Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were and .
The event was won by Valerie Vili of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres.
In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in a doping violation by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition. Medals of other teams have been reallocated by IAAF.
Schedule
All times are China standard time| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 16 August 2008 | 09:10 21:10 | Qualifications Finals |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Valerie Vili | 19.73 | 19.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | B | Gong Lijiao | 19.46 | 19.46 | Q, PB | |||
| 3 | A | Li Meiju | 19.18 | 19.18 | Q, PB | |||
| DSQ | A | Natallia Mikhnevich | 19.11 | 19.11 | Q | |||
| 5 | A | Christina Schwanitz | x | 17.97 | 19.09 | 19.09 | Q | |
| DSQ | B | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | 19.08 | 19.08 | Q | |||
| 7 | A | Misleydis González | 18.42 | 18.91 | 18.91 | Q | ||
| 8 | B | Anna Omarova | 18.26 | x | 18.74 | 18.74 | Q | |
| 9 | A | Chiara Rosa | 18.74 | 18.74 | Q, SB | |||
| 10 | B | Li Ling | 18.60 | 18.60 | Q | |||
| 11 | B | Nadine Kleinert | 18.52 | 18.52 | Q | |||
| 12 | A | Jillian Camarena | 18.15 | 18.32 | 18.51 | 18.51 | Q, SB | |
| 13 | B | Michelle Carter | 18.49 | 18.49 | Q | |||
| 14 | A | Mailín Vargas | 18.47 | 18.47 | Q | |||
| 15 | A | Olga Ivanova | 17.69 | 18.27 | 18.46 | 18.46 | Q | |
| 16 | A | Denise Hinrichs | 18.36 | 18.27 | x | 18.36 | ||
| 17 | B | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | 17.96 | 17.32 | 17.57 | 17.96 | ||
| 18 | A | Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya | 17.44 | 17.77 | 17.79 | 17.79 | ||
| 19 | B | Assunta Legnante | 16.93 | 17.76 | x | 17.76 | ||
| 20 | B | Yumileidi Cumbá | x | 17.60 | x | 17.60 | ||
| 21 | A | Anca Heltne | 17.48 | x | 17.40 | 17.48 | ||
| 22 | A | Natalia Duco | 17.24 | x | 17.40 | 17.40 | ||
| 23 | A | Kristin Heaston | x | 17.34 | 17.34 | 17.34 | ||
| 24 | B | Vivian Chukwuemeka | 17.15 | 17.05 | x | 17.15 | ||
| 25 | B | Irina Khudoroshkina | 16.46 | 16.84 | 16.78 | 16.84 | ||
| 26 | A | Irini Terzoglou | 16.08 | 16.14 | 16.50 | 16.50 | ||
| 27 | B | Ana Po'uhila | 16.21 | 16.42 | 16.35 | 16.42 | ||
| 28 | B | Lin Chia-Ying | 16.24 | x | 16.32 | 16.32 | ||
| 29 | B | Zhang Guirong | x | 16.23 | 16.08 | 16.23 | ||
| 30 | B | Mariam Kevkhishvili | x | 15.99 | x | 15.99 | ||
| 31 | B | Zara Northover | 15.73 | 15.85 | 15.64 | 15.85 | ||
| 32 | A | Iolanta Ulyeva | 15.49 | x | 15.06 | 15.49 | ||
| 33 | A | Lee Mi-Young | 14.76 | x | 15.10 | 15.10 | ||
| A | Irache Quintanal | x | x | x | ' | |||
| B | Krystyna Zabawska | x | x | x | ' |