The Men's Shot Put event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 20 at 18:30.
Contents |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Edder Cesar Lopez Colombia |
Nicola Martina Argentina |
Michael Kevin Vidal Peru |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12m | Los Angeles, USA | 20 May 1990 |
| World Leading | Scott Martin (AUS) | 20.06m | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 2010 |
| South American record | Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) | 21.14m | Santiago, Chile | 29 July 2004 |
| South American U23 record | Germán Luján Lauro (ARG) | 19.78m | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10 November 2006 |
| Rank | Athlete | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Edder Cesar Lopez (COL) | 17.62 | 18.27 | 18.31 | 18.32 | 18.46 | 18.45 | 18.46 | ||
| Nicola Martina (ARG) | 17.06 | x | 17.67 | x | 16.90 | x | 17.67 | ||
| Michael Kevin Vidal (PER) | 16.67 | 17.31 | 17.47 | 16.36 | 17.48 | 17.16 | 17.48 | ||
| 4 | Diego Schab (CHI) | 16.71 | x | x | 16.82 | 16.93 | x | 16.93 | |
| 5 | Bruno Tapias (BRA) | 15.87 | 16.12 | 15.73 | x | 16.44 | 15.95 | 16.44 | |
| 6 | Matias Rodrigo Gonzalez (CHI) | 15.98 | x | 15.73 | 16.26 | 15.99 | 15.43 | 16.26 | |
| 7 | Luis Schneider (BRA) | 15.44 | x | 15.71 | 16.06 | 16.22 | x | 16.22 | |
| 8 | Josnner Ortiz (VEN) | x | 16.15 | x | 15.77 | x | x | 16.15 | |
| 9 | Levin Moreno Denis (COL) | x | x | 13.94 | 13.94 | ||||
| 10 | Juan Andres Cardenas (ECU) | 13.68 | 12.97 | x | 13.68 | ||||