The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

[2] The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres.

[3] In 2016 it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in doping violations by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk.

They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics).

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.