| Event: | Women's hammer throw |
| Games: | 2019 |
| Venue: | Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | August 10 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 74.62m |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Gold: | Gwen Berry |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Rosa Rodríguez |
| Bronzenoc: | VEN |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The women's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Rosa Rodríguez from Venezuela.
Brooke Andersen took the lead with her first round 71.07m with Rosa Rodríguez in second place. Andersen would not improve throughout the competition. Rodríguez did improve with her second round 69.48m, but that was as far as she would go. Gwen Berry's second round throw moved her from fourth place into the silver medal position. Berry improved on her fourth throw but didn't get ahead of Andersen until her fifth round throw. Berry put it all together for her final effort, to win by over 3 and a half meters.
During the award ceremony, Berry cast worldwide attention for raising her fist during the National Anthem. In what was seen as an extension of the National anthem protests, she called out against injustice in America "and a president who's making it worse."[1]
Fencer Race Imboden also made a protest at the games, taking a knee on the award stand.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 82.98 | Warsaw, Poland | August 28, 2016 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 75.62 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 24, 2011 |
All times 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 |
The results were as follows:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality |
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| 65.75 | 70.19 | 70.40 | 72.88 | 74.62 | 74.62 | ||||||
| 71.07 | 68.90 | 67.95 | 70.89 | 71.07 | |||||||
| 68.34 | 69.48 | 66.71 | 69.48 | SB | |||||||
| 4 | 65.16 | 61.67 | 64.45 | 66.15 | 61.73 | 66.15 | |||||
| 5 | 66.11 | 65.61 | 64.77 | 65.78 | 64.56 | 64.68 | 66.11 | ||||
| 6 | 65.64 | 65.97 | 64.81 | 66.09 | 66.09 | ||||||
| 7 | 62.89 | 65.91 | 59.65 | 65.27 | 56.68 | 64.25 | 65.91 | ||||
| 8 | 65.41 | 65.41 | |||||||||
| 9 | 62.16 | 63.39 | 63.39 | ||||||||
| 10 | 60.29 | 63.22 | 63.22 | ||||||||
| 11 | 60.98 | 60.98 | |||||||||
| 12 | 59.37 | 58.87 | 57.87 | 59.37 |