| 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 | |
