| Event: | Women's shot put |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Carrara Stadium |
| Dates: | 12 April (qualifying round) 13 April (final) |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 19.36 m |
| Gold: | Danniel Thomas-Dodd |
| Goldcga: | JAM |
| Silver: | Valerie Adams |
| Silvercga: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Brittany Crew |
| Bronzecga: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The women's shot put at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 13 April 2018.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]
| World record | 22.63 m | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 | ||
| Games record | 20.47 m | Delhi, India | 9 October 2010 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 12 April 2018 | 12:15 | Qualification | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Friday 13 April 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 20:40 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Across two groups, those who threw ≥16.50 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[3]
| Rank | Group | Athlete |
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| Result | Notes | Qual. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | 18.52 | 18.52 | ||||||
| 2 | A | 17.50 | 17.50 | ||||||
| 3 | A | 17.46 | 17.46 | ||||||
| 4 | B | 17.24 | 17.24 | ||||||
| 5 | A | 16.42 | 16.22 | 17.20 | 17.20 | ||||
| 6 | B | 16.34 | 16.90 | 16.90 | |||||
| 7 | B | 16.89 | 16.89 | ||||||
| 8 | B | 16.86 | 16.86 | ||||||
| 9 | A | 13.50 | 16.57 | 16.57 | |||||
| 10 | B | 15.63 | 14.89 | 15.63 | |||||
| 11 | A | 14.14 | 14.79 | 14.79 | |||||
| 12 | A | 13.65 | 14.03 | 14.03 | |||||
| 13 | B | 11.72 | 12.60 | 12.49 | 12.60 | ||||
| 14 | A | 10.12 | 10.12 |
The medals were determined in the final.[2]
| Rank | Name |
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| Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.36 | 18.70 | 18.57 | 18.44 | 19.36 | 19.36 | ||||
| 18.70 | 18.65 | 18.03 | 18.40 | 18.55 | 18.70 | ||||
| 17.30 | 17.03 | 17.77 | 17.62 | 18.32 | 18.32 | ||||
| 17.59 | 17.82 | 17.81 | 18.00 | 17.68 | 18.05 | 18.05 | |||
| 16.90 | 17.70 | 17.76 | 17.28 | 17.76 | |||||
| 17.05 | 16.41 | 16.94 | 17.48 | 16.70 | 17.48 | ||||
| 16.53 | 17.32 | 16.46 | 17.32 | ||||||
| 16.43 | 16.90 | 16.92 | 16.92 | ||||||
| 16.78 | 15.39 | 16.72 | rowspan=4 colspan=3 | 16.78 | |||||
| 10 | 15.00 | 15.36 | 15.14 | 15.36 | |||||
| 11 | 13.99 | 14.50 | 14.98 | 14.98 | |||||
| 12 | 13.82 | 13.96 | 14.12 | 14.12 |