| Event: | Women's shot put |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's shot put at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August 1978.
| Gold | Ilona Slupianek | |
| Silver | Helena Fibingerová | |
| Bronze | Margitta Droese |
30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 21.41 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.86 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.58 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 20.13 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 19.20 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 18.85 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 18.63 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 17.35 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 17.23 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 17.13 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | NM | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DQ | Doping† |
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.
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