Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 26
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Kibwe Johnson   United States   Michael Mai   United States   Noleysis Vicet   Cuba
«2007	2015»

Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is James Steacy of the Canada.

Records

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

World record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	August 30, 1986
Pan American Games record	Lance Deal (USA)	79.61	Winnipeg, Canada	July 27, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (62.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 26, 2011	14:30	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 26.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Kibwe Johnson	United States	73.87	77.24	76.56	76.82	79.63	77.19	79.63	PR
	Michael Mai	United States	68.61	70.62	68.95	70.44	72.71	68.92	72.71
	Noleysi Vicet	Cuba	69.68	70.68	72.57	71.56	72.02	72.03	72.57
4	Wagner Domingos	Brazil	x	67.97	70.16	x	68.79	69.08	70.16
5	Roberto Janet	Cuba	x	69.46	66.62	x	x	x	69.46
6	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina	x	65.16	65.08	66.26	66.80	66.37	66.80
7	Roberto Sawyers	Costa Rica	x	65.09	x	x	x	64.91	65.09
8	Aldo Bello	Venezuela	x	60.54	62.50	63.46	62.55	62.22	63.46	SB
9	Diego Berrios	Guatemala	x	60.82	57.76				60.82
10	Diego Alan del Real	Mexico	55.16	59.41	x				59.41
11	Edgar Florian	Guatemala	54.03	58.63	58.92				58.92
12	Michael Letterlough	Cayman Islands	55.21	57.72	x				57.72

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Athletics technical manual