| Event: | Men's javelin throw |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | July 24 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 83.27 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Gold: | Keshorn Walcott |
| Goldnoc: | TTO |
| Silver: | Riley Dolezal |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Júlio César de Oliveira |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Guillermo Martínez of Cuba.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | May 25, 1996 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 87.20 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 28, 2011 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (71.03) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]
All results shown are in meters.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
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| 79.03 | 83.27 | 83.27 | |||||||||
| 77.17 | 75.99 | 76.28 | 81.62 | 76.49 | 79.70 | 81.62 | SB | ||||
| 80.29 | 80.94 | 80.21 | 80.94 | ||||||||
| 76.07 | 77.68 | 74.52 | 72.44 | 73.02 | 77.68 | ||||||
| 76.30 | 74.86 | 77.41 | 74.68 | 77.41 | 77.41 | ||||||
| 75.86 | 73.76 | 71.32 | 72.93 | 75.86 | |||||||
| 72.16 | 75.09 | 73.64 | 69.13 | 75.09 | PB | ||||||
| 70.99 | 69.90 | 74.79 | 72.45 | 71.39 | 72.57 | 74.79 | |||||
| 69.15 | 74.50 | 74.50 | |||||||||
| 10 | 73.81 | 73.81 | |||||||||
| 11 | 69.17 | 73.73 | 73.73 | ||||||||
| 12 | 70.85 | 73.21 | 73.21 |