The women's shot put event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.[1]
| Gold | Qiu Qiaoping | |
| Silver | Li Xiaoyun | |
| Bronze | Heike Hopfer |
9 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 17.17 | 17.43 | 17.74 | 18.05 | 18.20 | 17.58 | 18.20 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 17.13 | x | 17.66 | 17.74 | x | 17.74 | 17.74 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 15.44 | 17.27 | 17.23 | 17.25 | x | x | 17.27 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | x | 16.31 | 16.61 | x | 16.79 | 16.64 | 16.79 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | x | 16.66 | x | 16.47 | x | x | 16.66 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 15.00 | 15.42 | 15.47 | 16.05 | 15.62 | 15.66 | 16.05 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.87 | x | 15.24 | 15.38 | 15.06 | 15.09 | 15.38 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 14.87 | 15.26 | 15.25 | 15.07 | 15.26 | 15.24 | 15.26 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.12 | 14.55 | 14.14 | 15.12 | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 15.03 | 14.95 | x | 15.03 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.10 | 15.01 | x | 15.01 | ||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.57 | 14.97 | 14.37 | 14.97 | ||||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | x | 14.15 | 14.97 | 14.97 | |||||||
8 Aug
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 16.66 | - | - | 16.66 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 16.47 | - | - | 16.47 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 16.00 | - | - | 16.00 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 15.73 | - | - | 15.73 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 15.62 | - | - | 15.62 | Q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 15.46 | - | - | 15.46 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 14.87 | 15.38 | - | 15.38 | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 15.29 | - | - | 15.29 | Q | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 15.27 | - | - | 15.27 | Q | ||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 14.69 | 14.47 | 15.16 | 15.16 | Q | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 14.71 | 15.14 | - | 15.14 | Q | ||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 15.09 | - | - | 15.09 | Q | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 15.01 | - | - | 15.01 | Q | ||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 14.03 | x | 14.78 | 14.78 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 13.87 | 14.34 | 14.77 | 14.77 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 14.64 | 14.31 | 14.64 | 14.64 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 14.05 | 13.19 | x | 14.05 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 10.83 | 10.80 | 10.80 | 10.83 | ||||
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.