These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The final was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.
| Gold | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Silver | Kathrin Neimke East Germany (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Ines Müller East Germany (GDR) |
| Qualification Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | |
| 04.09.1987 - ??:??h | 04.09.1987 - ??:??h | |
| Final Round | ||
| 05.09.1987 - 18:00h | ||
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.63 m | June 7, 1987 | ||||
| 21.05 m | August 12, 1983 | ||||
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | |||||
| 21.21 m | September 5, 1987 | ||||
| 21.24 m | September 5, 1987 | ||||
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.26 m | ||
| 2. | 19.73 m | ||
| 3. | 19.47 m | ||
| 4. | 19.35 m | ||
| 5. | 19.22 m | ||
| 6. | 19.09 m | ||
| 7. | 19.08 m | ||
| 8. | 18.43 m | ||
| 9. | 18.12 m | ||
| 10. | 17.89 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20.40 m | ||
| 2. | 19.96 m | ||
| 3. | 19.64 m | ||
| 4. | 19.27 m | ||
| 5. | 19.21 m | ||
| 6. | 19.18 m | ||
| 7. | 19.07 m | ||
| 8. | 17.68 m | ||
| 9. | 16.54 m | ||
| 10. | 15.98 m |
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 20.89 | 20.22 | 21.16 | 20.93 | 21.24 | 20.80 | 21.24 m | CR | ||
| 20.32 | 21.21 | 20.12 | 20.53 | 20.59 | X | 21.21 m | PB | ||
| 20.76 | 20.11 | 20.05 | X | 19.96 | 20.20 | 20.76 m | PB | ||
| 4 | 20.05 | 20.73 | X | 19.88 | 20.33 | 20.61 | 20.73 m | ||
| 5 | 20.20 | 19.68 | 20.53 | 20.09 | X | 20.68 | 20.68 m | ||
| 6 | 19.79 | 19.97 | 19.84 | 20.63 | X | 20.25 | 20.63 m | ||
| 7 | 19.95 | 20.00 | 20.09 | 18.74 | 20.43 | 19.98 | 20.43 m | PB | |
| 8 | 19.97 | X | 19.51 | 20.05 | 20.15 | 20.29 | 20.29 m | ||
| 9 | 19.37m | ||||||||
| 10 | 19.36 m | ||||||||
| 11 | 19.35 m | PB | |||||||
| 12 | 19.19 m | ||||||||
| 13 | 18.71 m | ||||||||
| - | DNS | ||||||||