2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 4 March at 19:15 (qualification) and 5 March at 19:06 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Auriol Dongmo	Fanny Roos	Christina Schwanitz

Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	22.50	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
European record	22.50	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
Championship record	21.46	San Sebastián, Spain	13 March 1977
World Leading	19.65	Karlsruhe, Germany	29 January 2021
European Leading	19.65	Karlsruhe, Germany	29 January 2021

Qualification: Qualifying performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[1]

Rank	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	18.86			18.86	Q
2	18.00	18.74		18.74	Q, SB
3	18.64			18.64
4	17.78	18.55		18.55	Q
5	18.24	17.78	18.48	18.48	Q, PB
6	17.78	18.45		18.45	Q
7	x	18.43		18.43	Q, PB
8	17.93	18.16	17.59	18.16	q, PB
9	17.59	17.95	x	17.95
10	17.93	17.72	17.59	17.93
11	17.83	17.59	17.60	17.83
12	17.57	x	17.81	17.81
13	17.12	16.91	x	17.12
14	16.30	16.56	16.90	16.90
15	16.17	16.86	16.72	16.86
16	16.71	16.74	16.76	16.76
17	16.01	x	16.08	16.08

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Auriol Dongmo	x	19.21	19.07	19.08	19.34	x	19.34
	Fanny Roos	x	18.53	18.59	x	19.29	x	19.29
	Christina Schwanitz	18.21	18.71	18.39	18.41	18.29	19.04	19.04
4	Aliona Dubitskaya	18.11	18.44	18.70	18.61	18.46	18.86	18.86
5		x	18.02	18.02	18.29	18.69	x	18.69
6	Sara Gambetta	18.30	x	18.34	x	18.13	17.94	18.34
7	María Belén Toimil	x	17.41	x	17.80	x	18.01	18.01
8		16.85	17.28	17.75	17.55	17.47	17.42	17.75

Web site: Qualification results . 2021-03-04 . 2021-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304205429/https://results.european-athletics.com/irs/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73R_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
Web site: Final results . 2021-03-05 . 2021-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305204901/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73S_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL---------.pdf . dead .