Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's shot put
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 record | 22.63 | Moscow, Soviet Union | June 7, 1987 | |
| Pan American Games record | 19.34 | Caracas, Venezuela | August 28, 1983 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.Schedule
Results
All distances shown are in meters:centimeters| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal 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 |