2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
# 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

## Medalists

Gold :

| | Valerie Vili | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Silver |||
| | Li Meiju | China |
| Bronze |||
| | Misleydis González | Cuba |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 18.45m or at least best 8 qualified

| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Q | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Q | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Valerie Vili | New Zealand | 19.72 AR | Q | 19.72 | | |
| 2 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 18.97 | Q | 18.97 | | |
| 3 | Anna Omarova | Russia | 18.58 | Q | X | 18.58 | |
| 4 | Li Meiju | China | 18.55 SB | Q | 18.55 | | |
| DQ | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Belarus | 18.46 | Q, doping | X | 18.46 | |
| 5 | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 18.38 | q | 18.19 | 17.86 | 18.38 |
| 6 | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.34 SB | q | 18.20 | X | 18.34 |
| 7 | Misleydis González | Cuba | 18.32 SB | q | 18.32 | 18.15 | 18.01 |
| 8 | Denise Hinrichs | Germany | 18.25 | | X | 18.14 | 18.25 |
| 9 | Assunta Legnante | Italy | 18.24 | | 18.24 | X | X |
| 10 | Abigail Ruston | United States | 17.79 | | 17.42 | 17.79 | X |
| 11 | Anna Avdeyeva | Russia | 17.79 | | 17.19 | 17.79 | X |
| 12 | Li Ling | China | 17.76 | | 17.35 | 17.76 | 17.29 |
| 13 | Jillian Camarena | United States | 17.66 | | 16.41 | 17.66 | 17.53 |
| 14 | Helena Engman | Sweden | 16.79 | | 16.79 | X | X |
| 15 | Lin Chia-Ying | Chinese Taipei | 15.77 | | 13.96 | X | 15.77 |
| | Anca Heltne | Romania | DNS | | | | |

## Final

| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Valerie Vili | New Zealand | 20.19 AR | 20.19 | X | 20.07 | 19.68 | X | 19.89 |
| DQ | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Belarus | 19.74 | 19.67 | 19.60 | 19.74 | X | X | X |
| | Li Meiju | China | 19.09 PB | 18.25 | 18.28 | 18.62 | X | X | 19.09 |
| | Misleydis González | Cuba | 18.75 PB | 18.48 | 18.43 | 18.75 | X | 18.59 | 18.02 |
| 4 | Chiara Rosa | Italy | 18.68 PB | 18.68 | 18.43 | X | 18.38 | X | X |
| 5 | Christina Schwanitz | Germany | 18.55 | 18.54 | 18.04 | 18.55 | X | 17.93 | 18.21 |
| 6 | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.47 SB | 18.09 | 17.56 | 17.49 | 18.27 | 18.47 | X |
| 7 | Anna Omarova | Russia | 17.75 | 17.07 | 17.13 | 17.75 | X | X | X |
