Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's shot put

Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's shot put event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 September 1979. ^[1][2][3][4]

As incredible as it sounds, the winning distance of 19.98 metres was the winning distance two years earlier, and the silver medal-winning distance of 19.56 metres was the silver-medal winning distance two years earlier as well.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ilona Slupianek	East Germany	19.98
	Helma Knorscheidt	East Germany	19.56
	Mihaela Loghin	Romania	19.41
4	Ivanka Petrova	Bulgaria	19.13
5	Verzhiniya Veselinova	Bulgaria	18.87
6	Nunu Abashydze	Soviet Union	18.77
7	Lu Cheng	China	16.30
8	Marcelina Rodríguez	Cuba	15.85
9	Kathy Devine	United States	14.65
10	Ann Turbyne	United States	14.17
10	Marie-Lourdes Samba-Appadoo	Mauritius	9.42