| 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Heptathlon | men | |
The Women's shot put event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Svetlana Krivelyova  | Yumileidi Cumbá  | Nadine Kleinert  |
Note: Vita Pavlysh had originally won the gold but was later stripped off it for the use of anabolic steroids.
Qualifying performance 18.50 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Svetlana Krivelyova | | 19.46 | 19.46 | Q | ||
| 2 | B | Yumileidi Cumbá | | X | 19.13 | 19.13 | Q, SB | |
| DQ | B | Vita Pavlysh |  | Q, Doping | ||||
| 3 | A | Li Meiju |  | 18.76 | 18.76 | Q, SB | ||
| 4 | A | Nadine Kleinert | | 18.62 | 18.62 | Q | ||
| 5 | A | Nadzeya Ostapchuk |  | 18.60 | 18.60 | Q, SB | ||
| 6 | A | Misleydis González | | 18.56 | 18.56 | Q, PB | ||
| 7 | B | Krystyna Zabawska |  | X | X | 18.42 | 18.42 | q |
| 8 | A | Lieja Tunks |  | X | 18.39 | 18.36 | 18.39 | SB |
| 9 | B | Natallia Mikhnevich | | 18.33 | 18.34 | X | 18.34 | |
| 10 | B | Valerie Vili |  | 17.96 | 18.22 | 17.72 | 18.22 | AR |
| 11 | A | Cleopatra Borel-Brown |  | 18.19 | X | 16.96 | 18.19 | |
| 12 | B | Assunta Legnante |  | 18.15 | 17.95 | X | 18.15 | |
| 13 | A | Cristiana Checchi | | X | X | 18.11 | 18.11 | |
| 14 | A | Kristin Heaston |  | 16.53 | 17.52 | 17.86 | 17.86 | |
| 15 | B | Laurence Manfredi |  | 17.37 | 17.26 | 17.39 | 17.39 | |
| 16 | B | Li Fengfeng | | 17.16 | 16.85 | 16.91 | 17.16 | SB |
| 17 | A | Irini Terzoglou |  | 16.80 | 16.95 | 17.04 | 17.04 | |
| 18 | B | Elisângela Adriano |  | 16.31 | 16.64 | 16.59 | 16.64 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DQ | Vita Pavlysh | | X | X | Doping | |||||
 | Svetlana Krivelyova | | 19.20 | 19.90 | X | 19.17 | 19.82 | X | 19.90 | SB |
 | Yumileidi Cumbá | | 19.00 | 19.21 | 19.31 | X | 19.18 | 18.94 | 19.31 | SB |
 | Nadine Kleinert | | 19.05 | 17.73 | 18.70 | 18.68 | 18.17 | 18.72 | 19.05 | SB |
| 4 | Krystyna Zabawska | | 19.00 | 18.16 | 18.71 | X | X | X | 19.00 | SB |
| 5 | Li Meiju | | 18.69 | X | 18.00 | X | 18.18 | 18.47 | 18.69 | |
| 6 | Misleydis González | | 18.20 | 18.17 | 17.95 | 18.41 | X | X | 18.41 | |
| 7 | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | | 17.85 | X | X | 18.33 | X | X | 18.33 |
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