| Event: | Women's shot put |
| Games: | 1984 Summer |
| Dates: | 3 August 1984 |
| Venues: | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 20.48 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Claudia Losch |
| Goldnoc: | FRG |
| Silver: | Mihaela Loghin |
| Silvernoc: | ROM |
| Bronze: | Gael Mulhall |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 1980 |
| Next: | 1988 |
The women's shot put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.[1]
The winning margin was 1 cm which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 4 cm at the Olympics.
| Q | automatic qualification | |
| q | qualification by rank | |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| OR | olympic record | |
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.53 m | May 27, 1984 | ||||
| 22.41 m | July 24, 1980 | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 19.97 | 20.31 | 19.33 | 20.06 | 19.96 | 20.48 | 20.48 m | ||||
| 19.67 | 19.73 | 19.95 | 20.47 | 20.25 | 20.09 | 20.47 m | ||||
| 18.10 | 19.19 | 18.75 | 18.53 | X | 18.34 | 19.19 m | ||||
| 4 | 18.14 | 17.76 | 18.01 | 18.08 | X | 17.81 | 18.14 m | |||
| 5 | 17.37 | X | 17.44 | 17.96 | 17.61 | 17.19 | 17.96 m | |||
| 6 | X | 17.90 | X | 17.37 | 15.59 | 16.40 | 17.90 m | |||
| 7 | 17.22 | 17.23 | 17.10 | 16.83 | 16.32 | 17.19 | 17.23 m | |||
| 8 | 16.62 | 17.23 | 17.10 | 16.45 | X | 17.05 | 17.23 m | |||
| 9 | 15.87 | 16.08 | 17.00 | 17.00 m | ||||||
| 10 | 16.76 | 16.97 | 16.46 | 16.97 m | ||||||
| 11 | 16.06 | 15.69 | 15.90 | 16.06 m | ||||||
| 12 | 14.92 | 15.25 | 14.96 | 15.25 m | ||||||
| 13 | 14.39 | X | 14.59 | 14.59 m | ||||||