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 record22.63Moscow, Soviet UnionJune 7, 1987Pan American Games record19.34Caracas, VenezuelaAugust 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 RoundOctober 27, 2011 15:50 Final
Results
All distances shown are in meters:centimeters
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Misleydis González 18.09 18.25 18.51 18.52 18.55 18.57 18.57 Cleopatra Borel-Brown 18.32 18.46 18.07 18.42 18.22 18.46 PB Michelle Carter 17.22 18.09 18.03 17.84 17.85 18.09 Mailín Vargas 17.98 17.82 17.78 17.98 Natalia Ducó 16.77 17.56 17.51 17.17 17.56 Zara Northover 16.09 15.46 16.19 15.30 16.64 16.23 16.64 PB Alyssa Hasslen 16.50 16.32 16.52 16.56 16.56 Anyela Rivas 15.77 16.18 16.00 16.43 16.43 Vanessa Henry 14.04 13.83 14.04 Keely Medeiros
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