Qualifikationsweite 19,00 m
| 1 | Zhihong Huang | CHN | 19,36 | Q |
| 2 | Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas | BUL | 19,16 | Q |
| 3 | Kathrin Neimke | GER | 19,11 | Q |
| 4 | Belsy Laza | CUB | 19,02 | Q |
| 5 | Larisa Peleshenko | RUS | 18,84 | q |
| 6 | Anna Romanova | RUS | 18,12 | |
| 7 | Connie Price-Smith | USA | 18,09 | |
| 8 | Vita Pavlysh | UKR | 18,00 | |
| 9 | Jana Ciobanu | ROM | 17,77 | |
| 10 | Danijela Curovic | IWP | 16,91 | |
| 11 | Marika Tuliniemi | FIN | 16,80 | |
| 12 | Elisângela Adriano | BRA | 16,41 | |
| 13 | Nataša Erjavec | SLO | 15,71 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Zhihong Huang | |||
| Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas | |||
| Kathrin Neimke | |||
| Belsy Laza | |||
| Larisa Peleshenko | |||
| Anna Romanova | |||
| Connie Price-Smith | |||
| Vita Pavlysh | |||
| Jana Ciobanu | |||
| Danijela Curovic | |||
| Marika Tuliniemi | |||
| Elisângela Adriano | |||
| Nataša Erjavec |
| 1 | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | 19,96 | Q |
| 2 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | 19,92 | Q |
| 3 | Xinmei Sui | CHN | 19,67 | Q |
| 4 | Stephanie Storp | GER | 19,38 | Q |
| 5 | Valentina Fedyushina | UKR | 19,04 | Q |
| 6 | Yuzhen Cong | CHN | 18,97 | q |
| 7 | Ramona Pagel | USA | 18,54 | q |
| 8 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska | POL | 17,62 | |
| 9 | Lisette Martinez | CUB | 17,44 | |
| 10 | Agnese Maffeis | ITA | 16,61 | |
| 11 | Myrtle Augee | GBR | 16,06 | |
| 12 | Christy Barrett | USA | 14,58 | |
| 13 | Aye Aye Nwe | MYA | 13,88 | |
| 14 | Seng Tea Ai | BRU | 12,23 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Svetlana Krivelyova | |||
| Astrid Kumbernuss | |||
| Xinmei Sui | |||
| Stephanie Storp | |||
| Valentina Fedyushina | |||
| Yuzhen Cong | |||
| Ramona Pagel | |||
| Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska | |||
| Lisette Martinez | |||
| Agnese Maffeis | |||
| Myrtle Augee | |||
| Christy Barrett | |||
| Aye Aye Nwe | |||
| Seng Tea Ai |