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

Men's shot put at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 25
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Medalists
Dylan Armstrong   Canada   Carlos Véliz   Cuba   Germán Lauro   Argentina
«2007	2015»

Athletics at the 2011 Pan American 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 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.^[1] 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 record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12	Westwood, United States	May 20, 1990
Pan American Games record	Reese Hoffa (USA)	20.95	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	August 5, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (17.20 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	15:05	Final

Abbreviations

• All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

PR	Pan American games record
WR	world record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best
DNS	did not start

Results

13 athletes from 10 countries competed.^[3]

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Armstrong, DylanDylan Armstrong	Canada	20.48	20.72	20.72	x	21.30	x	21.30	PR
	Véliz, CarlosCarlos Véliz	Cuba	19.99	19.91	20.09	20.59	20.76	20.42	20.76
	Lauro, GermánGermán Lauro	Argentina	x	19.40	19.54	x	20.33	20.41	20.41	SB
4	Sáenz, StephenStephen Sáenz	Mexico	19.54	18.96	19.09	19.05	x	x	19.54
5	Moreno, Eder CésarEder César Moreno	Colombia	18.93	x	19.40	19.47	19.48	19.35	19.48	NR
6	Bryant, NoahNoah Bryant	United States	x	x	19.23	x	x	x	19.23
7	Proenza, ReynaldoReynaldo Proenza	Cuba	19.06	19.00	19.04	18.80	19.05	19.19	19.19	SB
8	Winger, RussellRussell Winger	United States	19.11	18.85	18.73	x	x	x	19.11
9	Julião, RonaldRonald Julião	Brazil	17.94	x	x				17.94
10	Putman, MichaelMichael Putman	Peru	17.74	x	x				17.74
11	Martina, NicholasNicholas Martina	Argentina	x	17.33	17.29				17.33
12	Gonzales, AldoAldo Gonzales	Bolivia	17.06	17.05	x				17.06
	Richards, O'DayneO'Dayne Richards	Jamaica							DNS

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Qualification standards
3. Men's Shot Put Final start list
4. Men's Shot Put Final results