The women's shot put event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 March in Sofia. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Chizhova | 19.70 | x | x | 18.48 | x | 18.57 | 19.70 | CR | ||
| Margitta Gummel | 19.14 | 19.50 | 19.45 | x | x | 19.13 | 19.50 | |||
| Antonina Ivanova | 18.21 | 18.69 | x | x | 18.20 | x | 18.69 | |||
| 4 | Marianne Adam | 17.49 | 17.48 | 17.26 | 16.54 | 17.10 | 17.40 | 17.49 | ||
| 5 | Ivanka Khristova | 17.42 | 17.42 | x | x | 17.11 | 17.20 | 17.42 | ||
| 6 | Ana Salagean | 15.63 | 15.51 | 16.43 | 16.27 | 16.13 | x | 16.43 | ||
| 7 | Els van Noorduyn | 16.22 | ||||||||
| 8 | Sigrun Kofink | 16.20 | ||||||||
| 9 | Ludwika Chewińska | 15.85 | ||||||||
| 10 | Eva Veres | 14.98 | ||||||||
| 11 | Radostina Vasekova | 14.70 |