Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates:	July 22
Competitors:	11
Nations:	8
Win Value:	18.67 m
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Cleopatra Borel
Goldnoc:	TTO
Silver:	Jillian Camarena-Williams
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Natalia Ducó
Bronzenoc:	CHI
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 22 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is 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

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (15.82) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
	Cleopatra Borel		18.39	18.67	18.56	18.24		17.81	18.67
			17.90	18.57		17.93	18.27	18.65	18.65
			17.32	17.84		17.70	17.41	18.01	18.01	SB
			17.06	17.78	17.17	17.45	17.67		17.78	SB
				17.30	17.76	17.64	17.56		17.76	PB
			16.97		17.34	16.88	16.77	17.63	17.63
			17.50				16.52		17.50	PB
			17.29			16.79	17.09		17.29
			17.18		17.17				17.18
10			16.47		16.80				16.80
11				15.76	15.94				15.94

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .