1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
# 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nadezhda Chizhova | Soviet Union | 19.41 | x | 19.17 | 18.54 | 18.90 | 18.90 | 19.41 |
| | Antonina Ivanova | Soviet Union | 17.32 | 18.54 | x | 17.88 | 17.64 | 18.05 | 18.54 |
| | Marianne Adam | East Germany | 18.30 | 17.95 | 17.81 | 17.75 | x | 17.87 | 18.30 |
| 4 | Ivanka Khristova | Bulgaria | 17.44 | 17.46 | 17.35 | 17.31 | 17.92 | 17.37 | 17.92 |
| 5 | Ludwika Chewińska | Poland | 16.40 | 17.11 | 17.88 | 17.50 | x | 17.66 | 17.88 |
| 6 | Galina Nekrasova | Soviet Union | 17.10 | 17.60 | 17.68 | 17.07 | 17.35 | 17.23 | 17.68 |
| 7 | Radostina Vasekova | Bulgaria | 17.60 | 17.26 | 17.11 | 16.92 | 16.84 | 17.23 | 17.60 |
| 8 | Helena Fibingerová | Czechoslovakia | 17.01 | 17.13 | 17.16 | x | 17.40 | x | 17.40 |
| 9 | Valentina Cioltan | Romania | 16.20 | 17.09 | 16.74 | | | | 17.09 |
| 10 | Sigrun Kofink | West Germany | 15.54 | 16.18 | 15.67 | | | | 16.18 |
| 11 | Ana Salagean | Romania | 15.65 | 15.47 | 16.04 | | | | 16.04 |
| 12 | Elena Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 15.63 | x | 15.59 | | | | 15.63 |
| 13 | Mary Peters | Great Britain | x | 13.77 | 14.90 | | | | 14.90 |
