Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 10
Competitors:	10
Nations:	6
Win Value:	87.31
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Anderson Peters
Goldnoc:	GRN
Silver:	Keshorn Walcott
Silvernoc:	TTO
Bronze:	Albert Reynolds
Bronzenoc:	LCA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023
Longnames:	yes

The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago.

Anderson Peters won Grenada's first ever Pan American Games gold medal.^[1]

Records

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

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			87.31	81.78	78.92	85.90	81.21		87.31	GR, NR
			83.55	82.92	82.92			75.54	83.55
			76.91	75.93	77.51	73.64	77.56	82.19	82.19	NR
4				73.21	78.02	80.35		80.72	80.72
5			77.18	72.47	74.77	69.26	71.18	72.30	77.18
6			71.80		76.15				76.15
7			72.51	74.85	74.46	70.69		67.97	74.85
8			73.15	73.99	71.88	73.17	71.58	72.71	73.99
9			69.33	72.84	72.84				72.84
10			64.28		65.39				65.39

Notes and References

1. News: 11 August 2019. Pan Am Games..Peters delivers historic gold for Grenada, Brathwaite wins sprint hurdles. Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. 4 May 2020.
2. Web site: Men's javelin throw − Final − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 10 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811072255/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73S_ATHMJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--.pdf. 11 August 2019. dead.