Events at the 2024 World U20 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
5000 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
	mixed
10000 m walk	men	women
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 at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 30 August 2024.

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record	Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR)	20.54	Orimattila, Finland	1 July 1989
Championship Record	Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)	18.76	Lisbon, Portugal	21 July 1994
World U20 Leading	Ashley Erasmus (RSA)	18.17	Douala, Cameroon	24 June 2024

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 15.80 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Akaoma Odeluga	United States	x	16.55		16.55	Q
2	Martina Mazurová	Czech Republic	14.71	16.13		16.13	Q, PB
3	Chiang Ching-yuan	Chinese Taipei	15.76	15.25	15.87	15.87	Q
4	Minttu Laurila	Finland	14.20	14.64	15.37	15.37	q
5	Marley Raikiwasa	Australia	x	14.24	14.63	14.63	q
6	Alicia Khunou	South Africa	14.41	14.57	14.55	14.57	q
7	Tian Xinyi	China	14.18	14.45	14.39	14.45	q
8	Sojin Park	South Korea	14.23	13.94	x	14.23
9	Maria Rafailidou	Greece	14.22	13.79	14.19	14.22
10	Mia Feer	Switzerland	13.63	13.83	14.12	14.12
11	Chantal Rimke	Germany	x	13.77	14.09	14.09
12	Beatrice Pettersson	Sweden	13.70	13.93	13.77	13.93
13	Cleo Agyepong	Great Britain	13.48	13.41	12.87	13.48

^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Xylavene Beale	Australia	14.87	15.30	15.03	15.30	q
2	Lin Jiaxin	China	15.15	15.25	14.68	15.25	q
3	Anhelina Shepel	Ukraine	14.65	x	x	14.65	q
4	Belsy Quiñonez	Ecuador	13.81	13.15	14.63	14.63	q
5	Ilektra Chioutakakou	Greece	13.61	13.90	14.54	14.54	q
6	Gracelyn Leiseth	United States	14.42	14.30	x	14.42
7	Tamanna	India	x	14.03	12.26	14.03
8	Edimara de Jesus	Brazil	x	x	13.82	13.82
9	Vesna Kljajević	Montenegro	x	13.20	13.72	13.72
10	Giada Cabai	Italy	13.60	13.71	13.41	13.71
11	Anđela Obradović	Serbia	13.62	13.64	12.75	13.64
12	Jolina Lange	Germany	x	13.31	x	13.31

^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Akaoma Odeluga	United States	15.85	x	15.77	17.34	x	x	17.34
	Martina Mazurová	Czech Republic	16.38	x	15.56	x	16.34	15.83	16.38	PB
	Chiang Ching-yuan	Chinese Taipei	16.01	16.01	x	15.77	x	x	16.01	NU20R
4	Lin Jiaxin	China	14.45	14.74	15.39	14.86	14.56	x	15.39
5	Xylavene Beale	Australia	14.35	14.56	15.38	14.15	14.57	14.66	15.38
6	Tian Xinyi	China	14.61	14.75	15.15	x	x	13.81	15.15
7	Marley Raikiwasa	Australia	14.97	x	14.65	14.88	x	x	14.97
8	Anhelina Shepel	Ukraine	14.31	14.95	14.42	13.32	14.15	14.87	14.95
9	Alicia Khunou	South Africa	14.04	14.20	14.68				14.68
10	Minttu Laurila	Finland	14.39	14.64	14.39				14.64
11	Belsy Quiñonez	Ecuador	14.12	14.49	13.63				14.49
12	Ilektra Chioutakakou	Greece	12.64	13.95	14.43				14.43

^[3]