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	18.66	19.66	19.52	20.14	19.76	19.65	20.14
4	Heidi Krieger	East Germany	20.00	19.69	x	x	x	19.04	20.00
5	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union	19.17	19.32	x	x	x	x	19.32
6	Ramona Pagel	United States	18.27	18.93	17.59	18.81	19.25	17.96	19.25
7	Mihaela Loghin	Romania	18.27	17.64	18.44	x	x	18.17	18.44
8	Iris Plotzitzka	West Germany	17.97	x	x	17.75	17.90	17.70	17.97
9	Judy Oakes	Great Britain	x	17.65	17.85				17.85
10	Myrtle Augee	Great Britain	17.85	17.39	17.44				17.85
11	Peggy Pollock	United States	17.34	x	17.49				17.49
12	Ursula Stäheli	Switzerland	16.26	16.43	16.98				16.98
13	Cong Yuzhen	China	15.68	16.23	16.44				16.44