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

Women's shot put at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Medalists
Misleydis González   Cuba   Cleopatra Borel-Brown   Trinidad and Tobago   Michelle Carter   United States
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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 women's shot put competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held on October 27 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The previous champion was Misleydis González of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	June 7, 1987
Pan American Games record	María Elena Sarría (CUB)	19.34	Caracas, Venezuela	August 28, 1983

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (14.50 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	15:50	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.09	18.25	18.51	18.52	18.55	18.57	18.57
	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	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
4	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	17.98	x	17.82	17.78	x	x	17.98
5	Natalia Ducó	Chile	x	16.77	17.56	x	17.51	17.17	17.56
6	Zara Northover	Jamaica	16.09	15.46	16.19	15.30	16.64	16.23	16.64	PB
7	Alyssa Hasslen	United States	16.50	16.32	16.52	x	16.56	x	16.56
8	Anyela Rivas	Colombia	15.77	16.18	16.00	x	x	16.43	16.43
9	Vanessa Henry	Dominica	14.04	x	13.83				14.04
	Keely Medeiros	Brazil	x	x	x				NM