8 | Mailín Vargas | Cuba | 18.28 | 17.88 | 17.74 | | | | 18.28 | |
| 9 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | x | 17.96 | 18.27 | | | | 18.27 | |
| 10 | Jillian Camarena | United States | 18.09 | 18.24 | 17.44 | | | | 18.24 | |
| 11 | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 18.22 | 17.98 | x | | | | 18.22 | |
| 12 | Li Ling | China | 17.94 | x | 17.81 | | | | 17.94 | |
| 13 | Michelle Carter | United States | 16.97 | 17.65 | 17.74 | | | | 17.74 | |
* AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
* DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place