Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	12 July
Win Value:	69.64
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Scott Neilson
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Armando Orozco
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Genovevo Morejón
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's hammer throw 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 Larry Hart of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		80.32	Heidenheim, West Germany	August 6, 1978
Pan American Games record		66.56	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Scott Neilson		69.64	GR
	Armando Orozco		68.48
	Genovevo Morejón		67.66
4	Andy Bessette		66.22
5	José Alberto Vallejo		59.50
6	Daniel Gómez		58.58
7	Luis Martínez		54.20
8	Mario Egnem		51.52
	Boris Djerassi
	Bill Green

Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 197. PDF. 2019-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results
3. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 255. PDF. 2019-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.