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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dave Laut  United States 20.22 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bishop Dolegiewicz  Canada 19.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.
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