| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 Women Shot Put | Chase Ealey |  USA | 20.49m | Lijiao Gong |  CHN | 20.39m | Jessica Schilder |  NED | 19.77m | NR | -. | X | 19.77 | X | 19.53 | 19.77 | X | 19.03.99 | 959 |
| Olympic 2020 Women Shot Put | Lijiao Gong | CHN | 20.58m | Raven Saunders | USA | 19.79m | Valerie Adams |  NZL | 19.62m | ||||||||||
| 2019 Women Shot Put | Lijiao Gong | CHN | 19.55m | Danniel Thomas-Dodd |  JAM | 19.47m | Christina Schwanitz |  GER | 19.17m | ||||||||||
| 2017 Women Shot Put | Lijiao Gong | CHN | 19.94m | Anita Márton |  HUN | 19.49m | Michelle Carter | USA | 19.14m | ||||||||||
| Olympic 2016 Women Shot Put | Michelle Carter | USA | 20.63m | Valerie Adams | NZL | 20.42m | Anita Márton | HUN | 19.87m | ||||||||||
| 2015 Women Shot Put | Christina Schwanitz | GER | Lijiao Gong | CHN | Michelle Carter | USA | |||||||||||||
| 2013 Women Shot Put | Valerie Adams | NZL | Christina Schwanitz | GER | Lijiao Gong | CHN | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 2012 Women Shot Put | Valerie Adams | NZL | Lijiao Gong | CHN | Li Ling | CHN | |||||||||||||
| 2011 Women Shot Put | Valerie Adams | NZL | Nadzeya Ostapchuk |  BLR | Jillian Camarena-Williams | USA | |||||||||||||
| 2009 Women Shot Put | Valerie Vili | NZL | Nadine Kleinert | GER | Lijiao Gong | CHN | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 2008 Women Shot Put | Valerie Vili | NZL | Misleydis Gonzalez |  CUB | Lijiao Gong | CHN | |||||||||||||
| 2007 Women Shot Put | Valerie Vili | NZL | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | BLR | Nadine Kleinert | GER | |||||||||||||
| 2005 Women Shot Put | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | BLR | Olga Ryabinkina |  RUS | Valerie Vili | NZL | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 2004 Women Shot Put | Yumileidi Cumba | CUB | Nadine Kleinert | GER | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | |||||||||||||
| 2003 Women Shot Put | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | BLR | Vita Pavlysh |  UKR | |||||||||||||
| 2001 Women Shot Put | Yanina Korolchik | BLR | Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt | GER | Vita Pavlysh | UKR | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 2000 Women Shot Put | Yanina Korolchik | BLR | Larisa Peleshenko | RUS | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | |||||||||||||
| 1999 Women Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | Nadine Kleinert | GER | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | |||||||||||||
| 1997 Women Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | Vita Pavlysh | UKR | Stephanie Storp | GER | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1996 Women Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | Xinmei Sui | CHN | Irina Khudorozhkina | RUS | |||||||||||||
| 1995 Women Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | Zhihong Huang | CHN | Svetla Mitkova |  BUL | |||||||||||||
| 1993 Women Shot Put | Zhihong Huang | CHN | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | Kathrin Neimke | GER | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1992 Women Shot Put | Svetlana Krivelyova |  EUN | Huang Zhihong | CHN | Kathrin Neimke | GER | |||||||||||||
| 1991 Women Shot Put | Zhihong Huang | CHN | Natalya Lisovskaya |  URS | Svetlana Krivelyova | URS | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1988 Women Shot Put | Natalia Lisovskaya | URS | Kathrin Neimke |  GDR | Meisu Li | CHN | |||||||||||||
| 1987 Women Shot Put | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | Kathrin Neimke | GDR | Ines Muller | GDR | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1984 Women Shot Put | Claudia Losch |  FRG | Mihaele Loghin |  ROU | Gael Martin |  AUS | |||||||||||||
| 1983 Women Shot Put | Helena Fibingerova |  TCH | Hlma Knorscheidt | GDR | Ilona Slupianek-Briesenick | GDR | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1980 Women Shot Put | Iiona Slupianek | GDR | Svetlana Krachevskaia | URS | Margitta Pufe | GDR | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1976 Women Shot Put | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | Helena Fibingerova | TCH | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1972 Women Shot Put | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | Margitta Gummel | GDR | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1968 Women Shot Put | Margitta Gummel | GDR | Marita Lange | GDR | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1964 Women Shot Put | Tamara Press | URS | Renate Garisch | GDR | Galina Zybina | URS | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1960 Women Shot Put | Tamara Press | URS | Johanna Luttge | GDR | Earlene Brown | USA | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1956 Women Shot Put | Tamara Tyshkevich | URS | Galina Zybina | URS | Marianne Werner | GER | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1952 Women Shot Put | Galina Zibina | URS | Marianne Werner | GER | Klavdija Totshenova | URS | |||||||||||||
| Olympic 1948 Women Shot Put | Micheline Ostermeyer |  FRA | Amelia Piccinini |  ITA | Inga Schafer |  AUT | |||||||||||||
