The women's shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 26 August 2023[1] Throwing in the morning preliminary round, seven women got the big Q on their first attempt by exceeding 19.10m.

There throws later, defending champion Chase Ealey launched a 20.35m to announce her intent to hold onto her title.

A couple of throwers later Danniel Thomas-Dodd tossed a 19.38 to grab third place.

That lasted until the beginning of the second round when Indoor Champion Auriol Dongmo put out a 19.63m to move into second.

After establishing a new order, Olympic Champion Gong Lijiao threw 19.69m to advance to third place.