Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's shot put

The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was María Elena Sarría of Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record22.32Nitra, CzechoslovakiaAugust 20, 1977Pan American Games record18.03Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesMaría Elena Sarría18.81GRMaren Seidler18.57Carmen Ionesco16.504Ann Turbyne16.455Hilda Ramírez15.966Lucette Moreau14.907María Victoria López12.36Patricia Andrus

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