2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Men's Shot Put

The winner Dylan Armstrong (2012)

The shot put men at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 25 October 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara instead.

Twelve athletes from ten countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Dylan Armstrong with 21.30 m, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Carlos Véliz with 20.76 m and Germán Lauro secured the bronze medal with 20.41 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Randy Barnes	23.12 m	Los Angeles , United States	May 20, 1990
Record of games	Reese Hoffa	20.95 m	Pan American Games in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic	August 5, 2003

Result

October 25, 2011, 3:05 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	20.48	20.72	20.72	x	21.30	x	21.30 PR
	Carlos Véliz	Cuba	19.99	19.91	20.09	20.59	20.76	20.42	20.76
	German Lauro	Argentina	x	19.40	19.54	x	20.33	20.41	20.41 SB
4th	Stephen Sáenz	Mexico	19.54	18.96	19.09	19.05	x	x	19.54
5	Eder César Moreno	Colombia	18.93	x	19.40	19.47	19.48	19.35	19.48 PB
6th	Noah Bryant	United States	x	x	19.23	x	x	x	19.23
7th	Reynaldo Proenza	Cuba	19.06	19.00	19.04	18.80	19.05	19.19	19.19 SB
8th	Russell Winger	United States	19.11	18.85	18.73	x	x	x	19.11
9	Ronald Julião	Brazil	17.94	x	x	not in the final of the eight best athletes			17.94
10	Michael Putman	Peru	17.74	x	x				17.74
11	Nicholas Martina	Argentina	x	17.33	17.29				17.33
12	Aldo González	Bolivia	17.06	17.05	x				17.06
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica							DNS

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).