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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Natalya Lisovskaya |  Soviet Union |
20.12 | 20.09 | 19.81 | 20.01 | 19.99 | 20.52 | 20.52 | CR |
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Ilona Briesenick |  East Germany |
19.60 | 19.58 | 19.77 | 20.18 | 20.28 | 20.07 | 20.28 | |
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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 |