2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The Women's shot put event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Svetlana Krivelyova Russia	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	Nadine Kleinert Germany

Note: Vita Pavlysh had originally won the gold but was later stripped off it for the use of anabolic steroids.

Qualifying performance 18.50 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia	19.46			19.46	Q
2	B	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	X	19.13		19.13	Q, SB
DQ	B	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	~~18.88~~			~~18.88~~	Q, Doping
3	A	Li Meiju	China	18.76			18.76	Q, SB
4	A	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.62			18.62	Q
5	A	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	18.60			18.60	Q, SB
6	A	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.56			18.56	Q, PB
7	B	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	X	X	18.42	18.42	q
8	A	Lieja Tunks	Netherlands	X	18.39	18.36	18.39	SB
9	B	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus	18.33	18.34	X	18.34
10	B	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	17.96	18.22	17.72	18.22	AR
11	A	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	18.19	X	16.96	18.19
12	B	Assunta Legnante	Italy	18.15	17.95	X	18.15
13	A	Cristiana Checchi	Italy	X	X	18.11	18.11
14	A	Kristin Heaston	United States	16.53	17.52	17.86	17.86
15	B	Laurence Manfredi	France	17.37	17.26	17.39	17.39
16	B	Li Fengfeng	China	17.16	16.85	16.91	17.16	SB
17	A	Irini Terzoglou	Greece	16.80	16.95	17.04	17.04
18	B	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	16.31	16.64	16.59	16.64

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
DQ	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	~~19.08~~	~~20.39~~	X	~~20.49~~	X	~~19.55~~	~~20.49~~	Doping
	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia	19.20	19.90	X	19.17	19.82	X	19.90	SB
	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	19.00	19.21	19.31	X	19.18	18.94	19.31	SB
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	19.05	17.73	18.70	18.68	18.17	18.72	19.05	SB
4	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	19.00	18.16	18.71	X	X	X	19.00	SB
5	Li Meiju	China	18.69	X	18.00	X	18.18	18.47	18.69
6	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.20	18.17	17.95	18.41	X	X	18.41
7	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	17.85	X	X	18.33	X	X	18.33