1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 March.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	20.12	20.09	19.81	20.01	19.99	20.52	20.52	CR
	Ilona Briesenick	East Germany	19.60	19.58	19.77	20.18	20.28	20.07	20.28
	Claudia Losch	West Germany							20.14
4	Heidi Krieger	East Germany							20.00
5	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union							19.32
6	Ramona Pagel	United States							19.25
7	Mihaela Loghin	Romania							18.44
8	Iris Plotzitzka	West Germany							17.97
9	Judy Oakes	Great Britain							17.85
10	Myrtle Augee	Great Britain							17.85
11	Peggy Pollock	United States							17.49
12	Ursula Stäheli	Switzerland							16.98
13	Cong Yuzhen	China							16.44