2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Women's Shot Put
The shot put women at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 27 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara instead.
Ten athletes from eight countries took part in the competition. Misleydis González won the gold medal with 18.57 m, silver went to Cleopatra Borel with 18.46 m and Michelle Carter secured the bronze medal with 18.09 m.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 Natalia Lisovskaya
|
22.63 m | Moscow , Soviet Union | June 7, 1987 |
| Record of games |
 María Elena Sarría
|
19.34 m | Pan American Games in Caracas , Venezuela | August 28, 1983 |
Result
October 27, 2011, 3:50 p.m.
| space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Misleydis González |
Cuba
|
18.09 | 18.25 | 18.51 | 18.52 | 18.55 | 18.75 | 18.57 |
 |
Cleopatra Borel |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
18.32 | 18.46 | 18.07 | 18.42 | 18.22 | x | 18.46 PB |
 |
Michelle Carter |
 United States
|
17.22 | 18.09 | x | 18.03 | 17.84 | 17.85 | 18.09 |
| 4th | Mailín Vargas |
Cuba
|
17.98 | x | 17.82 | 17.78 | x | x | 17.98 |
| 5 | Natalia Duco |
 Chile
|
x | 16.77 | 17.56 | x | 17.51 | 17.17 | 17.56 |
| 6th | Zara Northover |
 Jamaica
|
16.09 | 15.46 | 16.19 | 15.30 | 16.64 | 16.23 | 16.64 PB |
| 7th | Alyssa Hasslen |
United States
|
16.50 | 16.32 | 16.52 | x | 16.56 | x | 16.56 |
| 8th | Anyela Rivas |
 Colombia
|
15.77 | 16.18 | 16.00 | x | x | 16.43 | 16.43 |
| 9 | Vanessa Henry |
 Dominica
|
14.04 | x | 13.83 | not in the final of the eight best pushers |
14.04 | ||
| Keely Medeiros |
 Brazil
|
x | x | x | NM | ||||
Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt
Web links and sources
- Results on todor66.com (English)
- Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).