| Event: | Men's shot put |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Telmex Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | October 25 |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Gold: | Dylan Armstrong |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Carlos Véliz |
| Silvernoc: | CUB |
| Bronze: | Germán Lauro |
| Bronzenoc: | ARG |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | May 20, 1990 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 20.95 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 5, 2003 |
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).
| PR | Pan American games record | |
| WR | world record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best | |
| DNS | did not start |
13 athletes from 10 countries competed.[2]
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| 20.48 | 20.72 | 20.72 | x | 21.30 | x | 21.30 | PR | ||||
| 19.99 | 19.91 | 20.09 | 20.59 | 20.76 | 20.42 | 20.76 | |||||
| x | 19.40 | 19.54 | x | 20.33 | 20.41 | 20.41 | SB | ||||
| 19.54 | 18.96 | 19.09 | 19.05 | x | x | 19.54 | |||||
| 18.93 | x | 19.40 | 19.47 | 19.48 | 19.35 | 19.48 | NR | ||||
| x | x | 19.23 | x | x | x | 19.23 | |||||
| 19.06 | 19.00 | 19.04 | 18.80 | 19.05 | 19.19 | 19.19 | SB | ||||
| 19.11 | 18.85 | 18.73 | x | x | x | 19.11 | |||||
| 17.94 | x | x | 17.94 | ||||||||
| 10 | 17.74 | x | x | 17.74 | |||||||
| 11 | x | 17.33 | 17.29 | 17.33 | |||||||
| 12 | 17.06 | 17.05 | x | 17.06 | |||||||