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

The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Dylan Armstrong of Canada.

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

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

Abbreviations

 * All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Results
13 athletes from 10 countries competed.