Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw explained

Event:	Women's javelin throw
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 27
Competitors:	15
Nations:	11
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Alicia DeShasier
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Yainelis Ribeaux
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Yanet Cruz
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The women's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Osleidys Menéndez of the Cuba.

Records

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

World record		72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	September 13, 2008
Pan American Games record		65.85	Winnipeg, Canada	July 25, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (50.00) 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 27.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	58.01		53.69	53.57	53.87		58.01	PB
	55.67		55.29		54.01	56.21	56.21
	56.19			55.68		55.56	56.19
	50.01	51.72	49.11	53.49	51.54	49.42	53.49
	52.81				49.92		52.81
	48.87	51.54	50.81	51.79	51.69	51.26	51.79
	50.55	51.07	51.40				51.40
	50.97		47.91				50.97
		50.82					50.82	SB
10	47.32		50.37				50.37
11	48.01	49.89	49.17				49.89
12		45.19	49.15				49.15
13	48.70						48.70
14	46.82						46.82
15	46.43	46.01	45.74				46.43

Notes and References

http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions
Web site: Athletics technical manual . 2012-09-16 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120916034515/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . 2012-09-16 . usurped .