The women's shot put event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 July 1997.
| Gold | Nadine Kleinert | |
| Silver | Corrie de Bruin | |
| Bronze | Yanina Korolchik |
11 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.12 | x | x | x | x | 18.27 | 18.27 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 17.76 | 18.06 | 17.94 | x | x | 18.02 | 18.06 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 17.08 | 17.98 | 17.56 | 17.39 | x | x | 17.98 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.28 | 16.44 | 16.93 | 16.89 | 17.56 | 17.36 | 17.56 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.28 | 17.34 | 17.31 | 17.45 | 17.10 | x | 17.45 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 16.59 | 16.82 | x | x | x | x | 16.82 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.44 | 16.70 | x | 16.72 | x | x | 16.72 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 15.96 | 15.96 | 16.50 | x | x | x | 16.50 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.93 | 15.82 | x | 15.93 | ||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | x | x | 15.86 | 15.86 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | x | 15.51 | x | 15.51 | |||||||
| align=left | align=left |  | x | x | x | NM | |||||||
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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