Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's shot put event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 21 November 2010.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Asian Record	Li Meisu (CHN)	21.76	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988
Games Record	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	20.55	Beijing, China	1 October 1990

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Li Ling (CHN)	18.29	17.77	19.33	19.41	19.94	19.56	19.94
	Gong Lijiao (CHN)	19.67	X	X	19.35	X	X	19.67
	Lee Mi-young (KOR)	16.86	17.51	17.38	16.83	16.80	X	17.51
4	Lin Chia-ying (TPE)	16.39	17.06	16.85	X	X	X	17.06
5	Zhang Guirong (SIN)	16.63	X	16.72	17.06	X	16.44	17.06
6	Leila Rajabi (IRI)	16.25	16.17	X	16.51	15.87	16.29	16.51
7	Safiya Burkhanova (UZB)	16.04	15.18	15.91	16.06	15.87	15.88	16.06
8	Pürveegiin Maamuu (MGL)	11.46	11.29	11.90	11.94	11.69	11.88	11.94

• Results