| 1 | Kathrin Neimke | GER | |
19,40 |
| 2 | Connie Price-Smith | USA | |
19,12 |
| 3 | Grit Hammer | GER | |
19,02 |
| 4 | Zhang Liuhong | CHN | 18,84 | |
| 5 | Sui Xinmei | CHN | 18,81 | |
| 6 | Valentina Fedyushina | UKR | 18,48 | |
| 7 | Mihaela Oana | ROM | 18,07 | |
| 8 | Judy Oakes | GBR | 17,77 | |
| 9 | Nataša Erjavec | SLO | 17,41 | |
| 10 | Corrie De Bruin | NED | 16,90 | |
| 11 | Eileen Vanisi | USA | 16,10 | |
| Larisa Peleshenko (*) | RUS | DQ |
* ... Ergebnis von Larisa Peleshenko , RUS (1. mit 19,93) nachträglich wegen Dopings gestrichen
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Kathrin Neimke | 18,97 | x | 19,40 | 18,37 | 19,35 | 19,25 |
| Connie Price-Smith | 18,30 | x | 19,12 | 17,94 | x | x |
| Grit Hammer | 18,48 | 18,94 | 18,92 | 19,02 | 18,68 | 18,96 |
| Zhang Liuhong | 18,84 | x | x | x | 17,91 | x |
| Sui Xinmei | 18,57 | 18,74 | x | 18,81 | 18,78 | 18,77 |
| Valentina Fedyushina | 18,48 | x | x | x | x | x |
| Mihaela Oana | 17,71 | 18,07 | 17,93 | 17,73 | x | 17,99 |
| Judy Oakes | 17,77 | x | x | |||
| Nataša Erjavec | 17,22 | 17,41 | x | |||
| Corrie de Bruin | 16,90 | 16,66 | 16,88 | |||
| Eileen Vanisi | 16,10 | x | x | |||
| Larisa Peleshenko |