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

The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Dylan Armstrong of Canada.

Men's shot put at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 21
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Winning distance	21.69
Medalists
O'Dayne Richards   Jamaica   Tim Nedow   Canada   Germán Lauro   Argentina
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Records

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

World record	Randy Barnes (USA)	23.12	Westwood, United States	May 20, 1990
Pan American Games record	Dylan Armstrong (CAN)	21.30	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 25, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (18.14) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	18:10	Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Best non-qualifiers

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
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica	20.36	21.69	20.50	20.07	20.23	x	21.69	PR, NR
	Tim Nedow	Canada	19.42	19.25	19.49	20.09	20.53	20.46	20.53	SB
	Germán Lauro	Argentina	x	20.24	x	x	x	x	20.24
4	Darrell Hill	United States	20.10	x	x	x	x	x	20.10
5	Jonathan Jones	United States	19.88	19.56	x	19.54	x	x	19.88
6	Darlan Romani	Brazil	18.90	19.74	x	x	19.37	x	19.74
7	Dillon Simon	Dominica	18.49	19.55	x	19.27	18.96	19.54	19.55
8	Stephen Sáenz	Mexico	18.55	x	18.58	18.45	x	x	18.58
9	Raymond Brown	Jamaica	17.68	17.59	18.39				18.39
10	Timothy Hendry-Gallagher	Canada	18.24	x	x				18.24
11	Mario Cota	Mexico	17.35	17.53	x				17.53
12	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands	16.47	x	x				16.47

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.