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

{{Infobox Pan American Games event

|event = Men's shot put

|games = 1979

|caption =

|venue = Estadio Sixto Escobar

|dates = 7 July

|competitors =

|nations =

|win_value = 20.22

|win_label = Winning distance

|gold = Dave Laut

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Bishop Dolegiewicz

|silverNOC = CAN

|bronze = Bruno Pauletto

|bronzeNOC = CAN

|prev = 1975

|next = 1983

}}

The men's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.{{cite book|title=Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979|date=1981|language=es|publisher=1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79)|page=197|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|archive-date=2019-08-11|url-status=dead}}[http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results] 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:

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World record

|{{flagathlete|Udo Beyer|GDR}}

|22.15

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|July 6, 1978

Pan American Games record

|{{flagathlete|Randy Matson|USA}}

|19.83

|Winnipeg, Canada

|1967

Results

All distances shown are in meters.{{cite book|title=Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979|date=1981|language=es|publisher=1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79)|page=254|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf|archive-date=2019-08-11|url-status=dead}}

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KEY:

|align=center|WR

World Record

|align=center|GR

Pan American Record

=Final=

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Rank !Name !Nationality !Distance !Notes
{{gold01}} \|Dave Laut \|{{flagPASO\|USA\|1979}} \|20.22 \|GR
{{silver02}} \|Bishop Dolegiewicz \|{{flagPASO\|CAN\|1979}} \|19.67 \|
{{bronze03}} \|Bruno Pauletto \|{{flagPASO\|CAN\|1979}} \|19.61 \|
{{sort\|04\|4}} \|Al Feuerbach \|{{flagPASO\|USA\|1979}} \|18.86 \|
{{sort\|05\|5}} \|Luis Delís \|{{flagPASO\|CUB\|1979}} \|18.21 \|
{{sort\|06\|6}} \|Nicolás Hernández \|{{flagPASO\|CUB\|1979}} \|16.37 \|
{{sort\|07\|7}} \|Radai Mendoza \|{{flagPASO\|PUR\|1979}} \|16.17 \|
{{sort\|08\|8}} \|Bradley Cooper \|{{flagPASO\|BAH\|1979}} \|15.37 \|
{{sort\|09\|9}} \|Pedro Serrano \|{{flagPASO\|PUR\|1979}} \|15.30 \|
10 \|Gert Weil \|{{flagPASO\|CHI\|1979}} \|15.06 \|
{{hs\|99}} \|José Carreño \|{{flagPASO\|VEN\|1979}} \|{{sort\|00.00\|DNS}} \|
{{hs\|99}} \|Jesús Ramos \|{{flagPASO\|VEN\|1979}} \|{{sort\|00.00\|DNS}} \|

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Rank

!Name

!Nationality

!Distance

!Notes

|Dave Laut

|{{flagPASO|USA|1979}}

|20.22

|GR

|Bishop Dolegiewicz

|{{flagPASO|CAN|1979}}