The women's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.

[1] Three weeks after winning the American Championship with a world leading 20.51 m, Chase Ealey returned to the same ring.

Double defending champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Gong Lijiao threw 19.77 m to settle into second place, with Auriol Dongmo at 19.44 m and Gong's Chinese teammate Song Jiayuan at 19.21 m being the only other ones past 19 metres.

Schilder tied her national record in the fifth round, which became the tiebreaker after Sarah Mitton had equalled the 19.77 m three throws earlier.

Before the competition, records were as follows:[2] The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.50 m.[3] The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows: Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.