Women · World record

Shot Put

The current record and its documented progression: 50 ratified records from 1924 to 1987, with 1 not ratified shown in place.

Current record

22.63

Natalya LisovskayaURSMoscow · 7 Jun 1987

39 years standing0.03 m improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

1924 · 10.15 Violette Gouraud-Morris1925 · 11.57 Lilli Henoch (Not ratified)1927 · 10.84 Ruth Lange1927 · 11.32 Ruth Lange1928 · 11.52 Ruth Lange1928 · 11.96 Grete Heublein1929 · 12.85 Grete Heublein1931 · 12.88 Grete Heublein1931 · 13.70 Grete Heublein1934 · 14.38 Gisela Mauermayer1948 · 14.59 Tatyana Sevryukova1949 · 14.86 Klavdia Tochonova1950 · 15.02 Anna Andreyeva1952 · 15.28 Galina Zybina1952 · 15.37 Galina Zybina1952 · 15.42 Galina Zybina1953 · 16.20 Galina Zybina1954 · 16.28 Galina Zybina1955 · 16.28 Galina Zybina1955 · 16.67 Galina Zybina1956 · 16.76 Galina Zybina1959 · 17.25 Tamara Press1960 · 17.42 Tamara Press1960 · 17.78 Tamara Press1962 · 18.55 Tamara Press1962 · 18.55 Tamara Press1965 · 18.59 Tamara Press1968 · 18.67 Nadezhda Chizhova1968 · 18.87 Margitta Gummel1968 · 19.07 Margitta Gummel1968 · 19.61 Margitta Gummel1969 · 19.72 Nadezhda Chizhova1969 · 20.09 Nadezhda Chizhova1969 · 20.10 Margitta Gummel1969 · 20.10 Nadezhda Chizhova1969 · 20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova1971 · 20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova1972 · 20.63 Nadezhda Chizhova1972 · 21.03 Nadezhda Chizhova1973 · 21.20 Nadezhda Chizhova1975 · 21.60 Marianne Adam1976 · 21.67 Marianne Adam1976 · 21.87 Ivanka Khristova1976 · 21.89 Ivanka Khristova1976 · 21.99 Helena Fibingerová1977 · 22.32 Helena Fibingerová1980 · 22.36 Ilona Slupianek1980 · 22.45 Ilona Slupianek1984 · 22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya1987 · 22.60 Natalya Lisovskaya1987 · 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya 22.6310.15

19241950 · Andreyeva 15.021962 · Press 18.551972 · Chizhova 21.031987 · Lisovskaya 22.63

Documented records

50 ratified · 1 not ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372026402, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moscow, Soviet Union 7 Jun 1987 39 yrs
22.60 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moscow, Soviet Union 7 Jun 1987 0 d
22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Sochi, Soviet Union 27 May 1984 3 yrs
22.45 Ilona Slupianek GDR Potsdam, East Germany 11 May 1980 4 yrs
22.36 Ilona Slupianek GDR Celje, Yugoslavia 2 May 1980 9 d
22.32 Helena Fibingerová TCH Nitra, Czechoslovakia 20 Aug 1977 2 yrs
21.99 Helena Fibingerová TCH Opava, Czechoslovakia 26 Sep 1976 328 d
21.89 Ivanka Khristova BUL Belmeken, Bulgaria 4 Jul 1976 84 d
21.87 Ivanka Khristova BUL Belmeken, Bulgaria 3 Jul 1976 1 d
21.67 Marianne Adam GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 30 May 1976 34 d
21.60 Marianne Adam GDR East Berlin, East Germany 6 Aug 1975 298 d
21.20 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Lviv, Soviet Union 28 Aug 1973 1 yr
21.03 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Munich, West Germany 7 Sep 1972 355 d
20.63 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Sochi, Soviet Union 19 May 1972 111 d
20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 29 Aug 1971 264 d
20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Athens, Greece 16 Sep 1969 1 yr
20.10 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Athens, Greece 16 Sep 1969 0 d
20.10 Margitta Gummel GDR East Berlin, East Germany 11 Sep 1969 5 d
20.09 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Chorzów, Poland 13 Jul 1969 60 d
19.72 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Moscow, Soviet Union 30 May 1969 44 d

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