Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 9 and 10 July 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union	Claudia Losch West Germany	Natalya Akhrimenko Soviet Union

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	18.73	q
2	?	Claudia Losch	West Germany	17.41	q
3	?	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union	16.66	q
4	?	Marcelina Rodríguez	Cuba	16.06	q
5	?	Florenta Crăciunescu	Romania	16.01	q
6	?	Bonnie Dasse	United States	15.86	q
7	?	Shen Lijuan	China	15.56	q
8	?	Rosemarie Hauch	Canada	15.40	q
9	?	Regina Cavanaugh	United States	15.40	q
10	?	Snezhana Vasileva	Bulgaria	13.64	q
11	?	Vijaya Datta	India	12.15	q
12	?	Sonia Smith	Bermuda	11.45	q
13	?	Margaret Nasikenda	Uganda	9.96
14	?	Carole Dagher	Lebanon	9.84
15	?	Mercedes Centeno	Guatemala	9.79

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	20.46
	Claudia Losch	West Germany	18.81
	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union	18.67
4	Marcelina Rodríguez	Cuba	17.44
5	Shen Lijuan	China	16.76
6	Florenta Crăciunescu	Romania	15.81
7	Rosemarie Hauch	Canada	15.53
8	Bonnie Dasse	United States	15.32
9	Regina Cavanaugh	United States	14.95
10	Snezhana Vasileva	Bulgaria	14.32
11	Vijaya Datta	India	12.72
12	Sonia Smith	Bermuda	12.16