Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's shot put

The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Bruce Pirnie of Canada.

Men's shot put at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	7 July
Winning distance	20.22
Medalists
Dave Laut   United States   Bishop Dolegiewicz   Canada   Bruno Pauletto   Canada
«1975 1983»

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.[3]

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

1. 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.
2. Full results
3. 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.