2015 Pan American Games / Athletics - Men's Shot Put

The Winner O'Dayne Richards (2015)

The shot put men at the Pan American Games in 2015 took place on 21 July at CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto instead.

Twelve shot putters from eight countries took part in the competition. The gold medal won O'Dayne Richards with 21.69 m, which was also a new record of the Pan American Games. Silver went to Tim Nedow with 20.53 m and Germán Lauro won the bronze medal with 20.24 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	Dylan Armstrong	21.30 m	Pan American Games in Guadalajara , Mexico	October 25, 2011

Result

July 21, 2015, 6:10 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica	20.36	21.69	20.50	20.07	20.23	x	21.69 PR NO
	Tim Nedow	Canada	19.42	19.25	19.49	20.09	20.53	20.46	20.53 SB
	German Lauro	Argentina	x	20.24	x	x	x	x	20.24
4th	Darrell Hill	United States	20.10	x	x	x	x	x	20.10
5	Jonathan Jones	United States	19.88	19.56	x	19.54	x	x	19.88
6th	Darlan Romani	Brazil	18.90	19.74	x	x	19.37	x	19.74
7th	Dillon Simon	Dominica	18.49	19.55	x	19.27	18.96	19.54	19.55
8th	Stephen Sáenz	Mexico	18.55	x	18.58	18.45	x	x	18.58
9	Raymond Brown	Jamaica	17.68	17.59	18.39	not in the final of the eight best shot putters			18.39
10	Timothy Hendry-Gallagher	Canada	18.24	x	x				18.24
11	Mario Cota	Mexico	17.35	17.53	x				17.53
12	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands	16.47	x	x				16.47

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .