2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	19.45			19.45	Q
2	Li Meiju	China	19.05			19.05	Q
3	Chiara Rosa	Italy	18.77			18.77	Q
4	Li Ling	China	18.76			18.76	Q
5	Petra Lammert	Germany	18.72			18.72	Q
6	Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Belarus	17.34	18.52		18.52	Q
7	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	18.17	18.22	18.29	18.29	q
8	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia	17.52	17.42	18.19	18.19
9	Helena Engman	Sweden	X	15.27	17.50	17.50
10	Kristin Heaston	United States	17.14	X	17.40	17.40
11	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	16.92	X	17.07	17.07
12	Sarah Stevens	United States	16.87	X	16.26	16.87
13	Ana Pouhila	Tonga	16.41	16.61	16.62	16.62
14	Lin Chia-Ying	Chinese Taipei	16.05	16.20	16.41	16.41

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	19.17			19.17	Q
2	Anna Omarova	Russia	18.85			18.85	Q
3	Gong Lijiao	China	X	18.20	18.38	18.38	Q
4	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.28	18.17	18.05	18.28	q
5	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus	18.23	X	18.11	18.23	q
6	Assunta Legnante	Italy	17.26	17.86	18.19	18.19
7	Oksana Gaus	Russia	17.58	17.65	17.20	17.65
8	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	16.76	17.29	X	17.29
9	Yoko Toyonaga	Japan	16.34	16.52	17.02	17.02	SB
10	Jillian Camarena	United States	16.95	X	16.89	16.95
11	Irache Quintanal	Spain	16.53	X	16.32	16.53
12	Anca Heltne	Romania	16.19	16.27	X	16.27
13	Iolanta Ulyeva	Kazakhstan	15.49	15.52	15.01	15.52
—	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	X	X	X	NM

Medallists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	19.89	19.74	19.80	X	19.95	20.54	20.54 m	WL
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.75	19.45	19.04	X	19.77	19.72	19.77 m	SB
	Li Ling	China	18.21	18.88	X	18.92	X	19.38	19.38 m	PB
4	Petra Lammert	Germany	19.33	X	19.27	18.86	18.92	X	19.33 m
5	Li Meiju	China	17.29	18.79	18.83	18.32	18.77	18.62	18.83 m
6	Gong Lijiao	China	17.82	18.66	X	18.34	X	X	18.66 m
7	Chiara Rosa	Italy	X	18.35	18.17	18.39	X	X	18.39 m

8	Anna Omarova	Russia	18.20	X	X				18.20 m
9	Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Belarus	X	18.17	X				18.17 m
10	Misleydis González	Cuba	17.36	18.14	17.87				18.14 m
11	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	X	17.93	17.83				17.93 m
—	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	~~20.04~~	X	~~19.17~~	X	X	~~20.48~~	~~20.48 m~~	DQ