Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 26
Competitors:	12
Nations:	9
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Kibwe Johnson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Michael Mai
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Noleysis Vicet
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The men's hammer throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is James Steacy of Canada.

Records

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

World record		86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	August 30, 1986
Pan American Games record		79.61	Winnipeg, Canada	July 27, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (62.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

The final was held on October 26.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			73.87	77.24	76.56	76.82	79.63	77.19	79.63	PR
			68.61	70.62	68.95	70.44	72.71	68.92	72.71
			69.68	70.68	72.57	71.56	72.02	72.03	72.57
				67.97	70.16		68.79	69.08	70.16
				69.46	66.62				69.46
				65.16	65.08	66.26	66.80	66.37	66.80
				65.09				64.91	65.09
				60.54	62.50	63.46	62.55	62.22	63.46	SB
				60.82	57.76				60.82
10			55.16	59.41					59.41
11			54.03	58.63	58.92				58.92
12			55.21	57.72					57.72

Notes and References

1. http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Web site: Athletics technical manual . 2012-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327083541/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . 2012-03-27 . usurped .