2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Alina Kenzel Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Song Jiayuan China |
| Bronze | Alyssa Wilson United States |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) | 20.54 | Orimattila, Finland | 1 July 1989 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN) | 18.76 | Lisbon, Portugal | 21 July 1994 |
| World Junior Leading | Alina Kenzel (GER) | 17.48 | Mannheim, Germany | 25 June 2016 |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 15.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Song Jiayuan | China | 16.17 | | | 16.17 | Q |
| 2 | B | Alina Kenzel | Germany | 16.04 | | | 16.04 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sarah Schmidt | Germany | 15.18 | 15.69 | | 15.69 | Q |
| 4 | A | Anna Niedbała | Poland | 15.67 | | | 15.67 | Q |
| 5 | B | Elena Bruckner | United States | 15.50 | | | 15.50 | Q |
| 6 | B | Maja Ślepowrońska | Poland | 15.37 | 15.26 | x | 15.37 | q |
| 7 | A | Alyssa Wilson | United States | 14.44 | x | 15.37 | 15.37 | q |
| 8 | A | Michaela Walsh | Ireland | 15.31 | 14.43 | 14.79 | 15.31 | q, NU20R |
| 9 | A | Gavriella Fella | Cyprus | 13.80 | 15.18 | 15.26 | 15.26 | q |
| 10 | A | Chen Xiarong | China | 15.22 | x | 15.04 | 15.22 | q |
| 11 | A | María Fernanda Orozco | Mexico | 15.08 | 14.89 | 14.87 | 15.08 | q |
| 12 | A | Jessica Schilder | Netherlands | 14.28 | 14.65 | 14.01 | 14.65 | q |
| 13 | B | Nanaka Kori | Japan | 13.70 | 14.63 | 14.37 | 14.63 | |
| 14 | A | Jeong Yu-sun | South Korea | 14.01 | 14.33 | 14.34 | 14.34 | |
| 15 | B | Janell Fullerton | Jamaica | 14.33 | x | x | 14.33 | |
| 16 | B | Jorinde van Klinken | Netherlands | 14.31 | x | 13.82 | 14.31 | |
| 17 | B | Jessica Molina | Ecuador | 13.14 | 14.02 | x | 14.02 | |
| 18 | B | Marija Tolj | Croatia | 13.87 | 14.00 | 13.58 | 14.00 | NU20R |
| 19 | A | Eveliina Rouvali | Finland | 13.74 | 13.95 | x | 13.95 | |
| 20 | A | Maddison-Lee Wesche | New Zealand | 13.79 | x | x | 13.79 | |
| 21 | B | Chelsea James | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.31 | 13.52 | 13.72 | 13.72 | |
| 22 | A | Patrícia Slošárová | Slovakia | 13.30 | 13.65 | x | 13.65 | |
| 23 | B | Lada Cermanová | Czech Republic | 13.36 | 13.61 | 12.95 | 13.61 | |
| 24 | B | Martina Carnevale | Italy | 12.05 | 12.58 | 13.16 | 13.16 | |
| | B | Eucharia Ogbukwo | Nigeria | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alina Kenzel | Germany | 16.91 | 16.66 | 17.58 | x | 17.58 | |
| | Song Jiayuan | China | 15.77 | 15.93 | 16.36 | 16.14 | 16.36 | PB |
| | Alyssa Wilson | United States | x | 16.33 | x | x | 16.33 | |
| 4 | Sarah Schmidt | Germany | 16.18 | 15.88 | x | 15.32 | 16.18 | |
| 5 | María Fernanda Orozco | Mexico | 15.76 | 15.58 | 15.91 | 15.94 | 15.94 | |
| 6 | Maja Ślepowrońska | Poland | 15.10 | 15.75 | 15.44 | x | 15.75 | PB |
| 7 | Elena Bruckner | United States | x | 15.73 | x | | 15.73 | |
| 8 | Anna Niedbała | Poland | x | 15.58 | x | | 15.58 | |
| 9 | Chen Xiarong | China | 15.11 | x | x | | 15.11 | |
| 10 | Gavriella Fella | Cyprus | 15.10 | 14.75 | 14.90 | | 15.10 | |
| 11 | Michaela Walsh | Ireland | 14.01 | 14.30 | 14.73 | | 14.73 | |
| 12 | Jessica Schilder | Netherlands | 14.34 | 14.15 | 13.82 | | 14.34 | |
