The women's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.

Over the previous decade, the only woman to defeat Adams in a major international competition, turned out to be a serial drug cheat.

Adams may not be back to 100% after the multiple surgeries which caused her absence in Beijing,[3] her best more than a meter short of where she would normally be throwing.

But Carter was challenged, when Anita Márton threw her National Record 19.33 on her final attempt.

That lasted only long enough for Carter to make her final attempt, 20.21 m (66 ft 3+1⁄2 in) was almost a 3-foot improvement for the winner.