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

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 27
Competitors:	10
Nations:	8
Win Value:	18.57
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Misleydis González
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Cleopatra Borel-Brown
Silvernoc:	TRI
Bronze:	Michelle Carter
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

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.^[1] 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		22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	June 7, 1987
Pan American Games record		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).

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
18.09	18.25	18.51	18.52	18.55	18.57	18.57
18.32	18.46	18.07	18.42	18.22		18.46	PB
17.22	18.09		18.03	17.84	17.85	18.09
17.98		17.82	17.78			17.98
	16.77	17.56		17.51	17.17	17.56
16.09	15.46	16.19	15.30	16.64	16.23	16.64	PB
16.50	16.32	16.52		16.56		16.56
15.77	16.18	16.00			16.43	16.43
14.04		13.83				14.04

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics technical manual . Guadalajara 2011 . October 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111029125754/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR151A_ATM05205250000001ENG.htm . October 29, 2011 .