Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	2023
Venue:	Julio Martínez National Stadium
Dates:	November 4
Competitors:	12
Nations:	8
Win Value:	79.65
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Curtis Thompson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Pedro Nunes
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Leslain Baird
Bronzenoc:	GUY
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 4 at the Julio Martínez National Stadium of Santiago, Chile.^[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		87.31	Lima, Peru	August 10, 2019

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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
			78.72	71.98	75.84	77.40	X	79.65	79.65
			76.74	78.45	72.98	76.32	77.16	X	78.45
			72.87	73.48	68.37	78.23	74.68	72.43	78.23
4			76.29	73.13	X	72.67	X	X	76.29
5			74.34	74.06	73.43	74.47	71.08	69.68	74.47
6			72.22	71.54	71.21	71.79	70.66	73.35	73.35
7			71.02	67.03	70.19	71.51	71.52	X	71.52
8			68.07	67.99	69.00	67.81	X	66.97	69.00
9			66.18	68.26	68.20				68.20
10			64.11	63.30	67.86				67.86
11			67.56	62.52	61.97				67.56
12			60.27	X	X				60.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 29 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 29 October 2023.
2. Web site: Men's javelin throw − Results. November 10, 2023.