Women's shot put world record progression


The first world record in the women's shot put was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale in 1924. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. These women's distances were achieved with a shot put.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF have ratified 50 world records in the event.

World record progression

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded

MarkAthleteDateLocation
10.15 m14 July 1924Paris, France
11.57 m16 August 1925Leipzig, Germany
10.84 m28 May 1927Prague, Czechoslovakia
11.32 m6 August 1927Breslau, Germany
11.52 m3 June 1928Berlin, Germany
11.96 m15 July 1928Berlin, Germany
12.85 m21 July 1929Frankfurt am Main, Germany
12.88 m28 June 1931Paris, France
13.70 m16 August 1931Bielefeld, Germany
14.38 m15 July 1934Warsaw, Poland
14.59 m4 August 1948Moscow, Soviet Union
14.86 m30 October 1949Tbilisi, Soviet Union
15.02 m9 November 1950Ploiești, Romania
15.28 m26 July 1952Helsinki, Finland
15.37 m20 September 1952Frunze, Soviet Union
15.42 m1 October 1952Frunze, Soviet Union
16.20 m9 October 1953Malmö, Sweden
16.28 m14 September 1954Kiev, Soviet Union
16.28 m5 September 1955Leningrad, Soviet Union
16.67 m15 November 1955Tbilisi, Soviet Union
16.76 m13 October 1956Tashkent, Soviet Union
17.25 m26 April 1959Nalchik, Soviet Union
17.42 m16 July 1960Moscow, Soviet Union
17.78 m13 August 1960Moscow, Soviet Union
18.55 m10 June 1962Leipzig, East Germany
18.55 m12 September 1962Beograd, Yugoslavia
18.59 m19 September 1965Kassel, West Germany
18.67 m28 April 1968Sochi, Soviet Union
18.87 m22 September 1968Frankfurt, East Germany
19.07 m20 October 1968Mexico City, Mexico
19.61 m20 October 1968Mexico City, Mexico
19.72 m30 May 1969Moscow, Soviet Union
20.09 m13 July 1969Chorzów, Poland
20.10 m11 September 1969East Berlin, East Germany
20.10 m16 September 1969Athens, Greece
20.43 m16 September 1969Athens, Greece
20.43 m29 August 1971Moscow, Soviet Union
20.63 m19 May 1972Sochi, Soviet Union
21.03 m7 September 1972Munich, West Germany
21.20 m28 August 1973Lvov, Soviet Union
21.60 m6 August 1975East Berlin, East Germany
21.67 m30 May 1976Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
21.87 m3 July 1976Belmeken, Bulgaria
21.89 m4 July 1976Belmeken, Bulgaria
21.99 m26 September 1976Opava, Czechoslovakia
22.32 m20 August 1977Nitra, Czechoslovakia
22.36 m2 May 1980Celje, Yugoslavia
22.45 m11 May 1980Potsdam, East Germany
22.53 m27 May 1984Sochi, Soviet Union
22.60 m7 June 1987Moscow, Soviet Union
22.63 m7 June 1987Moscow, Soviet Union