The women's shot put event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.
| Gold | Heike Rohrmann | |
| Silver | Stephanie Storp | |
| Bronze | Ines Wittich |
17 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 18.39 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.20 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.19 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 17.42 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 16.90 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 16.41 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.62 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 15.16 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.17 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 13.54 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 13.54 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 13.54 |
16 Jul
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 18.03 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 17.68 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 17.48 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 15.93 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 15.47 | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 15.09 | Q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 14.88 | Q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 14.43 | Q | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 14.41 | Q | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 14.33 | Q | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 13.81 | q | ||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 13.65 | q | ||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 12.25 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 12.17 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 11.74 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 11.07 |
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.