| Men's shot put at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 July | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 20.22 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 1983» | ||||||||||
The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Bruce Pirnie of Canada.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Udo Beyer (GDR)
|
22.15 | Gothenburg, Sweden | July 6, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Randy Matson (USA)
|
19.83 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
All distances shown are in meters.
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dave Laut |  United States
|
20.22 | GR |
|
Bishop Dolegiewicz |  Canada
|
19.67 | |
|
Bruno Pauletto | Canada
|
19.61 | |
| 4 | Al Feuerbach | United States
|
18.86 | |
| 5 | Luis Delís |  Cuba
|
18.21 | |
| 6 | Nicolás Hernández | Cuba
|
16.37 | |
| 7 | Radai Mendoza |  Puerto Rico
|
16.17 | |
| 8 | Bradley Cooper |  Bahamas
|
15.37 | |
| 9 | Pedro Serrano | Puerto Rico
|
15.30 | |
| 10 | Gert Weil |  Chile
|
15.06 | |
| José Carreño |  Venezuela
|
DNS | ||
| Jesús Ramos | Venezuela
|
DNS |
References
- Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- Full results
- Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 254. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
| Shot put at the Pan American Games | |
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| Men's | |
| Women's | |