Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's shot put


The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Dylan Armstrong of Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record23.12Westwood, United StatesMay 20, 1990
Pan American Games record20.95Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 5, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Abbreviations

PRPan American games record
WRworld record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best
DNSdid not start

Results

13 athletes from 10 countries competed.

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
20.4820.7220.72x21.30x21.30PR
19.9919.9120.0920.5920.7620.4220.76
x19.4019.54x20.3320.4120.41SB
19.5418.9619.0919.05xx19.54
18.93x19.4019.4719.4819.3519.48NR
xx19.23xxx19.23
19.0619.0019.0418.8019.0519.1919.19SB
19.1118.8518.73xxx19.11
17.94xx17.94
1017.74xx17.74
11x17.3317.2917.33
1217.0617.05x17.06