The men's shot put

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 competition of the athletics

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 took place on the 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

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 Pan American Games

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 champion is Dylan Armstrong

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 of Canada

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		23.12	Westwood Westwood, Los Angeles, California Westwood is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles .-History:... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	May 20, 1990
Pan American Games record		20.95	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	August 5, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard standard (17.20 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	15:05	Final

Abbreviations

• All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

  PR	Pan American games record
  WR	world record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best
  DNS	did not start

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
			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 Colombian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Colombia maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Colombiana de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
			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

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