Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's shot put

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

World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	June 7, 1987
Pan American Games record	María Elena Sarría (CUB)	19.34	Caracas, Venezuela	August 28, 1983

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).[2]

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.09	18.25	18.51	18.52	18.55	18.57	18.57
	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	18.32	18.46	18.07	18.42	18.22	x	18.46	PB
	Michelle Carter	United States	17.22	18.09	x	18.03	17.84	17.85	18.09
4	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	17.98	x	17.82	17.78	x	x	17.98
5	Natalia Ducó	Chile	x	16.77	17.56	x	17.51	17.17	17.56
6	Zara Northover	Jamaica	16.09	15.46	16.19	15.30	16.64	16.23	16.64	PB
7	Alyssa Hasslen	United States	16.50	16.32	16.52	x	16.56	x	16.56
8	Anyela Rivas	Colombia	15.77	16.18	16.00	x	x	16.43	16.43
9	Vanessa Henry	Dominica	14.04	x	13.83				14.04
	Keely Medeiros	Brazil	x	x	x				NM