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., the official world record, set by Natalya Lisovskaya on 7 June 1987, stands at 22.63 m.
14 of the top 15 throwers of all time have set their personal best between 1976 and 1990. Since then, athletes have been subject to more rigorous drug testing, and marks like these are effectively unreachable today. The best throws by any women since Lisovskaya's record have been Larisa Peleshenko's 21.46 m, set in 2000, followed by Valerie Adams's 21.24 m from 2011.

World record progression

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded

Indoor

Only Fibingerova's 22.50 m in 1987 was ratified by the IAAF.
MarkAthleteDateLocation
9 March 1937Warsaw
6 February 1938Poznań
3 February 1940Munich
1 February 1947Moscow
1 February 1947Leningrad
23 February 1948Moscow
1 March 1953Leningrad
31 October 1954Leningrad
1 March 1958Leningrad
9 March 1958Leningrad
17 January 1960Leningrad
19 March 1961Leningrad
28 March 1963Leningrad
9 February 1964East Berlin
2 April 1964Leningrad
26 March 1965Leningrad
22 December 1967Leningrad
28 January 1968Leningrad
18 January 1970Leningrad
1 February 1970Moscow
15 March 1970Vienna
16 January 1971Leningrad
14 February 1971East Berlin
20 February 1971East Berlin
20 February 1971East Berlin
20 February 1971East Berlin
28 February 1971East Berlin
13 March 1971Sofia
16 February 1974Sofia
2 March 1974Moscow
9 March 1974Gothenburg
15 February 1975Jablonec nad Nisou
29 January 1977Ostrava
2 February 1977Budapest
2 February 1977Budapest
19 February 1977Jablonec nad Nisou