1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vita Pavlysh Ukraine	Astrid Kumbernuß Germany	Irina Korzhanenko Russia

Qualification: 18.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	20.22			20.22	Q
2	B	Astrid Kumbernuß	Germany	18.80			18.80	Q
3	B	Irina Korzhanenko	Russia	18.71			18.71	Q
4	B	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	17.63	18.54		18.54	Q
5	A	Stephanie Storp	Germany	18.49			18.49	Q
6	B	Judy Oakes	Great Britain	x	17.86	18.31	18.31	Q, SB
7	A	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	17.20	x	18.31	18.31	Q
8	B	Huang Zhihong	China	18.23			18.23	Q
9	A	Connie Price-Smith	United States	17.71	x	17.85	17.85	q
10	A	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	17.59	x	17.70	17.70	q
11	B	Mara Rosolen	Italy	17.60	x	17.17	17.60	q
12	A	Zhang Liuhong	China	17.36	17.21	17.27	17.36	q
13	B	Margarita Ramos	Spain	16.88	x	x	16.88
14	A	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland	16.68	x	15.92	16.68
15	B	Valeyta Althouse	United States	x	16.63	x	16.63
16	A	Kalliopi Ouzouni	Greece	16.45	x	16.59	16.59
	A	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia				DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	19.08	20.00	19.99	–	19.72	20.00	20.00
	Astrid Kumbernuß	Germany	19.51	19.62	19.44	19.72	19.92	19.71	19.92
	Irina Korzhanenko	Russia	19.40	–	19.49	–	19.45	–	19.49	PB
4	Stephanie Storp	Germany	18.62	–	–	18.80	–	–	18.80	SB
5	Huang Zhihong	China	18.46	18.33	18.56	18.19	18.67	18.40	18.67
6	Connie Price-Smith	United States	17.87	–	18.38	–	18.15	–	18.38
7	Mara Rosolen	Italy	18.37	–	17.98	–	17.79	–	18.38
8	Zhang Liuhong	China	18.29	–	–	–	–	–	18.29
9	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	–	18.18	17.71				18.18
10	Judy Oakes	Great Britain	17.51	–	–				17.51
11	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	17.45	–	–				17.45
12	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	17.28	17.36	–				17.36